Consider the fact that 'dance' music grew and evloved to be danced to. It it my opinion that who would play a dance tune, (whatever the tradition it comes from) properly--must play it (if possible) for the dance it grew around. It is the task of the musician to make the dance audible, as it is the task of the dancer to make the music visible, (insofar as the word 'task' applies)--replace task with whatever term you feel appropriate. . . Playing the tune never feels complete to me until that happens.
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