Dear All,
With reference to what has been said so far about the intermeadiate classes. Over the last three years I have demmo'd for alot of the lady teachers in the Midlands, and seen many classes from the stage with a purely objective point of veiw.
I think it is a good idea to review previous moves in the class and not to brain fry the class with four really hard moves every week.
I also think alot of what the teachers teach must be based on the overall abillity of the class. ie- if the majority are very seasoned dancers in the room, it is good fun to be stretched a little occasionally. If there are alot of people new to intermediate lessons or the class has struggled the previous lesson at that venue it is nice to re-visit a harder move from a previous lesson.
Another thing it is useful to do is to gauge the standard of freestyle dancing at the venue. If it is looking a bit stale or jaded to your trained eye and alot of the moves are of a simmilar standard, it is nice to be taught (or retaught) moves that are really usable in freestyle.It does us all good to just do intermediate 1 and 2 moves occasionally as it can improve style and technique and allow you to concentrate on the more technical points of a move that you already know the mechanics of.
Happy dancing
Alfie
