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I think jivecat was referring to this thread (entitled "Modern Jive - A perspective" - Marc & Rachel).Gadget wrote:He did have a couple of pages - they were about dancing in general I think: Unfortunatly I didn't get to read them. {I was going to pick them up when someone posted them here... but
I think this is it - 'Modern Jive - A Perspective' http://www.cerocscotland.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4241jivecat wrote:I seem to recall some kind of notes/statement about dance actually written by Marc himself being available on the forum. It may have been a link provided by Rachel. Anyone remember anything about it?
What I do is typeLynn wrote:(BTW, how do I make the words come up instead of all the link details, but so that it takes you to the link? It used to give you that option. And I know that is a very clumsy way to describe what I want to do, but you know what I mean!)
And I just highlight the word in my text that I wish people to click, then click the 'insert link' tab and paste the Http:// address in the box providedDavid Franklin wrote:What I do is
Baby, nobody duz ass style like I duz.David Franklin wrote:P.S. You may want to check your pdf for occurences of "ass style" - I assume it was a typo rather than an ESG reference...
I have now sucessfully managed to transfer my philosophy of "Let the lady do all the work whilst I take the credit" to the realm of internet forum responses.jivecat wrote:Thanks, Lynn & David B, I'll take a read of both of these documents tomorrow.
Given points 3-5, I think this is inaccurate. You're really talking about how to insert styling "as a leader".Gadget wrote:If you try to insert style elements into the lead (...)
I used to think very much the same thing: that isolation was a nasty concept. It's a partner dance, so whatever is happening with my body should be reflected in our connection. One thing I think I've figured out is that pure isolation is something to aim for, and something for exercises, not something that is ever achieved in actual dance. By aiming at perfect isolation, and just missing, the stuff that is happening with my body would be reflected in our connection in a subtle way, layered underneath the lead/follow.Gadget wrote:"Isolation"
Yeah. Lindy teacher today told us that our spare arm is for making the girl feel warm and protected from all the other numbskulls on the dancefloor (so she only needs worry about the numbskull she's dancing with). So that's a neat way of doing something with that arm that doesn't really feel like adding style, so I don't need to get paranoid about it.Gadget wrote:Spare arm
First step to looking good is to stop caring about looking bad. I'd recommend buying a pair of black and whites, and dancing in a prisoner's uniform with lots of downwards-pointing arrows.Gadget wrote:Unless you have really good positioning and movement of your feet, try to avoid shoes that stand out.
I think a lot of this is etiquette advice, not style advice.Gadget wrote:Attitude
No - parody what you don't like.Gadget wrote:Watch dancers you admire: (...) ignore what you don't like.
Very cunning... escape the keyword with a colour...David Franklin wrote: to find out how to get something like [url] to appear in a post.
True: bad choice of words.MartinHarper wrote:Given points 3-5, I think this is inaccurate. You're really talking about how to insert styling "as a leader".
I agree: "perfect isolation" is purley an excercise - it's a skill and technique that should allow you to convey more of what's happening in your style through the connection]I think a lot of this is etiquette advice, not style advice.[/quote]Yes... and no... Where does "style" start/stop? Style is not only about the way you move: it's about your attitude. This attitude does not start and stop when the track does. If you are gracious and considerate off the dance floor, then there is more likleyhood that you will be gracious and consederate on it: you look out for your partner, have a connection with them, are bound together in music for three minuites... then you say "tarra lov" and all grace and consideration vanishes?...One thing I think I've figured out is that pure isolation is something to aim for, and something for exercises, not something that is ever achieved in actual dance. By aiming at perfect isolation, and just missing, the stuff that is happening with my body would be reflected in our connection in a subtle way, layered underneath the lead/follow.
I've never heard anyone reputable say this, so it's probably garbage.
) and there are people out there who have been dancing for years, attending all the workshops, putting in the practice and the effort and the thought, who are technically brilliant, but they're just never going to have it. Likewise I saw a young man both nights who has been dancing for only about a year I believe and he's got it already and it's going to get bigger 
. There, that's a helpful post. 
Yes, I think I know what you mean, and if it's what I think of as ooze then it'sChicklet wrote:watching people dancing Wed and last night and I honestly don't believe that the "style" I particularly like to see and feel can be taught or learned. I like ooze (there's that word again
Seriously, do other people see and/or feel the ooze style in their favourite dancers?
- but as you say, it does seem to be something you either have or you don't. I guess to me it's charisma/sexiness/confidence mixed with really smooth dancing - although that may not have been what you meant!Yes but there's now (don't remember it but maybe it appeared at the forum upgrade?) an easier way.El Salsero Gringo wrote:Very cunning... escape the keyword with a colour...
It was Marc's document and Gadget's I was referring to, anyway.