Originally Posted by
djtrev
I have a feeling that I may have touched on this subject before but nevertheless I will rant on.
Let me set a little scenario first.
Typical class night.About 80/100 people possibly 10/12 true beginners.The rest are all seasoned MJivers with about 5 years dancing under their belts.
With about;I believe;20 core beginners moves these seasoned vets have been taught these moves every week,sometimes 2 maybe 3 times a week,for the last 3/4/5 years.
Why then do they still have to be taught these same moves with explanations of every twist and turn and also,as a dj,I have to play the right track,not too fast,not too slow,preferably one the teacher recognises,if its new,dont play too many and then when you go into freestyle,freedom reigns and you can play anything and of course they carry on doing beginner moves to tracks that they 'couldn't' dance to in the lesson.
During my previous stint as a independant MJ DJ it was all very straight forward with no real music issues but now that I have got my foot in the door of Ceroc,the music for beginners lessons and to a lesser extent that of the intermediate lesson seems to have taken on such an importance that I find myself actually as nervous as hell before a class.That cant be right.
Why not take the small number of true beginners to wherever you have the refresher class and let the intermediate(?) have longer freestyle before the intermediate lesson.
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