Dancin' Fool (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} spinningsteps) wrote,@ 2006-02-23 15:26:00 |
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When Trusting Becomes Dangerous...
"Steve! No sex in front of other people!"
Added to my list of 2005-2006 Ballroom notable quotables. :-)
This comment was brought on because Steve and I were playing with different dips/tricks in Latin and Steve decided to try the one where the girl slides between the guy's legs, then he steps over her and does ... something.
Except he didn't believe I'd actually be game to try it, so then he wasn't quite sure how to hold me and ended up falling on top of me. Oops.
I might be terrible, but I think it's really funny when people fall, including myself. Must work with Steve, however, on the not dropping me thing... I watched our videos from Winter Frolic last night -- our latin looks halfway decent, provided we're not trying to do any tricks. It's funny that that should be the case for us... most people master the tricks and have no technique. We have decent technique (once we put connection back in our dancing), but the tricks aren't really as beautiful as they could be).
It was a learning experience, though. I haven't watched myself do Latin since I was Bronze or so -- I was really surprised at how much I have improved. I really do seem to have the technique to be doing novice, which is a nice feeling. I was surprised to see how much movement I have in my body. I remember being the girl with no movement and no body action and awkward lines... and I don't look at all like that anymore. However, it certainly shows when I feel off balance and unsupported... so I have to work on that. (And work more on my basics and settling and use of my legs and all the rest. But I saw real potential in my Latin, which was a welcome and pleasant surprise).
As to the Standard... the topline in quickstep is a mess, but that is easily corrected by lowering our center a teeny bit so that we're actually in control of our movement (I think we helped this at practice last night when we went through some of the swinging figures really really slowly). Generally we need to use our legs and feet more and be lower and more in control. But we are moving, if slowly, in that direction, so I must simply be patient and give things time. Baby steps, I remind myself. Baby steps.
"Steve! No sex in front of other people!"
Added to my list of 2005-2006 Ballroom notable quotables. :-)
This comment was brought on because Steve and I were playing with different dips/tricks in Latin and Steve decided to try the one where the girl slides between the guy's legs, then he steps over her and does ... something.
Except he didn't believe I'd actually be game to try it, so then he wasn't quite sure how to hold me and ended up falling on top of me. Oops.
I might be terrible, but I think it's really funny when people fall, including myself. Must work with Steve, however, on the not dropping me thing... I watched our videos from Winter Frolic last night -- our latin looks halfway decent, provided we're not trying to do any tricks. It's funny that that should be the case for us... most people master the tricks and have no technique. We have decent technique (once we put connection back in our dancing), but the tricks aren't really as beautiful as they could be).
It was a learning experience, though. I haven't watched myself do Latin since I was Bronze or so -- I was really surprised at how much I have improved. I really do seem to have the technique to be doing novice, which is a nice feeling. I was surprised to see how much movement I have in my body. I remember being the girl with no movement and no body action and awkward lines... and I don't look at all like that anymore. However, it certainly shows when I feel off balance and unsupported... so I have to work on that. (And work more on my basics and settling and use of my legs and all the rest. But I saw real potential in my Latin, which was a welcome and pleasant surprise).
As to the Standard... the topline in quickstep is a mess, but that is easily corrected by lowering our center a teeny bit so that we're actually in control of our movement (I think we helped this at practice last night when we went through some of the swinging figures really really slowly). Generally we need to use our legs and feet more and be lower and more in control. But we are moving, if slowly, in that direction, so I must simply be patient and give things time. Baby steps, I remind myself. Baby steps.
