Originally Posted by ChrisA
I agree with ChrisA on this. Just about every great dancer I know will dance with everyone - and they're always trying to find ways to get better. In my own area many people look up to me as a fab dancer - if only they knew I'm not sure what I should be doing with my free hand, am trying to stop myself doing a step-in-place on every second beat, am trying to do single spins more slowly so they finish in the right place for the music, am annoyed with myself when an interesting bit of music goes unmarked by my dancing, wish I knew a few more interesting moves, etc, etc, etc.
So, when I'm a hundred and become that great dancer I'm aspiring to be, do you think I'm going to change what I do? And, more importantly, I'll still be working on improving so how will I know I am that great dancer?
I don't think it's the great dancers that get slagged off as elitist, it's the 'elitist' dancers that get slagged off for being what they are. The reason they are elitist might be because of the self-image they hold of their dancing: it might even be the self-image they hold of their attractiveness to the opposite sex - but there ARE elitists out there and they get right up my nose in the usually friendly and inclusive MJ environment But, as ChrisA says, they're not usually the truly great dancersOriginally Posted by ChrisA
Originally Posted by ChrisA
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