Rush, Rush, Rush…Its what we do as a society. We see a couple dancing well at a wedding or dance demo and assume that within a month or two we will be able to dance at a comparable level. If you are like me (at 19 years old) you may be imagining giving a speech about the years of dedication and practice that went into your dancing, while you are putting your shoes on to take your third class.
Learning Swing is like learning a foreign language. Unlike most foreign languages, which start off with learning how to conjugate the verb “to be, dance starts off with learning how to repeat 7 basics and mostly without a partner. It is like teaching someone how to speak spanish by asking them to repeat “Tu Madre es una Mexicana sucia” (Your Mother is a dirty Mexican). The only thing you get out of that is how to piss of both your mother and any Mexicans that happen to be within ear shot.
If people had a longer attention span we could start off with “connection” and work our way into forming patterns. Unfortunately we don’t have longer attention spans and so we are stuck learning patterns until the bad habits set in. The only way to break the bad habits is to practice concepts instead of patterns, take private lessons at least once a month, and then more practice!
This week we are going to break down the left and right side pass like they are foreign languages…this will be a group class with private lesson intensity and it will work for ALL levels!
This Friday (Pizza Party)
$10
Lesson 7:30-8:15
Dance 8:15-?
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