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Hints for couples learning to dance:
Here at
Arthur Murray we specialize in teaching couples to dance. Teaching
couples is different from teaching individuals and requires special
care. Teachers are trained to make learning fun and easy, and you can
help by remembering the following:
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Let
your teacher do the teaching. This means avoid finding fault with
each other which can be distracting.
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It's
not how many steps you know; it's how you execute them. (You always
notice good dancers by how they move, not by how many patterns they
do.) Learning too many steps too soon results in bad habits and
frustration at not executing them properly.
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In
teaching couples, we have learned that men typically progress slower
because they have more to do and tend to be more analytical or
mechanical. Women, on the other hand, feel movement quicker and
therefore, THE LADY MUST TO BE PATIENT AND NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH TOO
SOON.
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It's
important to keep your lessons close together, and more importantly
to use them in close conjunction with group lessons and practice
lessons. Ideally, each visit should be scheduled to include more
than one activity. This will aid you in making speedy progress and
gaining confidence in your dancing in a shorter period of time.
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Communicate with your teacher so that he or she will know what to
teach you and the way you like to be taught. The more we know about
your dance needs the better we can plan your lessons now and prepare
your future program.
Learning to dance is an investment that keeps on paying back. Of all the
hobbies you may have, dancing is one which goes with you wherever you go
in years to come. |
