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Originally Posted by Rougeforever I danced with a lovely chap at a venue in the Midlands tonight.
He threw some intermediate moves at me. I fluffed them. (I've only done about 5 intermediate classes).
He then threw some more at me. I fluffed them too. |
I think you should look on this as a confidence boost - he obviously didn't think you had fluffed the moves
The more experienced leaders are very good at leading their partners into moves that they(the partners) will be comfortable with, but for some of the guys (who are struggling with all of the other things they have to try to remember to be a good lead) this can be more difficult. As Andy said I'm sure the gentleman in question would be horrified to think he had upset you, or left you thinking that your dancing is not improving.
I find that I tend to fall back on certain moves in freestyle when I'm leading - although if I know the lady is a beginner I will tend to lead only beginner moves - but not always
Perhaps your partner was also using the freestyle to try out some newer moves - and so wasn't leading them properly - therefore, you shouldn't be upset that you didn't follow exactly as you think you were meant to.
There do seem to be one or two men, who like to see how often they can get the lady to spin in one dance, but thankfully they are few and far between.
When Franck is teaching he tells the men in the class to be careful not to spin the ladies too often, some ladies love spinning, others don't .
Personally, I think the situation you've mentioned is a good reason for all leaders to try following every now and then.
Looking forward to dancing with you in September at the BFG
