Lead/Follow

Funny how my swing teacher is able to teach me more details about connection than any of my dancesport teachers. Connection at hip level, leading into different positions. Some of my questions I’ve raised in the past was answered during my swing lesson. Or, rather, clicked into place. Such as why my lead is different from that of my teacher’s. I have faint memories of these being mentioned in the past, but it wasn’t emphasised enough as the root cause of some of the connection issues. Dancesport teachers and students are too focused on building the connection between a particular couple along with styling that they don’t have as much experience in fixing the connection.

There are also a few fundamental problems that I have to rewire, which was taught during my stay with Arthur Murray. I still can’t believe how much influence my first teacher had on the way I dance and lead. I have to spend extra time to unlearn what I learnt and relearn it. Quite a difficult challenge. It’s almost the same thing as forgetting my mother tongue and replacing it with English.

Again, I noticed one universal principle that applies to woman and dancing. “DO NOT CHASE HER” and “MOVE YOURSELF AND SHE’LL FOLLOW” or rather “GO SOMEWHERE INSTEAD OF SHIFTING WEIGHT AT THE CURRENT POSITION EVEN IF IT’S ONLY 1CM”