Interesting to hear this from a leader and worthy of discussion perhaps to see if you do mean style, or something more subtle.Originally Posted by MartinHarper
To me, one dancer can have lots of "styles", while still having lots of "style" .
At my first non-Route 66 party last night ( *sweepingstatemet*R66 music, mostly falling into one or two particular "styles") with music from traditional 50s swing to chart with most thing inbetween - I was struck again by the fact that most dancers have a favourite style of music, or one that suits their dance style best......there are funky stylists that will always look, and feel best to dance with, to modern funky tracks, and some that look and feel best dancing to something slow, oldfashioned (not a derogatory term in ANY way) swingy, or rock n rolly.
The BEST dancers, and there were a few in the room last night I can tell you, can adapt very well to the track playing and so have many "styles".
So help us out with a definition of "style" in this context, do you actually mean that old topic of "dancing down" which is not IMHO quite the same as changing styles, but perhaps dancing without the bells and whistles perhaps?
Is it more to do with "going for it" within the style the music dictates?
Interested.
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