Ballroom dancers without much swing experience tend to stand upright, so there is hardly any leverage between the partners. Altogether too many folks slur this to the point where it just looks like two people walking around each other holding hands. Experienced swing dancers tend to keep the elbows bent. The follower is discouraged from moving forward under her own power at the end of the pattern. Instead, she hangs out until the guy remembers to lead.
Ballroom dancers tend to dance through the breaks in the music.
Their syncopations tend to be just fancy steps, not interpretations of the music. Back to table of contents . Go to the next section . Go to the previous section . These are articles compiled from the newsgroup rec.arts.dance by Mark Balzer.