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Originally Posted by ChrisA Why on earth has this got anything to do with "should"?
If you want to swap, swap. If you don't, don't. |
"Should" as in to be expected or not:
Am I being nieve in expecting to maintain my role as a leader throught the dance? Am I supressing my partner by dominating the dance as a lead? If you want to swap, do you stop and discuss it? discuss it before-hand? Who says you should swap? What happens if one partner wants to take the lead or submit to following, but the other wants to maintain their current role?
"Should" sets up the guidelines to work in-between - If I move the lady's hand, she
should follow it. If I remove my lead, should she take over as lead? If she hi-jacks the lead, should I now take the role of a follower?
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Originally Posted by MartinHarper It does require two dancers who are both able and willing to dance both roles. The act of lead swapping itself is something that needs to be learnt: giving the lead away, accepting it when it's given, hijacking and being hijacked. In the absence of classes on these things, prepare to experiment and get things wrong. |
...Except I can't follow
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to all the people who can dual role. I'm sure that there have been a couple of workshops on it.
Is a lady "taking controll" of the dance* actually taking the lead, or are they just "breaking" the lead? {or is that "breaking in" the lead?
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(* back-leading included)