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Originally posted by Stuart M
a) How did you "find your feet" when learning? |
I had done a little bit of ballroom first. I found it a nice change not to have to worry about it when I was a beginner. Now I wish I could remember my ballroom...
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| b) is that lack of footwork coaching a major source of diverse styling in modern jive, or is it a hindrance? |
A bit of both. Having no set footwork
should mean that there is a lot of scope for styling. Unfortunately it makes a lot of dancers think they don't have to worry about their feet at all, and they look untidy. Feet are like hands in that you notice them when they do something odd, but they become 'invisible' when you do things right.
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| c) How closely do you think footwork and style are related? |
For some styles - very closely. The more you tend to move your feet, the more you need to think about how you do it. Footwork is not just about your feet - it's how you use your legs to move your body. So the footwork for the ladies is more important. Men can get away with hardly moving.
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Originally posted by Will/Stuart/Lou/Gus
...Left or right... |
I don't know which foot I step on in Jive. I try to move my body, and let my feet move if they need to. But when I have to move my feet, I try to do what I used to be taught.
(All this assumes you are interested enough in how you look to do something about it. If you are just out to have fun, you are probably more interested in how it feels.)
David