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Originally Posted by Lynn Marking the beat with hand bouncing (though I also heard someone 'warn' against doing that in a Lindy class so maybe not exclusively in MJ.) |
No, I'd say it is a MJ thing, it gets complained about in Lindy, yes, but the culprits are usually MJers who've moved across to Lindy, taking their bad habits with them!
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Originally Posted by Minnie M Backleading - really bad habit new ladies/followers have |
I'd think that Backleading and leading oneself are 2 different things, and the last one is inexcusably bad! I think of backleading as the lady taking the opportunity to add some of her own style to a dance, or steal the lead, and can be great fun! Leading oneself is pre-empting moves and not waiting for the lead, or not being able to recognise when the man wants the lead back when you've been backleading, or being able to relinquish it.
The one I'd add would have to be lack of spacial awareness, and those around you (surprised nobody else has mentioned it!) Last Friday I was having a very lovely WCS with Rythmn King, and he lead me into a lean, I didn't even move my feet, and when he brought me back to standing, there was someone in the space my left foot had momentarily raised 2 inches from!