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Originally posted by Fran
One of the hightlights was the section on breaks when Adam discussed the appropriateness of ladies leading a break if the man with whom she is dancing misses them. There was a very logical explanation given - which to sum it up was that the men are concentrating on moves, what comes next etc, that it is understandable if the build up to potential breaks are missed. Ladies however do have more time to anticipate the breaks coming as they liten to the music. The proof of the pudding was when he reversed the roles and all ladies breaked in time to the music with out fail!!!!!!!
fran. |
I've found that when I'm dancing the followers part with another man it's amost essential to lead the break - unless you want to sail straight through it as if it wasn't there at all! There seems to be an alternative school of thought that goes 'I'll bet I can extrapolate from this break in the music until the next time the beat kicks in'. Or so it seems when you're being led. It's a bit like the DJ at a wedding who gets everyone to sing along to something like Summer Loving and then cuts the music out before the chorus so he can hear his brainwashed audience sing without the music. Then when he brings the music up you're always singing in the wrong place. Like any right thinking dancer I blame the dj.
Personally, I think that you always need to do something with the breaks. And it doesn't always have to be playing statues, it just needs to be dramatic or, as it's me, comedic - like the kick in the goolies given to the Tramp with dramatic/comedic/paramedic requiring effect at this years Blackpool champs!
Of course, the last thing you should ever do with a break is behave as if it wasn't there. It's like ignoring a Give-Way sign and driving out into traffic. There are many songs that have breaks and there are break-free versions of well known songs that usually have breaks that djs use to try and trick us.
The only thing to do is to put the breaks in where they should be - although this does make your partners think you're mental. Which in my case just gives the game away a bit earlier than usual...
...and of course, the dj is, as always, to blame!