I have a theory!
The anchor step is a great boon to musicality In WCS you have this whacking great big pause just sitting there at the end of most patterns. It's a golden invitation to body rolls, lowering and raising, finger clicks, whatever.
In that sense, regarding the first forays into musicality and that kind of 'hold and play at the extension' musicality, WCS is easier than MJ in that it has this invitation built in. (and, of course, WCS beginners usually get slower music than MJ lesson nights dish up. That helps too).
In non-Blues MJ you have to 'make' that invitation. That requires more communication thru the connection and a lead/follow that know how to use it. Generally that means more advanced dancers required to get those first 'hold and play' baby steps.
This is a function of the dances themselves that distorts musicality ability and why WCS at (relatively) the beginner level does appear to have more musicality.
Once you start talking about the more advanced dancers tho.....
Mmm, I think that's debatable.
The US pros are top of the tree, that can't be disputed, but MJ doesn't really have any equivalent thus whenever you pull the US pros into the argument, you are not comparing like to like.
What would be a better comparison would be the top UK WCS'ers and the top UK MJ'ers at the same pace (I.E. MJ blues room V WCS freestyle). Looking at the two as a whole, I don't think there is that much difference to be honest. IMO.
This is like, the dance equivalent of 'mine is bigger than yours', yes?
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