July 28, 2006

The world premier of our first interview was such a success that we've decided to do it again, this time with first class treatment (we're eating ice cream). So sit back once again and get ready for more insight about your favorite dancing duo.

David: Tell me again, how in the world did we come up with such a long name? There are only two of us!

Diane: It all started with the Gay Divorcée (who wasn't really gay by the way, just happy).

David: Right, that beautiful dance sequence between Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers! What song did they dance to again?

Diane: Um, I don't know.... "Night and Day"?

David: So that's reason one. We love that routine, we love their dancing in general, and our own dancing certainly carries their influence. Why else?

Diane: "Neath the moon, under the sun"—yin and yang. "Night and Day" means two parts that form a whole.

David: I like that. Can I use it on my website? I guess it could also refer to the fact that you have dark hair and I have blonde, right?

Diane: and I'm tanned and you're ... uh, not.

David: (laughing and hiding his embarrasment) Hey! Is that a squirrel?

Diane: Oh, did one get away?

David: That one's always escaping!

Diane: Maybe someone can help us find him on our contact page.

David: I thought of something else. We dance in the daytime sometimes. Aaaaand, sometimes we dance at night. Clever, huh?

Diane: We diance all dave and all night. (hyuk hyuk!)

David: (She had too much ice cream.) Anyway, I think it's time for a new question.

Diane: Got one! So what the heck is the difference between Creative Partner Dancing and Blues Fusion?

David: Didn't you read the articles?

Diane: Yes, but in some ways they sound the same, so can you uh, highlight the differences? Right here, right now for our exclusive audience?

David: Yes I can. Creative Partner Dancing is spelled C-r-e-a-t-i-v-e P-a-r-t-n-e-r D-a-n-c-i-n-g. Blues Fusion isn't. Otherwise, they're basically different names for almost the same thing.

Diane: Insightful!

David: The only real difference I can come up with is the fact that Blues Fusion is usually danced to blues and blues fusion music. Otherwise, both styles blend whatever other dance styles we happen to prefer while dancing.

Diane: So if I just felt like dancing hip hop to the song "Night and Day", is that Creative Partner Dancing?

David: Do you have a partner?

Diane: Say I do.

David: Yes. Unless you're dancing in a very strict way with a predetermined set of steps and sequences. Then you're just partner dancing.

Diane: But what if the song has no hip hop elements in it?

David: Okay okay, I get it now. You're talking about a style of dance that doesn't actually fit the music. The whole point we're trying to make is this: Creative Partner Dancing, Blues Fusion, and all other styles of dance are best, in our opinion, when they are danced to the music. Otherwise what's the point? So if "Night and Day" has the right beat, the right feeling, the right something to make you want to do hip hop, then work with it! If not, then we ourselves would probably dance differently.

(A brief but intense side conversation ensues between the two interviewers and interviewees, during which they try to hash out just exactly what they're trying to say.)

Diane: Don't get me wrong. I am not a purist who thinks that one should only dance swing to swing music. Neither am I one of those people who thinks that you can swing dance to any type of music at all. What I mean is that you should really work with the music and adapt your dancing to it. So if a swing song has hip hop elements, or a hip hop song has swing elements in it, then by all means, draw from both styles in your dancing, but pleeease don't keep dancing the same way to every song!

David: Soooooo.... what you're saying is.... you don't like it when I keep doing the Macarena?

(Another brief interlude occurs in which said interviewers and interviewees have a heated debate about what exactly is the cheeziest dance craze in history.)

Diane: Well, I wouldn't mind the Macarena if you adapted it to every song, so that if it is a waltz, you do it all flowy and gracefully. (grins while imagining this) ... If you adapted it, then you wouldn't be mindlessly dancing the same way to every song.

David: That's great advice, and I'll consider following it tonight at Robson Square. Which means it's time to go! That was fun!