IMO all disciplines - sport, dance, whatever, to progress to any significant degree is very much dependant on good solid technique. MJ has it's appeal in that one can learn it without having to slave away at learning technique, and very good dancers develop. HOwever, I would observe that wihtout a good grounding in technique (quite a few people have already developed that from other dance disciplines - ballroom for example), one can only reach a certain level. The really top MJ dancers - performance & competition and those people you just can't take your eyes off, y'know those at the very pinnacle - it would appear that they all have that solid foundation of good technique to work from.
I guess, for me, an advanced class would have to be very heavily technique-based with a few cool looking moves thrown in as well.
Sorry to ramble - very stong beer.
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