MartinHarper
13th-October-2004, 12:39 AM
It seems that many put an over-emphasis on analysis ... say 90+%
This post got me thinking...
Obviously we all learn to dance in part from classes. Those of us with the time and money also learn from taking workshops and private lessons. Personally, I think I learn a lot from practicing in freestyles - though I've learnt from this forum that other dancers see freestyles as being there for fun, not practice. I also think I learn a fair bit from "analysis" - stepping through moves in my head, thinking about how I can lead stuff better, sitting down and trying to work out the distinctions between this move and that move.
Totting it up, I guess I do 30% classes, 40% freestyle, and 30% analysis. I'm going to my first workshop this weekend, and I hope to do more of those in the future. I'd really like to spend a lot more time learning in freestyle, but it's not really practical at the moment - a shame.
What proportions do you do, or would you like to do? If you had to construct one of those "food pyramids", but for jive, how would it go? Are private lessons like the fats of the food pyramid - a little goes a long way?
Oh, and is there anyone here who will admit to being 90%+ analysis? :)
This post got me thinking...
Obviously we all learn to dance in part from classes. Those of us with the time and money also learn from taking workshops and private lessons. Personally, I think I learn a lot from practicing in freestyles - though I've learnt from this forum that other dancers see freestyles as being there for fun, not practice. I also think I learn a fair bit from "analysis" - stepping through moves in my head, thinking about how I can lead stuff better, sitting down and trying to work out the distinctions between this move and that move.
Totting it up, I guess I do 30% classes, 40% freestyle, and 30% analysis. I'm going to my first workshop this weekend, and I hope to do more of those in the future. I'd really like to spend a lot more time learning in freestyle, but it's not really practical at the moment - a shame.
What proportions do you do, or would you like to do? If you had to construct one of those "food pyramids", but for jive, how would it go? Are private lessons like the fats of the food pyramid - a little goes a long way?
Oh, and is there anyone here who will admit to being 90%+ analysis? :)