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Originally Posted by NZ Monkey  I see a balance in dancing with those both better and worse than yourself, but the fulcrum is quite a bit closer to the more experienced side than the lesser one. |
I agree with you on a certain level... take last night for example, an Argentine Tango came on and I had a go with a guy I'd never danced with before, it was all going very well, until he threw in a move i'd never done before.... I didn't follow
although, I did realised a split second 'after', what he'd actually 'wanted' me to do.
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If he'd been dancing with someone more experienced than myself, she'd have definitely got it, as it wasn't his lead that was bad, it was 'my' lack of experience. (BTW, he was perfectly lovely about it
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And, WCS is an educated dance, the follower has to know her part and until she fully understands the principles of the dance, I don't think it would matter how good and clear the lead was. So I believe it would be unfair for a lead to judge his leading skills on a beginner in WCS.
MJ is far more forgiving than AT or WCS but I think the principles still apply. A follow who's less experienced, wont necassarily understand a 'suble' lead, which may mean having to dance differently to the way you want to practice.
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I also don’t see that this is any different for the leaders or the followers. What are other readers views on the subject?
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For me, as a follow, I'm challanged in completely 'different' ways, when dancing with a beginner or an experienced dancer!