Pro dancers are great at including their partner within play. Not only do they signal when play will happen: the really great dancers also find a way to communicate what they are going to do. Most of us watch pro followers instantly pick up on what a leader is doing and think that they’re psychic. … Read more
You may have found that some moves have too many redirections to keep up with using one-beat leads. So, how do you lead more complicated patterns? The answer is the other main connection method: constant connection. In constant connection, the partners strive to never let the connection get all the way to neutral. The degree … Read more
The previous post introduced the concept of one-beat leads in side passes. Side passes are relatively easy moves for one-beat leads because they require no direction changes. So how do we apply the one-beat lead concept to moves that do have redirections? Within patterns, the concept of one-beat leads remains the same. Before the redirection, … Read more
Although all lead-follow dancing in WCS is based around the ideas of leverage and compression, there are many ways to implement those concepts. The two most popular connection methods are one-beat leads and constant connection. This post will focus on the fundamentals of one-beat leads. The idea of a one-beat lead is that the leader … Read more
Leading and following become easier, more comfortable, and more responsive once you learn to lead or follow from your body’s movement, rather than your arm. But first we need to cover an important distinction. We need to understand that connection is not a lead. If you generally want to improve your connection, read this, but … Read more
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