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**DavidB** · 17th-June-2002, 12:45 PM

It has been interesting reading some of these comments. A few random thoughts:

What do you mean by style?
Can you learn style if you ignore technique?
Do you go to a style workshop to develop your own style, or copy someone else's? (Good luck to anyone who can copy Victor & Lydia!!)
The emphasis in Modern Jive is almost exclusively on doing moves. Contrast this to the emphasis in Ballroom dancing, where the emphasis is on technique, and Lindy (I'm told) & West Coast Swing, where it is on musical interpretation. So can Modern Jive style be defined as how well you make a complicated move look?
I always think that Modern Jive feels better than it looks. I'm still trying to work out why.
Are there any Modern Jive couples you would stop dancing so you could watch?

David
PS I didn't go to Victor & Lydia's workshop - it was a bit far... I have seen them dance, and like their style - even if I could never dance like that. I'm not criticising their workshop - I'm more interested in what people think about style, and were expecting from the workshop.

17th-June-2002, 12:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
DavidB Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,139 Status: working too hard Rep Power: 5 Rep.: 1435	It has been interesting reading some of these comments. A few random thoughts: What do you mean by style? Can you learn style if you ignore technique? Do you go to a style workshop to develop your own style, or copy someone else's? (Good luck to anyone who can copy Victor & Lydia!!) The emphasis in Modern Jive is almost exclusively on doing moves. Contrast this to the emphasis in Ballroom dancing, where the emphasis is on technique, and Lindy (I'm told) & West Coast Swing, where it is on musical interpretation. So can Modern Jive style be defined as how well you make a complicated move look? I always think that Modern Jive feels better than it looks. I'm still trying to work out why. Are there any Modern Jive couples you would stop dancing so you could watch? David PS I didn't go to Victor & Lydia's workshop - it was a bit far... I have seen them dance, and like their style - even if I could never dance like that. I'm not criticising their workshop - I'm more interested in what people think about style, and were expecting from the workshop.