Here's step I found that has a little conversation happening. When teaching in Tap Dance Land I love using call and response as a method to engage students. Then there are rhythms that have the same kind of thing going on within themselves. Echoes of the same note hit twice, then a long response, every time, with a final punctuation, as if to say, "Okay, we're done." Steps like this keep me engaged. I have to be present to the conversation happening in the step. If I were to use this step as a starting point for improvisation I would take note of the conversation as it is currently set and be mindful of where it may go from here. I'd be aiming of course, for a REALLY GOOD conversation...you know the kind that could last for hours, still you wouldn't want to leave, and you'd come away with feeling like you were part of something special. Yeah, that.
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