I was lucky enough to request and receive a camcorder for Christmas and the principal object of wanting one was to film myself dancing to see areas for improvement and how it looked generally. I have actually only used it a handful of times and have a slight problem in that the room we use is not big enough to get a shot that shows our feet and heads simulultaneously (even with a wide angle lens) so it's one or t'other!
Nonetheless it's been interesting to see. My impressions are that I look neither as good as I had hoped nor as bad as I feared. Interestingly some moves that felt awkward and or mistimed as we danced them looked okay on reviewing proving to my mind further that there is a significant difference between how a dance looks and how it feels.
One consequence of this videoing is the purchase of some longer T shirts - seeing how much belly you're exposing on a step across is not pleasant
Robert
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