Yeah makes sense. I have been following this advice and have been seeing good results. I start with simpler moves and then once the follower feels comfortable move on to more complex stuff. Sometimes I run through most of my database and I’m left reaching for moves at the end but often I don’t even get through my entire arsenal.
In regards to classes, I said we do go over a combo but I think the some instructors at my dance studio have started to make class more narrowly focused on a specific technique.
When I started a month ago, it was just like yeah doing this combo with some different moves at beginning of class. Now, what some instructors do is during the class they just focus on one specific like left turns, right turns, enchuflas, copas etc. Then we go over a combo primarily based around the specific move we focused on.
I think this has been pretty effective. For example, I wasn’t really that comfortable with left turns because I didn’t really get how to do clean prep and signal mechanics. Now, I can do left turns for the follower much more naturally and my follower satisfaction in social dancing has shot up just by incorporating left turns rather than just right turns.
Maybe I just need to focus on the core moves I know know and just keep extending my arsenal by finding variations?
