[tsh]

I spent about 2 years learning lindy, 6 months of that in France, but when I came back to the UK I gave up because the classes I can get to easily are too into teaching 'fun' moves (fun for the teachers to watch people struggling with) and were much more focused on choreograph style moves (all the films have these moves, so they must be what people used to dance). Most of the people in the classes were struggling with a basic circle (because their technique was poor) yet they were being taught variations (and no musicality). The difference in France seemed to be that people started with some concept of partner dancing, and were interested in improving, rather than just wanting an evening of entertainment, so the classes progressed much faster.

Sean