Re: Creativity vs. Control
- From: "Bob Wheatley" <xmaster.dancer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:06:54 -0500
"Larry Gantman" <payopts@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Bob Wheatley" <xmaster.dancer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> Your question is a bit tricky because "who wins" or "who loses" depends
>> on
> a
>> whole bunch of factors.
>
>
> Yes, that's why I'm focusing on the effect of leaders who are more apt
> to control exactly what their partners do during every step of a WCS JnJ
> competition, as compared with leaders who create an environment on the
> dance
> floor where both partners can be creative and expressive in relation to
> the
> music. I'm also referring to situations in which followers are competent
> and more expressive when dancing with partners other than Dancer "A" and
> Dancer "B." In other words, it's observable to judges that both leaders
> are
> controlling their followers so that their precise plan can be effected and
> that it negatively affects their partners' creativity on the dance floor.
> Granted that both leaders have positive characteristics to their dancing;
> for example, good timing and preparation for musical breaks. Yet they do
> not facilitate synergistic performance to music. Instead, they produce
> repetitive patterns, which they have become more or less adept at imposing
> on their partners, without providing "play time" for their partners to
> improvise or add to the performance.
>
There are few absolutes in dancing. Most things that are deemed
"appropriate" are only done so in increments or degrees.
And then by varying amounts depending on which judge you ask.
What you call "control" some may see as "lead".
IOW, if leader "A" went to the other extreme he may not have any lead at
all.
That's why without a specific visual example it is hard to give you any
answer. Much less an absolute one.
However, I do agree that particularly in WC it is important for there to be
some choreographical contributions by the follower. If it's obvious that
leader "A" is pulling her off her feet when she's trying to contribute then
that would be a "bad" thing. But if leader "A" leads in such a way that he
is leading all the choreography and the follower and the connection appear
comfortable, I do not have a problem with that.
We've all seen followers hijack the entire performance and not allow the
leader to do his job, how do you feel about that scenario?
Bob Wheatley
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