This is the crux of course. There's a difference between potential and actual.
There is sometimes (I feel) too much comparison on here of WCS as danced by Jordan and Tatiana (or any professional WCS couple seen on YouTube), and the local MJ freestyle down the road.
That comparison makes no sense.
So, as a dance, while I don't disgree that WCS leads MJ in the musicality stakes, I do not think it's by as much as some are making out. That's 'actual'.
Potentially, well, it's open to argument of course, but putting aside choreographed routines and the fact that sometimes rules make things easier (I'm told
), musicality to me is about expression. And the more rules you have, the more your expression is limited. Therefore it's not too tortured a path to come to the conclusion that MJ has potentially more room for musicality than WCS given WCS has more rules (slot, triple step etc.). There is a reason that the top WCS'ers best choregraphed routines tend to blow a hole right through the rules of WCS
I know in my case, the answer is 'lack of personal talent', but the big question is why has no one in MJ (truly) taken advantage of that yet ? What's holding us back ?
Answers on a postcard please
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