Richard Gleave and WDC statements

[dandy]

Check out the articles by Richard Gleave and WDC on Dancesportinfo - at last!!!!!



http://www.dancesportinfo.net/DisplayNews.aspx#608

[tangotime]

Am I glad that someone has finally woken up !!!!!!

talking about the comments on Standard-- particularly the Tango-- have complained to all and sundry for many yrs ( it started to look like F/t-- swing, swing, swing ,those legs ) and the comments about Q/s were hilarious ( and true !! )

The latin got its share of "digs "-- particularly the rise and fall comment( bolero also looks absurd with those exagerated movements )

am in complete agreement with the whole release .

[Joe]

That's got nothing to do with Gleave, at least not on Dancesportinfo.

[saludas]

I dunno, 'time marches on' and the look that was 'correct' 30 years ago is not what is happening now.

Quality of dance has progressed a lot and while some of the 'look' might have changed, I suppose that the 'look' today is more in keeping with what the dancers of today feel the dances should look like. We can't be hidebound to tradition. Loss of technique? Perhaps, but the 'look' of the execution of said technique has progressed too.

[Josh]

Check out the articles by Richard Gleave and WDC on Dancesportinfo - at last!!!!!



http://www.dancesportinfo.net/DisplayNews.aspx#608

Ok, so what are you talking about? The first item is a letter from Gleave, and appears quite ho-hum for most here. The second dealing with floorcraft, etc., is not from Gleave. Assuming the article on UK Open quality of dancing, I think some good points are made, especially in partner awareness and musicality.

[rainerng]

"The current trend of high jumps in Quickstep is neither desirable nor effective. Certain trends in choreography produce a look somewhere between the Roadrunner and Super Mario Brothers."

Jeez lol.

[dandy]

Ok, so what are you talking about? The first item is a letter from Gleave, and appears quite ho-hum for most here. The second dealing with floorcraft, etc., is not from Gleave. Assuming the article on UK Open quality of dancing, I think some good points are made, especially in partner awareness and musicality.

the first article was from a high level coach/judge standing up to a controlling organisation

the second was from more high level coaches/judges making a stand for the purist element in dance that has been taken over by the 'wham, bam, thank you mam' element.

and for dancers in europe, the IDSF is behind both - maybe the pendulum is starting to swing the other way