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Originally posted by Gus
Not sure that I agree with that statement. There is no doubt that for the majority of dancers, Ceroc is just a gentle dance and a social pastime. However, there are increasing amounts of cerocers who do take it seriously and want to progress. |
Personally I think it would be wrong to reduce the social aspect of ceroc and replace it with "something more serious". For me the whole thing about ceroc is that it's a (relatively) easy dance that I can do in a number of places around the country and gives me an opportunity to go out and meet people. I think that's the real strength of ceroc and we shouldn't loose sight of that. At the same time I would also say that I belong to the "cerocers who do take it seriously and want to progress" but absolutely NOT at the expense of loosing the social/relaxed feel to it. I'll try style tips and playing with different styles of dancing to do this..
As many of you know I started out in Ballroom and I was fortunate enough to find a school with a ceroc mentality - they would teach you to get up on a floor, dance and sit down again. If you wanted more you could find it, but that was pretty much the empasis of the class - pretty much as ceroc is. Then when I went to Uni I joined the Ballroom team. BIG mistake. Insted of being encouraged to get up and give it a go I'd be coched for an hour not to hold my thumb at a 45degree angle, it should be vertical. I gave it up and didn't dance for two years. So as an old wisened voice of experience (
) I'd say that maybe the occasional advanced workshop should be there for people who really want to take their dancing in that direction (I was going to say up a level, but I don't think that's true) but on the whole I think ceroc should leave its emphasis where it is - enjoy the dance!
There, that was my tuppenceworth!
Jayne
