[spindr]

To be honest there's nothing wrong with dancing the correct dance to the music -- e.g. a merengue to a merengue (like TwK played at Twyford), a quickstep to a quickstep, etc.

However, I think that if you're dancing a progressive dance amongst a mostly static set of dancers you should be prepared to avoid them. Similarly, if you are a static dancer amongst a large group of progressive dancers, then you should position yourself well away from the normal line of dance.

Similarly, if you're dancing something slightly out of the normal, then you should keep any "unexpected" movements small -- e.g. keeping a Lindy charleston small to avoid "confusing" modern jivers, etc.

And of course normal floorcraft should apply -- styling arms in a cha-cha to take them "up" rather than "out" when conditions are crowded.

SpinDr.