That's a really good analogy, there.
In my experience (other dances - NOT salsa), "losing timing throughout songs" is most often a footwork problem. The music keeps going even when...
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Mild disagreement -- you want the follower's relative position AND momentum to be right. Sticking a little compression into an extension lead...
Asked of Steve, our resident expert on "things people say about wcs (history) that aren't true". Epic. "One thing that our intermediate WCS...
A few answers... Westies don't audible. Pretty much the only time you follow with your ears: when patterns are being called out by somebody other...
My favorite was always "send your energy into the floor." Oh yeah, that makes a lot of sense.... At least nine times out of ten, when you say...
Yup; you'll get a bunch of those. As I recall, another school of thought emphasized 1, but not 4. And of course there are still a few old school...
Not entirely sure that's an unreasonable question. I haven't been keeping up, but Michael Kielbasa is apparently teaching body flight, last time...
Hmm - I think the infusion of contemporary music is just a bit earlier than that. One would probably need to look at full divisions for each...
It's not "ballroom wcs", if that's what you're asking? Too modern.
As Steve notes, not enough specifics to go on - there are a lot of whip variations, and a fair number of them would be described that way by...
A couple different answers, ignore the ones that don't make sense. 1) Look into whether or not your local instructors offer private instruction....
When I attended her workshop - beats. 8 measures of 4. Choreography-on-the-fly is the term I use; I picked it up from Robert Royston...
Yup, that's the turn I'm attempting to describe.
Insert westie disclaimer here.... In a left-left hold, I lead multiple from the outside of my partner's left hand. So her left hand is in a...
Judo?
A fair chunk of it falls under "timing"; much of the rest... well, it really isn't needed to separate the contestants at the Novice level.
Aspects of technique I would expect judges to be looking at. 1) Does your connection to your partner move before you do? Moving before the...
In most cases, the answer that you will get from judges is "timing, technique, and teamwork". Competitive WCS is exclusively open events - no...
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