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Originally posted by Beowulf1970
My Main problem is I know (perhaps not very well) the list of moves above. I'm ok in the beginners section as I've memorise the "routine" parrot fashion. But when it comes to freestyle and I try and link in different moves I keep getting stuffed. My brain doesn't seem to process the moves fast enough, do I want ot go from a LH to another LH ? do I want to switch? Oops too late I've missed my chance. And because I'm thinking so much about the moves I'm going to do next, I mess up the moves I'm doing now, which makes me feel awkward and ungainly and my confidence flies out the dance hall faster than a fleeing golden snitch! |
17 years ago. I was in exactly the same position. I'd been going for classes for a couple of months. They were at Pineapple Studios, and there was no freestyle afterwards. I could do the intermediate class, but couldn't do freestyle.
Then I went to a dance at the Porchester Halls. I had a couple of dances, and was just doing the routine from the last class...
... and then everything just clicked. It didn't matter what move I'd just done, or what I wanted to do next. If I had the wrong hand, I'd just do something else (usually a return), and not worry about it. It remains one of the best dances I ever had.