我們先說歌曲的部份,本曲歌名I Just Want to Dance with You,文宏老師採用的是由美國名鄉村歌手George Strait於西元1998年4月13日發行的”One Step at a Time”(中譯:一步一步來)專輯中的版本.這個版本讓George Strait得到當年Billboard(告示牌)鄉村熱門單曲排行榜的第一名.這首歌已經是George Strait在美國鄉村單曲熱門排行榜上的第34首冠軍單曲;如果包含其他主要排行榜起算的話,這已經是他的第42首冠軍單曲了.
I got a feeling that you have a heart like mine So let it show, let it shine If we have a chance to make one heart of two And I just wanna dance with you
和. I wanna dance with you Twirl you all around the floor Thats what they intended dancing for I just wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you Hold you in my arms once more Thats what they invented dancing for And I just wanna dance with you
第二段. I caught you looking at me when I looked at you Yes I did, aint that true? You wont get embarrassed by the things I do I just wanna dance with you
Oh, the boys are playing softly and the girls are too So am I and so are you If this was a movie, wed be right on cue And I just wanna dance with you
和. I wanna dance with you Twirl you all around the floor Thats what they intended dancing for And I just wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you Hold you in my arms once more Thats what they invented dancing for And I just wanna dance with you
和. I wanna dance with you Twirl you all around the floor Thats what they intended dancing for I just wanna dance with you
I wanna dance with you Hold you in my arms once more Thats what they invented dancing for And I just wanna dance with you
結尾. I just wanna dance with you I just wanna dance with you I just wanna dance with you
本舞文宏老師選擇以Nightclub Two Step型式來呈現這這一段深濃感情的歲月,這可就是文宏老師編舞精采過人之處.舞友們可能對”Nightclub Two Step”這個名詞比較陌生,大家對”Two Step”應該會比較熟悉,青蛙老師在跟張慶三老師學舞時,張老師將”Two Step”舞型稱為”疊步系統”.在這裡青蛙老師先簡單說一下傳統的”疊步系統”舞型,讓舞友們先有個基本的印像,之後我們再來比較”Nightclub Two Step”與”Two Step”的異同之處,這樣就更能感悟到文宏老師從歌曲,到舞型選擇的用心,加上深厚的編舞功力,和源源不斷的靈感,難怪文宏老師出品的每一首作品都是如此的出類拔萃,首首都能打動人心.
隨著大批歐洲拓荒者到美國開墾,舞蹈文化在美國也產生了多樣性的變化.以疊步舞來說,傳統的Two-Step在美國至少變化出來兩個分支:Texas Two-step和California Two-step(德州疊步與加州疊步).前者又稱為Country-western two-step;後者又稱為Nightclub Two Step(舞友們有沒有覺得很眼熟?前面有提到過唷).下面用簡單幾句話帶過這兩種變化出來的疊步舞型.
Country-western two-step開始流行於西元十九世紀末,二十世紀初的美國.寫過多部土風舞聖經的美國土風舞教父Lloyd Shaw在他西元1939年出版的”Cowboy Dances”一書中就說道:"The real two-step should be smooth and beautiful to watch. But in a Western dance it is quite in kind to make it joyous and bouncy."相對於歐洲平滑(gliding)與優雅的疊步,Country-western two-step多了一分膝蓋的彈性與歡樂的氣氛.
California Two-step(也就是俗稱的加州疊步舞型或Nightclub two step,也有稱為Night-club Slow)比起Texas Two-step,California Two-step發展較晚,是由Buddy Schwimmer(全名:Harry Daniel "Buddy" Schwimmer)於西元1964年定名與推廣,略帶輕搖擺(soft rock)的舞步,搭配一般在nightclub和廣播電台常放的流行情歌音樂慢慢流行起來,也因此有了Nightclub two step之稱.比起一般社交舞(Ballroom dance),跳Nightclub two step時,上半身舞姿是悠閑放鬆的,舞步輕鬆且平滑與優雅,速度則是中板到慢板.舞步結構特徵是一個soft rock加一個側踏步,身體則是放鬆輕微的搖擺.