Originally Posted by
straycat
Well now. Completely off the top of my head. This one depends entirely on the students... but possibly the best way to learn in this environment would be to spend the first few weeks doing nothing but footwork and connection exercises, slowly building up those up as the students improved, then combining them... finally building on those foundations with moves. This is an over-simplified description, but you should get the idea.
I don't know how long that progression would take - although it would probably depend a lot on the students - but if you did, say, the first ten weeks on footwork, connection and general technique, I think you'd end up with some pretty impressive results for most people.
Of course you couldn't possibly run social dance classes like that, as it misses out one of the most crucial ingredients - the ability to enjoy social dancing from a very early stage - and you'd probably lose all your students in very short space of time. Someone would have to be incredibly focussed and motivated to learn this way.
I would, however, be intrigued to know whether it would be as effective a learning route as I'd expect it to be...
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