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Originally Posted by Gadget If you try to insert style elements into the lead (...) |
Given points 3-5, I think this is inaccurate. You're really talking about how to insert styling "as a leader".
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Originally Posted by Gadget "Isolation" |
I used to think very much the same thing: that isolation was a nasty concept. It's a partner dance, so whatever is happening with my body should be reflected in our connection. One thing I think I've figured out is that pure isolation is something to aim for, and something for exercises, not something that is ever achieved in actual dance. By aiming at perfect isolation, and just missing, the stuff that is happening with my body would be reflected in our connection in a subtle way, layered underneath the lead/follow.
I've never heard anyone reputable say this, so it's probably garbage.
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Originally Posted by Gadget Spare arm |
Yeah. Lindy teacher today told us that our spare arm is for making the girl feel warm and protected from all the other numbskulls on the dancefloor (so she only needs worry about the numbskull she's dancing with). So that's a neat way of doing something with that arm that doesn't really
feel like adding style, so I don't need to get paranoid about it.
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Originally Posted by Gadget Unless you have really good positioning and movement of your feet, try to avoid shoes that stand out. |
First step to looking good is to stop caring about looking bad. I'd recommend buying a pair of black and whites, and dancing in a prisoner's uniform with lots of downwards-pointing arrows.
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Originally Posted by Gadget Attitude |
I think a lot of this is etiquette advice, not style advice.
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Originally Posted by Gadget Watch dancers you admire: (...) ignore what you don't like. |
No - parody what you don't like.
