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This weekend I had a conversation about movement with a student. He was confused by a delayed rhythm exercise we had done and wanted to know if I had it correct. Kudos to him for having the hutzpah to question his coach post lesson, and I can see where he was coming from. Some coaches teach swing one way and some another. Some coaches are living their career on world titles in one form of swing while they teach another. Plus certain things are important to some coaches and not to others and so on and so on. But, I digress…my favorite part of our conversation was his insistence that I was teaching the “stretch” on the wrong side of the “one”. I was teaching a “delayed Rhythm” which is a step that happens after your hip hits the “one” in the music and then you step. He was referencing several lessons he had taken with 3 or 4 different coaches in which the “stretch” happened before the “one” with the hip and the step happening earlier in the music. Although I could not convince him that we where talking about two different moves and not debating the “right” and “wrong” way the one technique was being taught, it did occur to me that something must be getting through to my classes if I am intelligently debating the concept of “stretch” with a student. A concept which did not exist in this dude’s repertoire or swing concepts last year! It doesn’t matter who you are taking lessons from as long as you are learning to move your center in and out of every pattern. Without moving from your center you are simply unable to lead or follow…in fact you are unable to walk, run, skip, or jump for that matter. Central movement must dictate your every step on your journey to be the best dancer you can be! The saga continues…This week is a take off of last week’s basics class with some “stretch” drills thrown in for good measure plus if there is time I am going to teach my latest left side pass “cool guy” move! This Friday (Pizza Party and) $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 Leadership is the manipulation of energy. Following is the embodiment of energy. Connection is the tie that binds the two together.
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