Beauty comes out of bodies which are mo st alive and young. No matter the age of the dancer, the dancer returns to str ong and youthful patterning, obeying the vitality with in the music. Off beat phrasing is very common in African rhythms. This is what we call syncopation or swing. These high-affect combinations are also seen in the characteristic of the dance.
Dancers start out high, and gradually get closer to the ground, and then start over again.
Multiple metering is the layering of more than one rhythm on top of each other. African music has as many as four rhythms in command at once. The dancer is expected to dance to each drum with a different part of the body. Moving with flair. It can basically be described as the kind of style a dancer brings to a dance.