Production Credits

Ana and Joel Masacote
Photo Credit: Steven Bellew

Choreography: Ana and Joel Masacote
Music: "Take Five" by Dave Brubeck
Costume Design: Ana & Joel Masacote
Dancers Required: 1 Couple-Ana & Joel
Running time: 3 minutes

Description

Ana and Joel Masacote
Photo Credit: CNR Productions

Jazz meets Salsa in Ana and Joel's most requested work and the one that made them famous.  Take Five is comprised of smooth, graceful dancing to one of the world's most well known and unconventional songs.  Not in a regular 4/4 salsa rhythm, this timeless classic is salsa danced to a jazz song of odd 5/4 rhythm as Ana and Joel aimed to step outside the box.

Most salsa songs, including Tito Puente's version of "Take Five, are written in 4/4 timing, or 8 beats to one bar In dancer terms.  In 5/4 timing, there are now 10 beats to one dancer's bar.  In order to choreograph to the piece, it was first necessary to create a method of dancing Salsa "On 5", something unheard of prior to this time.

Video Excerpt

"Take Five"
Ana and Joel Masacote
Perforrmed in TX Semeneya Ballroom

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