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Old 16th-December-2002, 09:05 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally posted by TheTramp
Wasn't mine good enough for you??Steve
What the hey?

I seem to have double vision.... My post is there twice..... hmmm, not quite sure what happened there.

To answer the original post:

I'm a bit baffled by talk about stopping during a break. I only really stop at the end of a song. The exception would be where I have deliberately sped up part of the move to leave a bigger gap at the end. e.g. layback bring the lady up fast so you can look her in the eye just a moment longer for effect.

I have visions of a hall full of dancers suddenly freezing because the music stopped for a second (this would be helpful for photographers).

I think, number one: know the music! when I started I would listen to dance tracks I liked over and over again visualising what moves would go where. If you do this you don't have to worry about stuffing up a move and upsetting your partner and you can include moves you don't actually know how to lead in real life so that when you actually do them in class its not such a struggle to fit them in.

two: freestyle, freestyle, freestyle..... you can talk about ceroc and you can read about ceroc and you can even watch it on video but at the end of the day your biggest improvements come from getting out there and doing it.
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