I know where you are coming from, I'm at that point in AT - I was simply floating after a few dances at Southport in June - it felt wonderful. Then I started to learn more and I've never quite achieved that 'high' again - because I'm much more self critical as I know what I should be doing. I'm sure I'll get back there again at some point.
I dance every week with leads who simply aren't there yet and the occasional visitor to NI highlights this difference in leader experience. But what keeps my regular dancing fresh for me is that those leads are starting to get there. I can enjoy their discoveries and encourage them on their journey.
I think it depends on your dance 'diet'. If you have those wonderful experiences too often they can become ordinary and you seem to need better and better dances to get that wonderful connection. I've deliberately taken a 4 month 'weekender break' where I haven't been going away. I know that by Feb I'll really have an appetite for the Southport blues room experience. I'm already getting hungry. Sometimes a break means you can rediscover things anew.
Yep, but that was MJ for me for years. And I was like that at times over the past year with AT, grabbing any opportunity I could at weekenders, frustrated if a suitable track came on and there was no-one to dance with. But I've managed to make some space for AT, getting on a tango weekend this year etc. So now I know that if a tango track comes on and there is no-one to dance AT with, that there will be other times, other nights, other dances to look forward to. So instead of getting frustrated when I can't get to dance the style I want, I think of it as a treat when I do.
I think I'm saying that it takes some work and some thought, but you can change your focus on what makes a good dance experience, reset your targets and aim to make the best of whatever dancing you are doing.
For me - There is more yet to discover. There are more heights to reach. I'm going forward.