How can we dance lyrics

We Dance Lyrics - Once on This Island Cast

We Dance Song Lyrics

[WOMAN]

Asaka, grow me a garden

[MAN]

Please Agwe, don't flood my garden

[TWO YOUNG WOMEN]

Erzulie, who will my love be?

[ALL]

Papa Ge don't come around me.

[WOMAN (spoken)]

Ah, such powerful, such temperamental gods

rule our island.

[ASAKA]

Asaka, Mother of the Earth.

[AGWE]

Agwe, God of Water.

[ERZULIE]

Erzulie, beautiful Goddess of Love.

[PAPA GE]

And Papa Ge, sly Demon of Death.

[WOMEN]

Asaka, grow me a garden

[MEN]

Please Agwe, don't flood my garden

[WOMEN]

Erzulie, who will my love be?

[ALL]

Papa Ge don't come around me

Please Agwe don't flood my garden

Asaka grow me a garden...

[WOMEN]

We dance

[MEN]

We dance

[ALL]

To the music of the gods

The music of the breezes through

The green plaintain

The murmur of the river and

The roar of rain

And if the Gods decide to

Send a hurricane

[WOMEN]

We dance. ..

[MEN]

We dance

[ALL]

To their everchanging moods

[WOMAN (ASAKA)]

We know the gods are happy

When the green things grow

[MAN (AGWE)]

They're angry when the river

Starts to overflow

[ALL]

And since we never know

Which way the winds will blow...

[ALL]

We dance to the earth

We dance to the water

The Gods awake and we take no chance

Our hearts hear the song

Our feet move along

And to the music of the Gods

We dance!

[ANDREA (spoken)]

On the other side of the island, safe behind

high walls and iron gates, the grands hommes

dance to a different tune.

[ALL]

La la la la la la la

[DANIEL]

The drink champagne. Entertain tourists at

their fine hotels. And tell their servants,

"Polish up the Mercedes!"

[ALL]

La la la la la la la

[MAN]

Two different worlds

Never meant to meet.

[MAN]

The peasants labor

[WOMAN]

The grands hommes. .. eat!

[ANDREA AND DANIEL]

How fine

Our clothes are!

[ALL OTHERS]

We dance

[ANDREA AND DANIEL]

How fast

We drive!

[ALL OTHERS]

We dance

[ANDREA AND DANIEL]

We dance at parties...

[ALL]

While we are dancing

Just to stay alive...

[WOMEN]

We dance

[MEN]

We dance

[ALL]

What else is there to do?

[MAN]

But plant the seed

And pull the weed

And chop the cane

[TWO WOMEN]

And bear the child

And bear the load

And bear the pain

[THREE WOMEN, TWO MEN]

ANd as the rich go racing

To their own refrain

[ALL]

We dance to the earth

We dance to the water

The Gods awake and we take no chance

Our hearts hear the song

Our feet move along

And to the music of the Gods

We dance to the earth

We dance to the water

The Gods awake and we take

No chance...

[PAPA GE]

Two different

worlds.

Never meant

to meet.

But if the gods move

our feet...

[ALL]

We dance! We dance! We dance!

[MAN (spoken)]

Once on this island, there was a terrible

storm!

[MAN]

Many huts washed away! Many peasants

drowned by Agwe's angry waters!

[WOMAN]

But one small girl

caught his attention.

[LITTLE TI MOUNE]

Aaaahh!

[MAN (Agwe)]

And she was spared. An orphan, plucked

from the flood by Agwe.

[WOMAN (Asaka)]

Sheltered in a tree by Asaka.

[WOMAN (Erzulie)]

And sent on a journey by the gods. A journey

that would test the strength of love...

[MAN (Papa Ge)]

Against the power of death...

[MAN, WOMAN (Erzulie, Papa Ge)]

On this island of two different worlds!

[ALL]

The story of Ti Moune!

