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Originally Posted by Pete People have said that the way to improve is to dance with better dancers. In my experience women who are really good dancers are really easy (and lovely) to dance with but I can't see how that improves my dancing (I think I can see how a woman might improve by dancing with a better male dancer: learning new moves etc). |
I've just made a comment on the Hotshots thread about feedback - which is what is great about dancing with better dancers. Another dancer recently offered some points on a few things I was doing wrong (in a nice way) and I followed that up with asking for feedback about my dancing which was very helpful. You need feedback in order to learn.
(I don't learn many new moves dancing with better men, in fact I don't think about the moves that much, I expect that they will be leading moves I don't know and so I just try to follow their lead.)
So if the circumstances are right I would say actually ask what you did wrong/right.
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Originally Posted by Pete I'm also reluctant to ask better women dancers for a dance as I assume they would rather be dancing with someone who is as good or better than them - is this a fair assumption? |
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think that too, to the extent of even apolgising while I am dancing (which isn't helpful for anyone!) but in
practice, I don't find that. I have had some lovely dances with dancers far better than me who I don't think were 'putting up' with me. We all have to learn.
I'm not very far down the learning path yet, but I enjoy dancing with dancers who aren't yet as good as me, especially on a regular basis when you see them improving and enjoying it so much.
