07/08/2026
Choreography becomes far more powerful when it does not remain trapped inside one song.
In this class, we revisited a footwork choreography originally taught by **Diego** Diego Rivera at **Goa International Dance Congress**, where he had placed it beautifully on the song **Jicotea**.
This time, we challenged ourselves to explore the same footwork vocabulary on a different song: **Rakata**.
And that is where the real learning begins.
Because dance training is not only about memorising a combination exactly as it was taught.
It is about understanding the movement well enough to adapt it.
Timing changes.
Energy changes.
Music changes.
The body has to listen differently.
We broke the choreography down using our **MVS approach**, so the students were not just copying steps. They were learning how the movement is built, how it connects, and how the same vocabulary can travel across music.
That is what good training should do.
It should make you less dependent on one fixed pattern and more capable of understanding movement as a language.
Footwork choreography credit: **Diego**
Partnerwork adaptation/choreography: **Vineet & Hensila**
Dancing with: **Akansha, Mitali & Pankti**
This was a beautiful class because everyone got to experience the difference between simply remembering choreography and actually understanding how to use it.
Come train with us if you want to learn dance beyond memorising steps.
