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Originally posted by Gus
Coming back to music, my personal view that the vast majority of dancers basicaly do moves to the music, whereas only the minority of dancer really interpret the music and DANCE accordingly |
The same move can be performed in many different ways; it is up to the dancers as to how to perform the move and which style fits the music. Is it not part of the dancer's skill to select the style that match the music or the feel of the music? The actual
moves don't really come into it.
As someone in another post pointed out, some people are better to dance with to style X, but not as good with style Y - In my opinion, the best dancers are ones who change the style of the moves to flow with the music - not so much the technical aspects or complexities of the moves themselves.
Example: You can look at a couple on the dance floor and think "that looked good", then realise that it was a simple man-spin, but executed with attitude or style that matched the music perfectly.
The point of Ceroc being 'Social' or 'Serious' dancing is also a mute one; I think that the difference seen is more to do with the learning process: the more 'serious' dancers will go over and over a move untill it clicks with them, the 'social' dancers will do the same, spread out over weeks/months instead of with as much focus.
This does result in a slower advancement in skill level, but gives a more relaxed approach to the whole thing, and if a move is not working for a 'social' dancer, they will drop it until they have had a bit more experiance and try it again when somthing reminds them of it.
I am curious as to the difference between 'intermediate' and 'advanced' moves - perhaps once a month(?) there could be a class that did intermediate followed by advanced classes {as opposed to novice/intermediate} where the teaching slots were slightly longer ?