I can't really comment on Ceroc but I can comment on the ballroom and salsa dancing that I do. In my lessons we are all at the same level so all know the same moves so I can't comment much on that (but I would be quite happy to learn new moves off a more experienced partner as long as they explained what I was supposed to be doing either with a good lead or verbally and didn't just expect me to be a mind reader. It makes a huge difference dancing with someone who leads well, it all comes together so much better. Personally I like someone who doesn't shove me around but just puts a bit more pressure on the hand to guide me in the direction he wants me to go and after spins and things I don't like to be grabbed and hauled back towards them, I want the momentum of the spin to bring me back into their arms. As for starting spins a bit of pressure to set you off in the right direction is all that is needed usually, I don't need to be flung off across the room as this puts me completely off balance. Overall a good lead is someone who influences you to go in a certain direction, not someone who thinks you are a mind reader and then gets annoyed when you don't do what they want you to do because they haven't actually made any indication of what they want you to do and cetainly not someone who thinks of you as a lump of meat they are hauling round the room ! Personally I anticipate a lot but thats mainly becuase we do set routines that I know and becuase the majority of guys I dance with don't make it clear what they want me to do so I just do it myself. I don't much like the memememe attitude, dancing is something to be done with a partner, both are equal. As for the spinning the wrong way thing, I do that quite often becuase I'm not given a strong enough lead and my preferential direction for spinning seems to be the oppossite of what it should be. Hope that helps!
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Date: 2006-03-07 01:30 pm (UTC)It makes a huge difference dancing with someone who leads well, it all comes together so much better. Personally I like someone who doesn't shove me around but just puts a bit more pressure on the hand to guide me in the direction he wants me to go and after spins and things I don't like to be grabbed and hauled back towards them, I want the momentum of the spin to bring me back into their arms. As for starting spins a bit of pressure to set you off in the right direction is all that is needed usually, I don't need to be flung off across the room as this puts me completely off balance.
Overall a good lead is someone who influences you to go in a certain direction, not someone who thinks you are a mind reader and then gets annoyed when you don't do what they want you to do because they haven't actually made any indication of what they want you to do and cetainly not someone who thinks of you as a lump of meat they are hauling round the room !
Personally I anticipate a lot but thats mainly becuase we do set routines that I know and becuase the majority of guys I dance with don't make it clear what they want me to do so I just do it myself. I don't much like the memememe attitude, dancing is something to be done with a partner, both are equal.
As for the spinning the wrong way thing, I do that quite often becuase I'm not given a strong enough lead and my preferential direction for spinning seems to be the oppossite of what it should be.
Hope that helps!