Shall We Dance? Lyrics - King and I, The musical

Anna
[Spoken]
Oh but it's very exciting, when you're young at your first dance,
and you're sitting on a small quilt chair with your eyes lowered,
terrified that you'd be a wallflower. And suddenly you see two
black shoes, a white waistcoat, a face, it speakes...

Anna
[Sung]
We've just been introduced,
I do not know you well,
But when the music started
Something drew me to your side.
So many men and girls,
Are in each others arms-
It made me think we might be
Similarly occupied.
Shall we dance?
On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?
Shall we dance?
Shall we then say "Goodnight and mean "Goodbye"?
Or perchance,
When the last little star has left the sky,
Shall we still be together
With are arms around each other
And shall you be my new romance?
On the clear understanding
That this kind of thing can happen,
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance? Shall we Dance?

[Dialog]
Anna
Mm mm mm...
Mm mm mm...

King
Why'd you stop? You dance pretty , go on, go on, go on!

Anna
Oh your Majesty I didn't realize, after all I'm not a
Dancing girl. ..In England no woman would dance while a
Man is looking at her...

King
But you will dance with strange men, holding hands, etcetera.

Anna
Yes, but not always a stranger. Usually a very good friend.

King
Good, then we will dance together! You show me.
Teach, teach, teach!

Anna
Well, it's quite simple, the polka. You count one, two, three
and one, two, three and one, two, three...

Shall we dance?

King
One, two, three and?

Anna
On a bright cloud of music shall we fly?

King
One, two, three and?

Anna
Shall we dance?

King
One, two, three and?

Anna
Shall we then say "Goodnight and mean "Goodbye"?

King
One, two, three and?

Anna
Or perchance,
When the last little star has left the sky,
Shall we still be together
With are arms around each other
And shall you be my new romance?
On the clear understanding
That this kind of thing can happen,

Both
Shall we dance?
Shall we dance? Shall we Dance?

Anna
One, two, three and one, two, three and
One, two, three and one, two, three and

King
One, two, three, one, two, three
One, two. .. Something wrong!
I know, I know, I forgot "AND" next time
I'll remember!

Both
And one, two, three and one, two, three and
One, two, three and ...

Anna
Oh that's splendid, your Majesty!

King
Splendid! Splendid!

Both
And one, two, three and one, two, three and
One, two, three and ...

King
That is not right!

Anna
Yes, it is! You're doing beautifully, your Majesty.

King
Not the way I see Europeans dance tonight.

Anna
Yes, it was! It was just like that!

King
We're not holding two hands, like this.

Anna
No. As a matter of fact...

King
Or no-o-o-ot like this.

Anna
Yes.

King
Come! Last Update: June, 10th 2013

How to start dancing right now — choreographers tell

“It's easier to find yourself in dancing”.
How to take the first step towards the fact that you like

Four professional dancer
about where to find freedom and how to stop comparing yourself with the other

Text: Aina Preston

Dasha

Michelle Beatz

Tagir Gindullin

Eva UVAROVA

Music is a universal instrument that moves the world, it is literally inscribed in our DNA. With its help, we can inspire and shape the pop culture of the present and future here and now. Music is inextricably linked with dance. Dancers feel the rhythm and are able to harmoniously complement the musical composition with movements. It is dance that gives them a powerful emotional release and helps them relax. And to feel this, it is worth taking one small risk - allowing yourself to dissolve into the music and turn off your head. How to take the first step and not be afraid to try what you are drawn to? We deal with Tommy Jeans, PRODANCES and our heroes, who found a common language with their fears and learned to express emotions through music and movements. nine0003

DASHA ROLIK

Choice between directions

I consider myself a versatile artist, doing several types of dance, but most of all I am known for the Vogue culture. This is not just a dance style, but a whole culture about protecting the rights of sexual minorities. This culture is very daring: here and now you can look whatever you like - fully comply with fantasies, externally and internally, carry yourself proudly, inventing new images. Vogue is a great occasion to dress up, surprise, delight. Exactly 10 years I have been developing in this direction, and it does not bother me, I constantly learn new things. nine0003

Synergy of dance and music

Good composition inspires dance. First came the music, then came the dance. But it also happens that a dance is born in silence, without sounds: when you have the right mood and a visualization of movements is born in your head. But this comes with experience. Of course, dance and music are closely related.

