disliking choreography

[Kitty]

what do you do when you get choreography that you don't like?
do you insist on getting a different routine? do you stick it out and learn this routine anyway? What if your partner likes it and you don't?

do you start liking it after a while?

[wyllo]

Depends on why you don't like it. I often don't like things that I find difficult and I stick those out because I know it will be good for me. On the other hand, sometimes I don't like choreography because it doesn't work for me so I change that. If your partner likes it and you don't, I'd look for a compromise.

[G809]

When I don't like certain steps in a routine, I usually assume that I'm just doing them incorrectly and try to stick it out for a while and see if I can improve. This often leads me to find mistakes I'm making, which is always useful, and one time a step I hated developed into a favorite because I practiced it so much and really felt like I had figured it out. If you work on it for some time, though, and you still feel like it just isn't working, I'd say to scrap it.

[Another Elizabeth]

If I don't like it because I think it conflicts with my feel for the character of the dance, I usually argue to change it (this mostly only applies to open routines - I don't like flat running steps in quickstep, for example). If I just find it difficult, I try to stick it out for a while.

[Kitty]

If I don't like it because I think it conflicts with my feel for the character of the dance, I usually argue to change it (this mostly only applies to open routines - I don't like flat running steps in quickstep, for example). If I just find it difficult, I try to stick it out for a while.

which ones? like a weave quick quick quick quick ones?

[Kitty]

If I don't like it because I think it conflicts with my feel for the character of the dance, I usually argue to change it (this mostly only applies to open routines - I don't like flat running steps in quickstep, for example). If I just find it difficult, I try to stick it out for a while.

yeah I don't like one routine cause not that it doesn't just fit my idea of the character of the dance, but the idea of standard dancing in general...

also it has an emphasis on certain types of steps that my partner and I have different ideas about, and can't do very well at all...

he doesn't want to get a different routine though (cause that would mean more lessons and cause he does like this routine). I'm thinking whether I should insist on it, or give in and try to make this one work.

I am dancing 4 of his old routines though, and I feel if we change one, that would be fair.

[Another Elizabeth]

If I don't like it because I think it conflicts with my feel for the character of the dance, I usually argue to change it (this mostly only applies to open routines - I don't like flat running steps in quickstep, for example). If I just find it difficult, I try to stick it out for a while.

which ones? like a weave quick quick quick quick ones?

The ones where the partnership just runs in PP down the length of the floor. I think it looks kind of dumb, and most people open the PP too much when they do it. In quickstep, I generally like moving steps to swing and stationary steps to hop. (Scatters are an exception, but at least they're light and up, instead of down the way most people do the runs.)

[Kitty]

If I don't like it because I think it conflicts with my feel for the character of the dance, I usually argue to change it (this mostly only applies to open routines - I don't like flat running steps in quickstep, for example). If I just find it difficult, I try to stick it out for a while.

which ones? like a weave quick quick quick quick ones?

The ones where the partnership just runs in PP down the length of the floor. I think it looks kind of dumb, and most people open the PP too much when they do it. In quickstep, I generally like moving steps to swing and stationary steps to hop. (Scatters are an exception, but at least they're light and up, instead of down the way most people do the runs.)

I hate anything that is too down...

[Kitty]

I was really sweet to my partner all practice today, got him in a good mood and convinced him to change the routine that I disliked. :D :banana:

[Joe]

I hate anything that is too down...
Gotta get down to go up! ;)

[flexi]

Remember the man has to remember and lead any choreography
you dance... and they say it takes a man 3 times longer to learn his part as it does for a lady ( not entirely true.. but sort of)

So either you can wait a rather long time to get new stuff and perfect it, or you can dance what's he's comfortable leading..
BTW many top couples work on their choreography for 2-4 years.. make minor ajustments along the way..

Best thing to do is add a few new goups here and there ( short sides, long sides).. and slowly phase out older stuff you don't like..

Nothing is worse than blanking out on a comp floor because you can't remember the new stuff....

[Katarzyna]

Nothing is worse than blanking out on a comp floor because you can't remember the new stuff....

Let's hope it won't happen to my partner...

[LXC]

Nothing is worse than blanking out on a comp floor because you can't remember the new stuff....

It happens with old stuff too. Routines you've practiced hundreds and thousands of times all of a sudden escape your mind on the floor. And it happens to both my partner and me.

I don't discuss choreography much because I know coach's answer would be either 'there's nothing wrong with the figure, it's your problem', or 'it's technique that wins the competition not choreography'. So it's all up to the coach. We do get presented options sometimes and my husband always picks the faster one :lol: