Mistake vs Invention: in Dance
2008 October 23
Once again, I have a short story to share……….
Tonight, while out dancing with my fellow members of the High Desert Swing Dance Club, a friend and I “invented” a new move. This “move” was not something that we planned, or even thought out. It was actually a move invented from our making a mistake. Or should I say, “MY” mistake! He lead me one way, and I went the other…..I’m not sure where my brain went, but the brain and body were NOT in dancing as “one”! Good news was, that we really liked the mistake. We liked it so much that we actually repeated it several times just to make sure that we would remember it. That way, we could dance it on purpose the next time!
Luckily we were dancing West Coast Swing, which is less structured than other dances, but this little Tip often works well, regardless of the dance you are doing.
So remember, If either a leader, or follower does something the other didn’t expect and it felt or looked good – assume it’s a new move. If you started to do a standard move and something happens where you have to modify the steps ( you forgot what to do) or fake it (innovate), you might just someday become famous! All moves were invented by someone, maybe that someone will be you!
Happy Dancing,
Ras #1
Guess I must have been dancing when she made that foopa (how do you spell that anyway?). She was probably too busy thinking about our upcoming vacation. We’ll be leaving Friday morning and back sometime the first week of November. Hopefully we’ll get the chance to dance on this cruise. The last one had all this great music, great dance floors and no-one to dance with. Did a little bump ∧ grind in the disco, but when your used to couples dancing, that gets old pretty fast. Hope we’ll have some good pictures to add in the “About Us” section. Until then—–Bon Voyage (takes me along time to pack).
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Looking forward to visiting this website, to include your blog. Looks interesting and the hosts appear to be full of life… Interesting picture on the primary page, dancers lying in the grass, must have been one to many spins. Richard
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Michele Rasmussen Reply:
November 22nd, 2008 at 9:34 pm
Hi Richard,
So glad you stopped by, and yes, I’m guessing it maybe was one too many spins, we were at a Sara Evans Concert!
Michele
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