An alternative to dancing

Now, in parallel with dancing, I am developing as a director, producer and co-organizer of dance events, doing photography and video. Therefore, it seems that if it were not for the dance, then my activity would be connected with the organization of cultural events. I like to create, develop and bring something new, inspire myself and others, reveal people, come up with new ideas. I also love to cook, so I could be a great cook. nine0003

How the image begins

I focus on my mood, how I look: I can be in different weights, with different colors and lengths of hair. Trends play an important role here. Of course, first of all, I start from my expectations and how I want to look. I try not to repeat myself, to be different. I ask myself what kind of makeup I want: bright, aggressive, calm, romantic, defiant. Do I want to be sexy or conservative. This is how I collect the image. I take things from my own wardrobe or turn to stylists, ateliers, sometimes I can rent something from showrooms. Creating an image is always very interesting, it helps to show creativity. nine0003

Uniqueness - awareness

Comparison does not give us anything, it takes energy and strength that can be spent on developing and multiplying potential. The uniqueness must really be realized, each person defines himself. Sometimes you need to think about what you want. As soon as you realize your own value, then claims to yourself will disappear. You can’t compare your beginning of the path with someone else’s middle.

Finding yourself

It is not worth holding on to people and things, no matter how selfish it may sound. Then you will understand what you like, and what is imposed by society. When looking for your own business, it is important to start from inner feelings, focus on those very “butterflies in the stomach”. nine0003

Philosophy of dance

Dance is body language. I dreamed of being a presenter, but oratory is difficult for me, it’s easier for me not to speak, but to dance. When I hear music, I breathe, the body emits vibrations, vibrations are reflected in the plasticity of forms, in movements, emotions. Dancing helps to develop personality. It's a unique way of expressing yourself. Sometimes words are not needed to understand us.

MICHELLE BEATZ

Sports and creativity

My dancing journey began 10-12 years ago. I quit playing professional football, where I got seriously injured, burned out emotionally and physically, and could not walk normally. A friend called me to support him at a dance performance, where I saw how people can control and feel their body, I missed this in football. I think dance and football are similar: football also has a pace, a rhythm, it's a dance with a ball. But the structure is different, football is a sport, and dance is creativity. nine0003

The right music

I'm looking for music on streaming services. Usually I think about which track is more suitable for a performance, I put on performers who meet the requirements, and I look for a suitable track. Everything is pretty simple.

WHEN THERE IS NO INSPIRATION

Usually at such moments I get distracted: I review some large-scale shows, performances of stars, listen to music. There is another way - to abstract. If everything is tired, you need to give yourself time to relax, switch to another activity. You can cook food, watch a movie. Taking a break from what you do all the time can provide inspiration and motivation. nine0003

Dance clothes

Clothes are one of the main attributes of dance. It gives character to movements, creates mood. I love to dance in jeans, voluminous t-shirts. It is very important for dancers that we ourselves like how we look, this sets the tone for the performance.

Comparing is okay

When you're at the start, it's okay to compare yourself to others. Helps you understand what you are missing. But then it is better to focus on your own feelings. Everyone has their own style, physiology and musicality, you just need to work on technique. When people follow someone, try to copy, it only leads them astray. nine0003

Tune TO

Friendship with Tommy Jeans

The first project with Tommy Jeans was something very unusual for me. I got to know the brand better, learned a lot of new things, despite the fact that I have been wearing their clothes for a long time. The collaboration was a pleasant surprise. The emotions are very cool, I hope that in the future we will be friends and work with Tommy Jeans.

MY JEANS

TAGIR GINDULLIN

The main thing is to continue

I have been dancing for 16 years and I never once thought of quitting. In 2012, I broke my arm, and after the operation there was practically no rehabilitation period - two weeks later I was already in the gym. For some time he danced only on his feet, with his hand bandaged, and two months later he already participated in the championship. With apprehension, of course, but he participated. The main thing here is to continue.

