Re: Creativity vs. Control
- From: Paul-Andre Panon <ppanon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:27:36 GMT
Larry Gantman wrote:
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Not saying I like or enjoy it (although surprisingly, there can be moments), just saying that perhaps I'll sigh, shrug, and then make the best of it.
As Mr. Jay suggested in another post, what if the dancer wants to win, thinks you're inferior, and feels the need to control you so that you don't make any mistakes that would detract from his chances of winning?
Ripley: These men are trained professionals. Newt: It won't make any difference.
A J&J is a crapshoot. I'm still struggling to put this into practice myself, but you just have to learn to accept who you've drawn and do the best you can with that person in a dance. Trying to push someone to the limits of what they can do is more likely to have the opposite of the desired effect. But the adrenaline rush one sometimes gets in competition is not particularly conducive to clear thinking.
There's a lot of followers with whom I fall into a pattern-oriented mode, and there's a handful of followers that just focus my attention and with whom I play a lot more with as a result. It's not what they look like, it's something in their connection, their playfulness, and what they bring to the dance; I hope I can figure out how they manage it and reproduce it from the leader's side someday. I try to have at least one dance with each of them each evening when I see them at a convention. I would ask more often but I would be too tempted to monopolize them (giving their husbands the wrong idea :-)).
Perhaps, or it could be a sign of a) poor J&J skills or b) too much adrenalineIsn't this a possible sign of inferiority in the leader, in that he doesn't trust that he can invite you to participate without making mistakes, although you're an excellent performer in your own right? Perhaps this leader is hoping for the perfect partner he'll never find, so he'll always feel the need to restrict and control, rather than facilitating dances to remember. :^(
Unless you've got full choreography ready and memorized for hundreds of songs, choreography won't look as appropriate for a phrase as someone who learns to interpret the music like the all-stars and champions do. That said, more than a few all-star leaders got there by having some complicated "signature" moves that they placed in musically appropriate sections of the songs selected for a final. However, I think generally you're better off spending practice time polishing basics that you'll use throughout the whole song as opposed to a special move you'll use for less than a phrase.So you agree with those who say that a WCS JnJ is a spontaneous street dance and that musical interpretation is key, instead of believing that practiced routines and choreography should win the day.
P-A .
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