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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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What does "approach every single number" mean?!

hey guys. i heard this phrase in movie(katy perry: part of me), but i didn't get it. a man told this to the dancers, i think.
"I don't want you to approach every single number the same. I want you to approach them all differently."
  

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Hi,

approach begin to deal with

Clive
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Anonymoushey guys. i heard this phrase in movie(katy perry: part of me), but i didn't get it. a man told this to the dancers, i think."I don't want you to approach every single number the same. I want you to approach them all differently."
Dancers take different approaches to musical numbers depending on the rhythm and the mood or idea expressed in the music.
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Hi,

I'd hesitate before calling a real tango 'jazzy'. Emotion: ninja
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AlpheccaStarsDancers take different approaches to musical numbers depending on the rhythm and the mood or idea expressed in the music. If the music is a slow waltz, a dancer approaches it differently than if the music is a jazzy tango.
clive and AlpheccaStars, thnx a lot. thats help. one more, what does exactly "number" mean in this phrase?!
i'll be so tha
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Hi,

A number is slang used, often by performers, to refer to eg a song eg a dance.

eg Tom is dancing a new number with Mary.

Clive
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somebwhat does exactly "number" mean in this phrase?
A set piece of music with its accompanying singing and/or dancing, separated from other such pieces.

The term 'number' probably comes from the fact that each performance is numbered in the printed programs given to the members of the audience. Note the definition of a type of opera called "a number
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