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Originally Posted by Pete I went on a style workshop last weekend, which started with the teachers making the point that style is a personal thing so don't try to look like other people (find your own style). However one of them later pointed out to me that I lift my feet a lot when I dance rather than gliding around smoothly. |
Pete, think it was me (rather than Helen Z) who made the comment. I think (memory fading already) it was more a comment about cutting down on the amount of steps carried out during basic moves. Initialy, we try to teach dancers to keep the footwork as simple as possible during a move, pivoting rather than adding extra steps, and making steps back clear and simple rather adding a double step ... as these things can affect your timing and lead. Peversly, as we get more into more complex style, we add MORE footwork, e.g. rock-steps and kick-ball changes.
From, what I remember, there was nothing 'wrong' with your dancing, the comments were aimed at stabilising your footwork as a prelude to you incorporating some of the style points we tried to introduce during the day.
I hope the course was helpfull.
