In previous weeks, I discussed aspects of the first two types of connection in partner dancing: connecting with the music and connecting with your partner. This week, let’s look at what it means to connect to the floor (which, in the list of three, many take as an expression of my oddball sense of humour)….
Last week, I discussed some elements of the first connection in partner dancing, namely, connecting with the music. Today, we move on to the second connection: connecting with your partner. In a similar way that some people dance to the count in their head rather than to the music, some salsa dancers will dance patterns…
You’ve probably heard me say that, in partner dancing, you connect three ways: You connect to the music, you connect to your partner, and you connect to the floor. And you can’t miss on any of them (especially the floor!). 🙂 In this edition of Mark’s Lead, let’s focus on the first connection: to the…
The best way to learn to dance is to dance. That’s, of course, a truism. Coming to classes is great (just ask our regular students!). But if you don’t have an opportunity to dance “in the wild,” you’ll never really learn to apply the class learning to real music and random partners. But what if,…