Originally Posted by
David Franklin
Almost anything is possible in MJ, but if you want to be able to have a meaningful conversation, (something I am increasingly despairing of), then you need to recognize a difference between what is possible and what is actually happening. Otherwise, fine, if it makes you happy, I'll accept MJ encompasses the whole of WCS. Where does that get us? Does it change the fact that Robert/Deborah, Jordan/Tat, Ben/Melissa, Kyle/Sarah, Benji/Heidi, David/Susan (could go on for another 20 couples, but what's the point?) etc. are all light-years ahead of anyone in the UK?
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MJ doesn't give people the tools (and teaching etc.) to dance like the top WCS dancers.
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In that order. Judging MJ against almost any other style will compare dancing before musicality - Asthetically, I don't really care if the splits don't meet the floor; as long as it was timed with, and suited, the music. You could execute a technically perfect cha-cha-cha with double synchronous turns; but if it didn't match the music or the timing, I would not think that much of it.
Unfortunately for that argument, the top WCS dancers are way ahead of our top dancers in both musicality and technique[*].[*] Caveat: our very best dancers have training in other styles, and are much closer to the likes of Robert/Deborah. Unfortunately, the fact that they all look outside of MJ to improve their technique doesn't strike me as a +ve argument for MJ, though I'm sure some will try to argue that way.
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