Great video! Nice breakdown of the critical points and good commentary by each of you on the role of each dancer. Anthony's turns travel so straight down the line of dance: impressive
'Ladies, keep yourself where you need to be.' Great advice, it would be extremely uncomfortable if the girl passes the guy. Rose's advice about the shimmy and hair brush is a great idea to slow the girl down. I'm excited to try this after the vaccine!
@@countrydancex :) I mean what is the name of the song you're dancing to at the beginning and at the end of this video? TH-cam usually writes the name of the song that is used in video, but not this time. I would like to practice using it.
Richard Field hi there. Well... this isn’t exactly a beginner pattern. Here’s a tip: One of the most common mistakes that dance teachers make is teaching students either a) Too many patterns, or b) patterns at the wrong gradient (level too high or low) If you want to teach people how to dance, you have to get them excited about dancing. To do that, they have to feel challenged but they also have to experience success along the way. Frustration and/or failure is the quickest way to get them to give up.
My partner and I teach a weekly 1.5 hour free class in a two month sequence -- first month beginner, second month advanced beginner/intermediate. Many of our dancers are already ballroom dancers, some are not.
Richard Field that’s awesome! You know your group best. If you’re wanting tips on how to teach this move specifically, making sure they’re both in the right place at the right time is huge. Spacing and alignments between partners is the secret sauce :-)
I concur w/Rose that the lady should "keep the rhythm" because - they often don't! Plus, please tell women not to talk - they should concentrate on their rhythm not be talking about stuff. You know "where do you work" "are you married" bla bla bla.
Thanks for being here and contributing! To be clear, by “keep the rhythm” Rose is referring to “continuing the rhythm” as opposed to being the one that determines the rhythm (the lead determines the rhythm - which hopefully is connected to the music). On the talking while dancing… there are different takes on that and it would also be situational. For many people, social dance is social first and dancing second. For others, they prefer socializing off the dance floor. Sooo, there isn’t really a right or wrong there.
@@countrydancex I concur w/Rose "continuing the rhythm" - not determining it. I concur because I observe a fair number of ladies who stop dancing when they don't recognize whatever I'm doing. That's a no-no. They gotta continue the rhythm. As to talking - I suppose you make a good point. But if the lady is a novice I think it's really best that she keep quiet and focus on rhythm and following. And even if the lady is intermediate or advanced - I recommend they be quiet. Have you ever tried to dance maneuvers while conversing with a lady? Best for the partners to speak with their eyes, and smile. Talk when the dance is done.
Thank you for putting your time into these
Great video! Nice breakdown of the critical points and good commentary by each of you on the role of each dancer. Anthony's turns travel so straight down the line of dance: impressive
YYEEESSSSS!!! Lead turns! This was incredible. Thank you! More please. We leads need to turn!
Wow, the excitement! A lot of leads dread turning lol. We’ll have to do more here soon then
Ill wait till I get to the class to get help with this one
We’ll be glad to help!
'Ladies, keep yourself where you need to be.' Great advice, it would be extremely uncomfortable if the girl passes the guy. Rose's advice about the shimmy and hair brush is a great idea to slow the girl down.
I'm excited to try this after the vaccine!
When you repeat that back out of context, it sounds a little sexist haha!
love it
Thanks for being here!
Love how Rose is always chewing gum. That’s so me.
Hahaha! The funny thing about that is that Rose doesn’t “always” chew gum... but Anthony has never produced a video without gum in his mouth ;-)
@@countrydancex they are just the cutest
Tell me please which song you used for demo?
Yuriy Lazutin all of the music we use is Royalty Free
@@countrydancex :) I mean what is the name of the song you're dancing to at the beginning and at the end of this video? TH-cam usually writes the name of the song that is used in video, but not this time. I would like to practice using it.
@@yuriylazutin697 I understand. I'm not sure of the name. It is not a "released on an album" song. It is basically stock music.
@@countrydancex Thanks, currently i understand you too. Will try to shazam it.
Your comments on teaching "The Hurricane" to a group of older (average age 65-70) beginner and and intermediate country 2-stepers.....?
Richard Field hi there. Well... this isn’t exactly a beginner pattern.
Here’s a tip: One of the most common mistakes that dance teachers make is teaching students either a) Too many patterns, or b) patterns at the wrong gradient (level too high or low)
If you want to teach people how to dance, you have to get them excited about dancing. To do that, they have to feel challenged but they also have to experience success along the way.
Frustration and/or failure is the quickest way to get them to give up.
My partner and I teach a weekly 1.5 hour free class in a two month sequence -- first month beginner, second month advanced beginner/intermediate. Many of our dancers are already ballroom dancers, some are not.
Richard Field that’s awesome! You know your group best. If you’re wanting tips on how to teach this move specifically, making sure they’re both in the right place at the right time is huge. Spacing and alignments between partners is the secret sauce :-)
I concur w/Rose that the lady should "keep the rhythm" because - they often don't! Plus, please tell women not to talk - they should concentrate on their rhythm not be talking about stuff. You know "where do you work" "are you married" bla bla bla.
Thanks for being here and contributing! To be clear, by “keep the rhythm” Rose is referring to “continuing the rhythm” as opposed to being the one that determines the rhythm (the lead determines the rhythm - which hopefully is connected to the music).
On the talking while dancing… there are different takes on that and it would also be situational. For many people, social dance is social first and dancing second. For others, they prefer socializing off the dance floor. Sooo, there isn’t really a right or wrong there.
@@countrydancex I concur w/Rose "continuing the rhythm" - not determining it. I concur because I observe a fair number of ladies who stop dancing when they don't recognize whatever I'm doing. That's a no-no. They gotta continue the rhythm.
As to talking - I suppose you make a good point. But if the lady is a novice I think it's really best that she keep quiet and focus on rhythm and following.
And even if the lady is intermediate or advanced - I recommend they be quiet. Have you ever tried to dance maneuvers while conversing with a lady?
Best for the partners to speak with their eyes, and smile. Talk when the dance is done.