Hobby can become a profession

I have been dancing since I was 10 years old, but in childhood I did not realize what and why I was doing, did not set big goals. Some results began to appear in the first years of training. At the age of 14, I went to live in Moscow, without parents, then the realization came that dancing could become my life's work. This transition of a hobby into a profession happened very smoothly and organically, but it could not be otherwise. nine0003

Music is paramount

When it comes to performing, music is very important. If the audience likes the composition, then my solo will definitely be remembered. It is also important for me how my body and soul respond to the track. At competitions, the DJ is responsible for the music, the dancers do not know what they will perform under. This is freestyle, improvisation, connection with the composition. If you fall into a musical "pit" during a battle - this is the most difficult moment, you need the right settings. In general, music is paramount. If the dance has a great soundtrack, then there are more chances to show your maximum. nine0003

Clothing as a guide

I wear what I feel comfortable and easy to move in. I perform mainly in sports things. In breakdancing, style is very important. I always separate things: for everyday life, training, competitions, festivals. Each separate occasion requires a corresponding image.

Metamorphoses in a career

At the very beginning of the journey, it was not difficult at all: there were no obligations, deadlines, projects. I remember that in my childhood a bank was built next to my house and tiles were laid - I was happy just because I could spin on this tile. Now it is more difficult - more responsibility. You begin to treat your body differently, study yourself, fill bumps. For example, there is such an element of air twist (power rotational movement in breakdance), all my life I did it intuitively, and only after 10 years I realized that there is a technique that you just need to master. nine0003

The excitement hasn't gone away

I've competed in championships in over 30 countries, performed on big stages, acted in TV projects, but the excitement hasn't gone away. At small events, it is a little less, but at the World Cup, where legends look at you, this feeling pervades the body. I use it to my advantage - as soon as I take a step, I release adrenaline and accelerate.

Everyone is unique

We are all special, no two people are the same. Uniqueness is not something to strive for, it is already in everyone. You need to be able to feel yourself and your needs, to do what you really like. Working on oneself and realizing one's potential is what makes a person himself. nine0003

Eva Uvarova

restrictions and freedom

since childhood I have been engaged in gymnastics (until the video with my VOG was scattered on the Internet) and today I understand - both sports and dancing require a full return. In addition, they become part of your life, which brings you a storm of emotions. The main difference is that in sports you are limited, you adhere to discipline, and in dancing you are free, open to new things. It is easier to find yourself in dancing. nine0003

Dancing is an opportunity

A professional dance career has opened up many opportunities. Thanks to dancing, I met interesting people - sport would hardly have given me such a chance. The people who appeared in my life incredibly support and inspire me, it helps to develop. I was able to visit different countries, see what other dancers are capable of. I also starred in music videos, collaborated with major brands, for example, in October I participated in the Tommy Jeans x PRODANCE project for the first time. Then I was able to show my dance to a large audience and proved to myself that I can achieve a lot. I have long liked the Tommy Jeans brand, and the opportunity to work together made me very happy. nine0003

Style is a mix

Honestly, I can't describe my dancing style in one word. I tried many directions, most of all contemporary or modern dance resonates with me. The plasticity and technique of this style are very close to me, I like the sensations during movements. To summarize, my dance style is a mix of different directions, improvisation, taking into account different dance experiences.

Motivation and willpower

Willpower helps to achieve goals. I make decisions and start working and giving my best. If you really do what you love, then no additional motivation is needed. What you love doesn't require much effort. nine0003

Clothes are a reflection of yourself

Clothes help complete the dance. If I go to hip-hop, then I choose voluminous things. I associate this style with freedom, so clothes should not hinder movement. If I go vogue, I choose tight-fitting clothes that emphasize the curves of the body and help me feel more confident.

