By Swing_gal (Swing_gal) on Saturday, April 03, 1999 - 02:11 pm: EditI think some leads here in town need to be reminded that Lindy Hop is a PARTNER dance! Pay attention to your follow or just dance by yourself.
| By Swing_gal (Swing_gal) on Saturday, April 03, 1999 - 02:11 pm: Edit |
I think some leads here in town need to be reminded that Lindy Hop is a PARTNER dance! Pay attention to your follow or just dance by yourself. |
| By Joey on Sunday, April 04, 1999 - 07:16 pm: Edit |
I certainly agree that lindy hop is a Partner dance, plus it's more focused on letting the women shine on the dance floor, gentlemen. So that way when she looks good, you look good. |
| By Anonymous on Monday, April 05, 1999 - 10:18 am: Edit |
Damn, you people sure do whine a lot. Must you always have something to complain about? Try having fun while dancing. If you don't like the lead, don't ask them,or turn them down the next time they ask...make something up if you need to. |
| By Sean Banister on Tuesday, April 20, 1999 - 10:50 am: Edit |
I think that a good lead is aided by a good follow. And vise versa. Nobody can argue that a good lead makes following easier and conversely, a good follow makes leading easier. I've heard of a situation where a loud mouthed girl made a guy feel really bad because she said to him, "when are you gonna start leading?" When in reality it was that she was just a terrible follow. Maybe we should be a little more picky about who we dance with and concentrate on our own skills at the same time, rather than point fingers and tell everyone else to change. Hmmmmmm? |
| By Swiveler on Monday, August 30, 1999 - 08:58 am: Edit |
(another cool quote from a swing list. I thought this was, again, really well-written and brought up some great points, particularly about taking risks and experimenting---cool) "It's not the passenger's fault when the car goes off the road, ergo, no need for the follower to apologize if a dance move doesn't come off. In my experience, when a move fails it is usually the result of an improper lead, (ambiguous, too late, or the leader didn't move his feet in order to get out of the way or to pick up the follower), or the leader over-danced the follower. Over dancing usually results from the leader not assessing the ability of an unfamiliar follower, or, in the natural escalation of move difficulty during a dance, the leader crosses over the line between a follower's "can do" area into "too hard, can't do". Regardless of which, the follower need not apologize. Oh! sometimes a follower must shut down a move in order to keep from going into harm's way (when dancing with a leader inattentive to floor space, or one with no eyes in the back of his head)in which case, a simple, "Sorry, but...." may be in order. Swing dance is an improvisational art form, and as Coleman Hawkins put it, "If you are not making mistakes, you are not trying" (to get better) to finish Hawk's sentence. So, leaders shouldn't have to apologize for every failed move. Neither should followers apologize for what is not their fault. Swing dancing is not brain surgery where one little slip can ruin the operation. If it's perfection you want, you'll not often find it on a dance floor. Smile, be merry, if swing dancing is not fun, then it isn't worth doing. That's my opinion." |
| By HopMichael on Monday, August 30, 1999 - 01:04 pm: Edit |
Tammy, I love that Coleman Hawkins quote! That just gave me license to goof up more often! :) |
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