So, this all started yesterday when I jokingly was threatening to buy a nail gun for people in my local swing dance club who did Suzie Q's with their toes pointed upwards. A person in my club said I shouldn't be as critical and that it is possibly valid to do them with the toes pointed up,…
Originally posted Tuesday, March 9, 2010 (2 years ago)
Edited on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 12:10 pm (2 years ago)
Quoted from fiddletree I like to eat my cheese...
Mmmmm... cheese....
I see your point (and I actually agree about the mini dip), but I can live with the fact that cheesy moves sometimes appeal to newbies. And those with potential can be nudged into doing them a little better, until they learn there's much better stuff out there. Same with arm slides... I can have fun with that, and if I do, it helps them have fun. What I can't stand is newbies trying moves that make pain and accidents more likely. Only one arm over my head at a time, please.
Of course, if someone's been dancing for 5 years and still doing windmills and arm slides, that's a different story. I won't say no if he asks me to dance (unless it does hurt), but I will try to avoid catching his eye.
Originally posted Sunday, March 21, 2010 (2 years ago)
The problem with teaching newbies the cheesy moves that may appeal to them is that then they do those cheesy moves with experienced dancers who get cheesed out and don't wanna dance with those newbies anymore because they can't handle any more windmills, arm slides, or pretzels. If you teach newbies other moves that look cool, they'll be preoccupied enough with trying to figure them out and they'll forget about all those damned pretzels. And then they'll forget that they ever wanted to learn the cheesy moves in the first place and have even MORE fun because more people will want to dance with them.
That's my take on it, anyways.
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Yeah, okay, I have to agree that no responsible teacher should be teaching this stuff. I swear, though, I've never seen anyone teach it around here (and I have often been to dances early enough to see what they were doing at before-the-dance lessons.) I do see them teaching this stuff to each other all the time, though.
Suzie Q: Jazz Step
So, this all started yesterday when I jokingly was threatening to buy a nail gun for people in my local swing dance club who did Suzie Q's with their toes pointed upwards. A person in my club said I shouldn't be as critical and that it is possibly valid to do them with the toes pointed up,…
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Mmmmm... cheese....
I see your point (and I actually agree about the mini dip), but I can live with the fact that cheesy moves sometimes appeal to newbies. And those with potential can be nudged into doing them a little better, until they learn there's much better stuff out there. Same with arm slides... I can have fun with that, and if I do, it helps them have fun. What I can't stand is newbies trying moves that make pain and accidents more likely. Only one arm over my head at a time, please.
Of course, if someone's been dancing for 5 years and still doing windmills and arm slides, that's a different story. I won't say no if he asks me to dance (unless it does hurt), but I will try to avoid catching his eye.
-- Rachel
That's a really funny video. Kinda puts a question mark in everything I've seen and learned from people who thinks they know...
Elmo likes to Lindy Hop!
The problem with teaching newbies the cheesy moves that may appeal to them is that then they do those cheesy moves with experienced dancers who get cheesed out and don't wanna dance with those newbies anymore because they can't handle any more windmills, arm slides, or pretzels. If you teach newbies other moves that look cool, they'll be preoccupied enough with trying to figure them out and they'll forget about all those damned pretzels. And then they'll forget that they ever wanted to learn the cheesy moves in the first place and have even MORE fun because more people will want to dance with them.
That's my take on it, anyways.
follow my adventures at www.AppalachianToAlpine.blogspot.com!
Yeah, okay, I have to agree that no responsible teacher should be teaching this stuff. I swear, though, I've never seen anyone teach it around here (and I have often been to dances early enough to see what they were doing at before-the-dance lessons.) I do see them teaching this stuff to each other all the time, though.
-- Rachel
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