Well I guess the thing is, beyond "wiggling with cuddles", I genuinely don't know what "MJ Blues" is as a dance.
And, considering that we've had this exact discussion, on this forum, many many times before, the only conclusion I can reach is that is that frankly, neither does anyone else.
If "MJ Blues" were defined, then you could go to (say) a Blues class by Rocky, one by Nigel and Nina. one by Marc and Rachel, one by Howard, and then one by Sarah White, and you'd find that there'd be some overlap between all these classes.
Of course, they might have different approaches, but they'd use similar terminology, they'd have agreed conventions, and you'd be able to progress "along the blues path" with a mixture of classes. You can take this approach with WCS, AT, MJ and other dance forms. But you can't do this with MJ Blues teachers; they're all teaching different things.
As for competitions, there was a "Crystal Blues" comp on last night - and the "rules" were pretty much simply an audience vote - there wasn't even an attempt to define what the dance is. Blimey, even the X-factor is better defined than that.
So, Blues is not a performance dance, but there's a competition? How can that work?As Blues dancing is not a performance dance, dancers will not be required to perform to judges -just dance as the music inspires you to, on an intimate Blues-room floor. Everyone attending will be given their voting chips and information about things to look for while watching (musicality, interpretation, style, aesthetics, etc).
In the MJ world, "Blues" is not a dance form, it's a brand attached to make things sound sexy.
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