It never fails…When I am teaching a private lesson and give a correction. There is something in our minds that make it difficult to take criticism, even though you are paying me to give it to you. I know that I am guilty of it as well…”My friend, so and so, took a lesson from “X Teacher” and they told him to do it this way.” Now I am all for talking about dance and bouncing theories off of my friends that dance. Lots of good comes from talking about something and then doing that very thing…However, I am always very careful when the information they are sharing with me comes by way of a private lesson they just had.
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A good coach in any sport will tailor their guidance to the student in question. The most extreme example of this happened to me while teaching a wedding couple. The groom kept switching his feet to the bride’s footwork. If I said right he stepped left…In order to get these two set up with a first dance in a timely manner I actually had to say the wrong foot to get him on the correct foot. How would my reputation fair if he started naming names? What if he started telling everyone that his teacher ALWAYS said left when he meant right and that is how every teacher does it? Dancing is 50 Shades of Grey…There really are only a few rules that are hard and fast (moving from your center, moving from Point A to Point B…) and the rest becomes instructor preference (don’t tell anyone I said it like that either). Although the best way to learn is in a private one on one setting, because the instructor can tailor the instruction to your needs, but you must take what your coach says to YOU as instruction to YOU alone. You may be that guy or girl that needs the wrong thing said to you to get the right result. Also only hire a coach if you like their dancing and not because they are “supposed” to be the best. This Friday (Pizza Party) $10 Lesson 7:30-8:15 Dance 8:15-? DNE School of Dance 78 Princeton St. Chelmsford, Ma DNE Ballroom Dance Saturday night $10 (no lesson just dancing) Dance Starts at 8pm DNE School of Dance 78 Princeton St Chelmsford, Ma Sunday Night $10 6-6:45 2-Step lesson 6:45-7:30pm WCS 7:30-? California Mixer Longfellow’s Club JoEllen 524 Minuteman Dr off of Boston Post RD (Rt 20) Wayland, MA |