Watch two different videos of one and the same choreography of Ravel’s Bolero (1928). The costumes, scenery, and dance steps are exactly the same in both. Only the tempo of the music is different. Watch some of the beginning and particularly the end of each video. https://youtu.be/FWZ1xnscVCQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ2chcGOJgY
Which performance—the first or the second—has the faster tempo, and which do you think makes for a more effective expression of the dance?
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