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You actually learned dancing by having someone telling you the steps? What dance exactly, and how did they explain the steps? What skill level did you achieve?
by dragandj 9y ago
You actually learned dancing by having someone telling you the steps? What dance exactly, and how did they explain the steps? What skill level did you achieve?
- maxxxxx 9y agoI thought most people learn dancing by someone telling them the steps. At least in ballroom dancing. How do they explain the steps? "left, left, right, 1,2,3,4 turn" or similar. I never got really good but I think was a competent dancer. In any case, this thread is not fun anymore. Either I am totally weird or there is some communication going wrong.
- dragonwriter 9y ago> I thought most people learn dancing by someone telling them the steps. No. Most people learn dancing by watching and repeating, with some explanation along with it. > At least in ballroom dancing. How do they explain the steps? In large part by demonstration (there's description that goes along, but the demonstration is primary.) Source: I've nearly completed a long course of instruction for ballroom dance teachers, from a well-regarded teacher-of-teachers, and have taken lots of ballroom dance classes, some from internationally-recognized teachers. > "left, left, right, 1,2,3,4 turn" or similar. That's more how they cue students going through a pattern that's been demonstrated than how they explain a pattern. You can explain a pattern in words without demonstration (manuals do this, for instance), but that's usually done as reference material that accompanied traditional teaching-by-demonstration (or, for auto-didacts, videos in place of in-person demonstration), and it sucks on its own; you need a lot of contextual knowledge to get value out of it.
- WalterBright 9y agoTeaching dance by steps is like teaching racing by telling the student to turn left 4 times each lap.