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Originally Posted by David Franklin  I agree with this, but I think there's a strong law of diminishing returns. You don't "need" a follow who's much better than you to get the main benefits, and I do actually think you may even learn more from such a follow than one of the superstars.. |
Mmm. Very true - although there are some exceptions. I've been lucky enough to spend a great deal of time dancing with a lady who is a) an extremely good follower, and b) who elected not to compensate for my mistakes. In any way whatsoever.
It's been a real eye opener. It's been
incredibly humbling. Some of the time, it's not been any fun at all. Moves which I thought I'd been leading perfectly turned out to have been lead very badly. Many basics which I'd happily been doing since day one turned out to have developed very bad habits indeed.
As a result though, both my lead, and (probably more importantly) my attitude towards leading have changed considerably, and I think I can attribute a great deal of the recent improvement in my dance has been down to this. It's a worthwhile process, but you have to leave your ego at the door to get the best out of it.