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Originally posted by Franck
If only it were that easy...
You do pick up style by watching, but watching is not enough.
Franck. |
There may be a few dancers who really can assimilate a move or sequence of moves - many more who perhaps think they can
but I'm certainly not one of them.
I watched a video of Nigel and Nina and tried for a while to get a move right but it never felt quite right. They demonstrated the move at the weekend and when they walked through it I realised what I was doing 'wrong'. It was simply that my hand was at the woman's waist rather than on her back. Not much of a difference but enough to make the move flow much better.
And it's those little things that you can't always appreciate when you just see someone go through a move. I know it takes me a while to get some moves and the nuances are vitally
important.
And having found a tape of myself from nearly 4 years ago I can see how my style has changed...........alhtough the moves were very similar
But if you are going to use a video.......as others say here, be prepared for the worst. I taped myslef at the weekend and some of the moves I htought looked good looked anything but ..........althtough a couple I htought might look messy seemed OK.
But as we all keep saying...it is most of all about having fun