It helps me to know why I am doing something.
But now all I really need in a class is where I should lead the follower, and where I should be when she gets there. But that's probably partly because I have been taught and absorbed the why that gives me the technique I need for the moves I see in class.
I'm not (now) interested in details of where to place my foot or hand -- just tell me where to invite the follower to move and I will lead her there. But when I started dancing, I wanted to know exactly where to place my foot, exactly where my hands should go, exactly where the follower was going to step (unled, of course -- we had signals).
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