Music guides

Place of music in dance

Normally dancers choose music first. With the help of the body, we try to convey the lyrics of the song, the mood. I first look for a track, and then I select a choreography that describes the melody, words and feelings. nine0003

onward

Comparison is a fine line

By comparing, we evaluate ourselves, and this affects our confidence, general condition and desire to move on. Comparison sometimes helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses, but most people tend to look for flaws in themselves, so more often it is quite destructive and interferes with the implementation of plans. There is a fine line here: if a person is able to objectively evaluate his own and other people's abilities, then the comparison is acceptable, but if not, it is better not to even start. nine0003

Become part of the community

Tommy Jeans Global Brand Initiative supports talented people who are disrupting the existing order for positive change.

Right now @tommyjeans is becoming a content platform where everyone can get creative and take the first step towards their dreams.

For example, take part in a competition and get the opportunity to win an online course, during which you will be supported by choreographers in a private chat. There will also be prizes from Tommy Jeans and PRODANCES. nine0003

WHAT TO DO?

Post your story on Instagram about why you want to dance. It can be a short video with a story, a dance, or a photo with text. The main condition is to mark three accounts: @tommyjeans, @tancy.pro, @theblueprint.ru.

On March 23, we will choose the 50 most inspiring stories, and their authors will receive prizes and the opportunity to completely change their lives.

Learn more about Tommy Jeans X PRODANCE

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how we tried to learn to dance / Sudo Null IT News

Hello everyone! My name is Vladislav Mosin, I am a 4th year student of the bachelor's program “ Applied Mathematics and Informatics ” at the St. Petersburg HSE. Last summer, together with Alina Pleshkova, a master student of our faculty, I did an internship at JetBrains Research. We have been working on the Music2Dance project, the goal of which is to learn how to generate dance moves that fit the given music. This can be used, for example, when teaching dance on your own: I heard music, launched the application, and it showed movements that are harmoniously combined with this music. nine0003

Looking ahead, I will say that our results, unfortunately, turned out to be far from the best models of motion generation that currently exist. But if you are also interested in understanding this problem, I invite you under cat.

From the film “Pulp Fiction”

Existing approaches

The idea of generating dance from music is quite old. Probably the most striking example is dance simulators like Dance Dance Revolution, where the player has to step on panels on the floor that glow in time with the music, and thus a kind of dance is created. Also a beautiful result in this area is the creation of dancing geometric shapes or 2D men. nine0003

There are also more serious works - the generation of 3D movements for people. Most of these approaches rely solely on deep learning. The best results for the summer of 2020 were shown by the DanceNet architecture, and we decided to take it as a baseline. Next, we will discuss their approach in more detail.

Data preprocessing

In the task of generating dance from music, there are two types of data: music and video, and both need to be preprocessed, since models cannot work with raw data. Let's talk about the processing of each type in a little more detail. nine0003

Music: onset, beats, chroma

Probably the most common way to extract features from audio is to calculate the spectrogram or melgram - converting the sound from the amplitude domain to the frequency domain using a Fourier transform. However, in our task we are working with music, not an arbitrary audio signal, and low-level analysis is not suitable in this case. We are interested in rhythm and melody, so we will extract onset, beats and chroma (the beginning of the note, rhythm and mood of the melody). nine0003

Video: extracting the human pose

This is where things get a lot more interesting. A primitive approach - to try to predict the next frame from a video of dancing people - is doomed to failure. For example, the same dance filmed from different distances will be interpreted differently. In addition, the frame size of even a small resolution (for example, 240x240) exceeds several tens of thousands of pixels.

To get around these problems, extract the person's pose from the video. The pose is set by a certain number of physiologically key points of the body, according to which it can be restored in its entirety. Such points include, for example, the head and pelvis, elbows and knees, feet and hands. nine0003 Key points are marked in blue

This method allows you to reduce the dimension of the input data (after all, instead of a frame with several tens of thousands of parameters, the input is a low-dimensional vector), and also allows you to concentrate more on movements.

