Now you have me curious, what is so special about her count....i am learning WCS now and would like to count "correct" from the beginning. We have a great instructor though.

Where can we find this article?



I usually start with basic steps when dancing with someone that I know, and I always start with basic steps with people that I don't know. I feel fine with doing one or two basic social steps for a whole song, if that is what I think the follower can handle. Otherwise I ramp up as we dance!

The whole purpose of a leader is to make the follower comfortable and to make them look good to observers. Nobody looks good when they don't have any idea what they are doing. Make the follower look and feel good! Make her smile!

Same here, at least in standard. With latin you get to look at your partner a lot more often and I find it much easier to smile at her then. I may not always do so, but there's a much greater chance that I'll smile while dancing latin than standard.

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James Marshall
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