This music is actually danceable, a rare treat for jazz that sounds like now.

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According to Refosco, Forro is a happy, danceable music based on four elements: simple melodies, basic harmonies, driving rhythms and funny lyrics.

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The Gregory Brothers have a gift for turning news stories and hilarious viral videos into hilarious and danceable pop songs.

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"Do It Better" follows that formula to perfection: Awash in jangly guitars, warm synths and a straight-ahead danceable pulse, the music is plenty infectious.

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Although based on traditional Mande music, this is an entirely new sound as powerful as the best rock 'n' roll bands, and certainly more danceable.

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Choreographer Josh Rhodes said the script originally used dance only at the palace ball, but director Mark Brokaw and writer Douglas Carter Beane asked him look for danceable moments.

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