Today the journal office sent back a manuscript we submitted several weeks earlier and was in review. Their response? "Major revision" (which is quite normal).
Overall the comments were something we can address, perhaps except for that $5000 experiment. Some experiments are just cost-prohibitive.
We spent a few hours to plan the response, and started assigning experiments to revise the manuscript. They gave us 6 weeks for revision, and it is not a very long time.
[Dance]
Although my work is getting busy with the manuscript revision and grant writing (and some other things), I am going to dance a Tango in a showcase on 5/14. It was decided yesterday, kind of last minute, and today we were picking a song and doing some dancing to get to know each other.
She wanted to dance a nuevo Tango. So we picked a nuevo song from Otros Aires.
Now I am listening to the song and imagining how we would dance. The song begins with classic Tango-sounding intro for 35 seconds, then perky rhythm kicks in. 20 seconds later, a bandneon starts playing swiftly-moving energetic tune.The tune repeats twice, then bandneons start playing more dragging chord accompanied by electronic beats. A variation of the swift tune returns, and.......
Just writing down some notes like this helps to know the structure of the song better.
Some dancers practice based on moves and figures. Others dance to counts. But I need music to dance.
Dancers are a part of the band and musicians. In the Professional stage show, the musical score even includes dancers' part (!).
How are we going to dance the song? Are we going to add a storytelling? What kind of choreo would translate what we pick up from the lively song?
To choreograph a dance is a big part of fun that dancers enjoy. In social Tango we choreograph (on the spot) too. But for a showcase, we should do better.
