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Originally Posted by Bigger Andy
Chef,
It sounds as though you have inwardly digested everything from Saturday's Nigel and Nina Advanced Smooth Jive Workshop and reproduced it immaculately !
I remember when you used to dance at Canterbury. At one stage you used to join the ladies in the line up and take the followers role. I'm convinced that this is a beneficial thing to do to understand all aspects of the dance and advance your dancing. It's a shame more people don't do this.
I guess that others don't have the same dedication and/or ambition as you and just want a bit of fun.
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I have done this class with Nigel and Nina many times because they teach exactly the same underlying core of fundementals in every lesson that they teach. I have found it worthwhile doing their classes many times because these fundementals are the very bedrock that all dancing sits on. With no foundations everything that sits on top is fragile and liable to fall apart. Although I HEAR the same in each lesson I find that I UNDERSTAND a little more each time.
Many others do just want to have fun. I would never knock them. I just find that I have more fun the better I dance. I am a scientist and have a low boredom threshold so for me my life is a constant hunt for those things that I don't yet know.
The worst thing that I find is that women can dance with different men and get a different dance experience every time. Men get to dance their repetiore every time they dance even though they are dancing with different women the experience is mostly the same. My problem is that I am now bored of dancing with myself. So now I have to look for new experiences and challenges. Recently I had the wonderful experience of dancing as part of an ensemble in The Big Love Show. A major learning experience for 2004.
Happy dancing