An important feature of this method is the way in which keypoint positions are stored. For example, if you store just absolute positions in 3D space, then the problem of non-fixed bone lengths arises: the distance between the lower leg and knee or shoulder and elbow can change from frame to frame, which is not the expected behavior. To avoid such problems, the position of one point of the person, namely the middle of the pelvis, is fixed, and the position of all the others is set through the length of the bone and the angle of rotation relative to the previous point. Let me explain with an example: the position of the hand is set through the length of the radius, as well as rotation relative to the elbow. nine0003

DanceNet Architecture

DanceNet Architecture. Source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.03761

The DanceNet architecture consists of several main parts:

Music encoding;
Classification of music by style;
Video frame coding;
Prediction of the next frame from previous ones and music;
Decoding the received frame.

Let's take a closer look at each of the parts:

Music coding. The pre-converted audio signal is encoded using a convolutional neural network with a Bi-LSTM layer.
Classification of music by style. Similar to the previous point, a convolutional neural network with a Bi-LSTM layer.
Frame encoding-decoding. Small two-layer convolutional network.
Next frame prediction. The most meaningful part of the architecture, which actually predicts the next pose from the previous ones and the music. Consists of blocks of dilated (expanded) convolutions with skip connections. nine0003

DanceNet accepts music and a set of poses as input, but it gives out not just a pose, but a parameterization of the normal distribution - the mathematical expectation and variance, from which the answer is sampled, and minus the probability of correct position is used as a loss function.

Our solution

Existing deep learning solutions have one major problem. To look realistic, you need to manually implement various kinds of restrictions. For example, the elbows and knees cannot bend in the opposite direction, with a static position of the body, the center of gravity must be between the feet, and many other restrictions. To solve this problem automatically, we propose to use reinforcement learning. The main part of this approach is the presence of an environment that will not allow the agent to make incorrect positions. nine0003 Solution architecture. Training epoch

Our solution consists of four main parts:

Dataset

One of the main issues in solving machine learning problems is the choice of dataset. For the dance generation task for the summer of 2020, there were no good quality open datasets, and the authors of the existing solutions collected them on their own. In the article, which we took as a baseline, they seriously approached the issue of data and filmed several hours of professional dances. Unfortunately, they refused to share the dataset solely for the benefit of science. Since it’s quite sad to live without a dataset, I had to come up with something. As a result, we decided to create a dataset from what was at hand: a video from YouTube and a library for detecting the position of a person VIBE. nine0003

DanceNet

In our solution, we used the original model from the article with one small change - we removed the music classification, since, firstly, our goal was to generate dance from any music, and secondly, the collected data did not contain markup and were very diverse musically.

RL model

The task of the RL model is to correct the position of the body so that it looks more realistic. At the input, the model takes the movement (for each point, the difference between the new and old positions) and the old position of the body, and outputs the corrected new position at the output. nine0003

Consider the model in detail. Reinforcement learning has two main parts: the learning algorithm and the environment.

The structure of reinforcement learning algorithms

As reinforcement learning algorithms, we decided to choose one algorithm that uses Q-Learning (our choice fell on TD3 as the most stable and expressive) and one that does not use (we settled on PPO ).

With the environment, everything turned out to be not as simple as with the algorithms. In a good way, there is no ideal ready-made environment for this task, and you need to implement it yourself. However, writing an environment that will be completely correct from the point of view of physics is a rather complicated and lengthy task that requires additional knowledge. In this regard, we decided to use the ready-made environment Humanoid , which is designed to teach the agent to move as quickly as possible and not fall.

Loss function

The main task of the loss function is to take into account both the reward of the environment, which does not allow accepting unrealistic positions, and compliance with the position from the dataset.

where S is the position, S _real is the correct position, R is the reward of the environment.

Model in testing phase

Solution architecture. Testing era

At the training phase, the model predicted the next position of the body from the previous and music, however, at the testing phase, only music enters the model, and there are no previous positions. To prevent this from becoming a problem, we added a few seconds of steady stillness at the beginning to all the dances. Now, at the testing epoch, we can initialize the previous positions with this most motionless stable equilibrium and predict the next one based on the music.

Results

Unfortunately, we did not get impressive results, like the authors of DanceNet .