Originally Posted by
ducasi
When I'm learning a complex move in class, I need to know what both my partner and I should be doing before I can fully lead my partner through the whole move.
So, if we're doing a particularly tricky move and I just can't get it and nor can any of my partners – I will be relying on them to step through the move "right" mostly without my lead – then we're in trouble. Even if I am doing the move right, if the girl can't then I end up confused. But what tends to happen is that either it eventually clicks with me what we should both be doing, or more often I end up with a partner who knows what she's supposed to be doing and it makes it easier at that point for me to know that my movements are rights, or to get them right.
Once both my partner and myself are able to do the move, then I am going to be able to concentrate on leading it properly. I should then be able to lead subsequent partners through the move even if they don't know what they are supposed to be doing.
So I learn the move first, then I learn how to lead it. I don't think I could do either without a partner – at least not the more complex moves.
I remember an instance where with the right partner I'd just figured out how a move is supposed to work. She said something like "you're doing the move right, but you're not leading me." I replied "well I've only just got it, now let's see if I can lead it..." ... step, step, step, ... "That's better!"
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