I am moving towards the conclusions that in Ceroc:
- Ceroc is not a team matter – or at least not in the way I am used to. If my partner messes it up, it’s not my job to try to get him back where he’s meant to be.Well, yes and no. It is a joint responsibility IMHO. You don't know where he is meant to be but if he fluffs a lead, make the most of it and turn it into something fun and probably unique!!
- Equally, it’s not my job to try and get him there in the first place (and I really have been doing my utmost not to back lead in Ceroc, and to make the bloke lead…. honest!)Make and let the bloke lead definitely
- Helping to show beginners what they are meant to be doing so that they keep coming back is no longer either my problem or my responsibility Yes and no. If we want to encourage good lead dancers, we followers need to give "good dance"!
- So – I don’t need to learn how to generate the structure of the dance, as opposed to being led within the structure (that’s the bloke’s problem)!Yes but you can style it in so many different ways.
- Result – should be liberation……. and ability to follow Freudian Hips’ tips and allow my brain to switch off without guilt...
One of my great life lessons this year is to think less and feel more. Ceroc is a perfect physical expression of that way of being.
Now you can all jump in and tell me that I’ve got it wholly wrong, have expressed the above in too-absolute terms, and that they should be subject to 1001 caveats!
only a couple!!
OK, now for the shameful confessions
…. Tramp – while I’ve only been doing Ceroc since the start of September (Sept 6 if you want to be picky), I’ve actually been going along to the intermediate class since mid October.
Great! I did the same on the grounds that after 20 odd years of dance, an intermediate class wasn't going to hurt - and it hasn't! Maybe Trampy will disagree
Shameful confession no 2 – and I do really blush to say this one ……. I’ve always had a natural following ability
You are lucky! Keep a hold of that. Some of us have to work like crazy at letting go!
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