how are your lessons going? thread II

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AT coaching yesterday...was fine for half the coaching then went south...AT coach doesn't like how I was doing a molinete - more or less a grapevine around the leader - and made comment it's a common problem with "ballroom people"...AT coach realized I am getting irritated because he backs off the comment...AT pro is oblivious...AT pro and I demonstrate a foot movement figure that had been working just fine...AT coach starts tinkering with AT pro's footwork to the point I can't follow it anymore...AT coach then says maybe he should have left well enough alone...do you think??!!...then apparently neither AT pro or I are doing ochos authentic enough...think AT coach wants more linear movement, collect feet, then turn...not sure and don't care by then...

AT pro went on and on about how happy he was to be performing in the studio's upcoming showcase...how happy he had waited so long to have a student to dance with...how the dance was going to be awesome...and he was even a little happy to be showing up another pro with dance...anyone notice anything here?...don't have time to deal with this issue after lesson but will at some point...
 
Purr said:
AT pro went on and on about how happy he was to be performing in the studio's upcoming showcase...how happy he had waited so long to have a student to dance with...how the dance was going to be awesome...and he was even a little happy to be showing up another pro with dance...anyone notice anything here?...don't have time to deal with this issue after lesson but will at some point...
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Ouch. That would likely be the last time I ever gave my business to that coach. Not cool... or professional.
 
FancyFeet said:
Ouch. That would likely be the last time I ever gave my business to that coach. Not cool... or professional.
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Yes, it seems like showcase is all becoming all about him. I am not sure what I am getting out of this. I was also not happy that introduction to dance features a showoff move he does, while I stand there more or less like a dumb idiot. We had previously talked about something I could do - a takeoff from rumba - that he conveniently forgot.
 
first of the two lessons this week was last night. was good but not great, and my focus is on not letting my mind get the better of me for comp this weekend. last lesson tonight, comp friday. woohoo!
 
Showcase lesson, creativity and technique went hand in hand, now it's time to 100% commit to the dance.
Spoke with pro about Galaxy in Sept, his ideas are popping!
 
Ugh. Less than stellar one last night...

Major gas leak in the downtown core meant I arrived home about the time I usually am arriving at the studio on lesson day. Thankfully, only had to pop my contacts in, grab my dance bag and fly out the door, but arriving at the studio ~5 minutes before my scheduled lesson still needing to change is not how I usually roll. And of course pro chose yesterday to actually be on time (this makes, I think, the 4th time in 4 YEARS)... so no warm up, no decompress time after a stressful workday and no food since lunch* (aside from the emergency granola bar eaten in the car on the way)... it was not horrifically bad, but definitely not my best.

Pro seemed to want to work a few extra minutes at the end, but I had hit a wall by then... lesson ended with me trying to do "one more time", then stumbling during FT when my leg just wouldn't hold me, and pro going "okay, tomorrow".

Dinner, a shower, and another dinner later, and I started to feel vaguely human.

*I usually eat twice more between lunch and lesson time - a meal and a snack. I was way under my needed calorie intake by 5 pm.
 
first post-comp lesson. my videos are starting to look like the dancer i want to see! lots of good feedback, i could barely get a word in edgewise because the words were tumbling out of my pro's mouth. can't wait til the next one...now to convince my husband that i can actually afford to do another independent comp...
 
IndyLady said:
Two lessons yesterday. One to work on the cha cha routine. I was a hot mess through that lesson, it's like I've forgotten everything I know about how to dance. Ugh. We took some time out to work on Latin walks, and I swear it was like I was learning this stuff for the first time. It looked terrible. Like a newbie desperately making a futile attempt to look sexy. So depressing.
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Worked on rumba walks again this week, it went better (a couple things sunk in), but this is obviously going to be a work in progress for a loooonnngggg time.

I think the cha cha routine is as ready as it's going to be at this juncture. Showcase is this Sunday. It's the first time I'm not really super psyched about it - since I'm only doing the one routine, I'm just going to duck in, dance, and go home, rather than staying for the day and the dinner. The rationale was that I'm not willing to sack DH with our spirited pre-schooler for 12+ hours on a weekend so I can dance 1 routine. (I normally do 3-4 routines, cheer everyone else on, and stay for the dinner/dancing afterwards, which for me is a worthwhile day and way more fun than Christmas). Except DH is taking the kid up to see his parents this weekend so that rationale fails now, but oh well.

ETA: I should specify, I originally was going to skip this Showcase altogether because I only had 1 legit performance, but the judge is my favorite coach of all time, which is why I did a 180.


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Second lesson was with a new but very experienced instructor who is "trying out" at the studio (not sure if the studio is trying him out or he's trying us out). That lesson was actually quite good, worked on smooth and got some solid and useful instruction and progress was made. I'm feeling very conflicted about this though, as I realize how shallow and vain I am. He doesn't have the typical instructor "look" or body that one would expect (I just realized every single male instructor I've ever had has pretty much fit the expected mold, even with their variations). I think I could probably make good technical progress (on smooth anyway, rhythm is untested), but I can't picture myself doing Showcases or comps with him. And the manager asked me twice yesterday if I wanted another lesson with him - which is a little odd, borderline old school pressure. I think he has lessons lined up with some other students too, should probably touch base with them too.
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The studio keeps pushing this on me.... I got asked twice the last time I was there "So when's your next lesson with ****?" He's subbing for my primary instructor for a couple weeks while said instructor is out of town on vacation. Still very conflicted about this. I'm sure I could make technical progress, but I just don't see us ever having the right chemistry for a performance situation. Ugh.
 
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