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Dance = Moving To Music Rhythmically
π Movement π
1) Plant your body: Legs shoulder-width distance apart.
2) Move your body: Shift your weight left & right.
3) Play: Mix in the adding in other BASS CATS prance parameters.
BASS CATS ππ»

π§ Music π§
1) Find the beat: Listen for the drums & bassline.
2) Move to the Beat: Do any of the above BASS CATS moves to the Beat.
3) Experiment: Play with BOMB rhythm patterns other than the beat.
BOMB Music π£π§
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Dance = Moving To Music Rhythmically
π Movement π
π©° 2 Migration Patterns π±

Prance π©°
Dancing from Point A to B
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Dancing as simple as walking to the beat.
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Head up and present with the world.
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When: Walking outside to cleaning.

Plant π±
In Your Own Bubble
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Feet planted and move authentically.
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Close your eyes and connect with your body.
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When: At your standing desk or concert spot.
π 8 Movement Variables π»
BASS π: 4 Movement Foundations
βοΈ Bounce: Up & Down
- Plane of Motion: Sagittal
- Examples:
- Squatting
- Jumping
- Head Bop
- Twerking
- Body Roll
- Head Bang (β οΈ Caution)
- Genres it works well with: Things with that bassline.
- Dubstep
- Funk
πͺ Arms: Upper Limbs
- Plane of Motion: All 3
- Examples: Moving arms, hands and shoulders
- Wavy and flowy arms
- Cabbage patch to snapping your fingers
- Playing an instrument: guitar, drums, harp, etc.
- Acting: Grocery cart, turntables, airplane, popping bubbles
- Genres it works well with: Anything with a melody
βοΈ Shift: Left & Right
- Planes of Motion: Frontal
- Examples: Shifting your weight
- Swaying
- Shaking your hips
- Side head bops
- Genres it works well with: Everything
π©° Step: Lower Limbs
- Planes of Motion: All three
- Examples: Moving your feet
- Step touch (Side steps): MY GO-TO move to wake up and get connected to the music
- Walking back & forth
- Walking in a circle
- Shuffling
- Moonwalk
- The Running Man.
- Marching in place
- Genres it works well with: Pretty much anything, especially house & pop music.
- Where: The world is your dance floor.
- From night club to a wedding
- While cooking or cleaning
- Walking outside
CATS π»: 4 Movement Additions
βοΈ Circle: 2 Playful Options

- Planes of Motion: Sagittal + Frontal
- When: Warm-ups for your joints and embodying sassy energy.
- 2 Options:
- No Bounce: Bring it arounddd town!
- Yes Bounce: Left, down, right, up
πΈ Acting: Your Personality Shining Through
- Face: Lip Syncing & βShow me your Bass Faceβ
- Embodied Energy: Primal vs Prancing
- Primal: Dancing like no one is watching.
- Prancing: Dancing like everyone is watching.
πͺοΈ Twist: Rotating Your Body
- Plane of Motion: Transverse (the last one)
- When to use: To add a lil spice to any movement. Essential for longevity.
- Feels: Brings out your inner sassy sexy self.
- Twirl: Shifting to both sides smoothly with a little twist.
πͺ Shake: Vibrating Your Body
- Planes of Motion: All three (Bounce, Shift & Twist)
- Twerking: Shaking your hips in all 3 planes

π§ Music π§
4 Musical Foundations (BOMB)
π₯ο»Ώ Beat: The Consistent Pulse
- When to dance to it: To warm-up your mind + body & get you into a flowstate.
- 8Count: Where Dance meets Music. Especially works in EDM.
- Two Measures in 4:4
- BPM: Generally the consistent throughout a song. What BPM will influence the genre.
- Instruments: Percussion: hi hat, kick drum, snare
- Frequencies: All
πο»Ώ Own: Your Custom Pulse
- "Dancing to the beat of your own drum"
- When to dance to it: When you are really feeling the music
- Instruments: Anything that catches your ear.
- Frequencies: All
π Melody: Higher Frequencies
- How to dance with it: Being as literal with the lyrics as possible.
- Lyric: βThrowing Cashβ. Act like you are throwing cash.
- Lyric: βThrowing Cashβ. Act like you are throwing cash.
- Instruments: π€ The instruments you sing along too (Vocals, guitar, piano, etc.).
- Frequencies: All
π’ Bassline: Lower Frequencies
- How to dance with it: Bouncing to the bass.
- Instruments: Synths, bass, kick drum
- Frequencies: Lower
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