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Originally posted by Forte
After years of single (non partner) dance classes where you are choreographed to the nth degree...I am having trouble loosening up and finding "My" style |
I've danced with lots of beginner jivers with a ballet/jazz/other choreographed dance background, and this is very common.
Although they are invariably beautifully coordinated, spin better on day 1 than I'll ever be able to, look fab, etc, etc, they find it hard to establish a connection with their partner - for precisely the reasons you give - so much individual pattern learning that learning to dance
with someone when you don't know what's happening ahead of time becomes difficult.
I'd be inclined to stop worrying about style completely until that connection is there to the extent that you no longer have to think about it.
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Originally posted by Forte
It's as if I need the security of a rehearsed routine but the funny thing is once I know the moves I start adding some pzazz to them and I get praised for it! |
See? It's not that you can't do it.
I would bet that the plateau you're talking about will evaporate once you're more confident dancing as a partner.
On a related note, it's also down to the guys to give you space to strut your stuff at an appropriate point in the music.
I've discovered this just recently as an area that I need to work on big time - dancing musically mean I also need to give my lady the space to do her thing too.
HTH,
Chris