Proficiency points system - point IN, or point OUT?

[Joe]

the actual rules about that in Russia seems to work like this:
a couple with mismatched class generally dances at the class of the leader.
if the leader is more than 1 class lower than the lady (co D class + B class lady) then the leader is allowed to dance 1 class up ( and the couple competes in the C class).

this seems to be a fair system

Weren't you the one arguing in another thread that a higher-level lady dancing with a lower-level bloke will be pretty much as good as a higher-level bloke dancing with a lower-level lady?

 

[reb]

Syllabus does do well within the collegiate age bracket, especially at college comps which do not follow arbitrarily restrictive USA dance rules, but instead operate under rules chosen by competition organizers who are often syllabus dancers themselves.

I'm not sure what you're suggesting.

The modifier "arbitrarily" applied to the common rulebook seems out of place when "under rules chosen by competition organizers" suggests an opening of the door to 'arbitrariness'

. . . I'm reading this from the point of view of a person who attends multiple comps across multiple organizations.

But this could keep things interesting!

 

[Kitty]

Weren't you the one arguing in another thread that a higher-level lady dancing with a lower-level bloke will be pretty much as good as a higher-level bloke dancing with a lower-level lady?

I knew someone will say that...

1) no I didn't say that the couple with a stronger man doens't have an advantage. I was disagreeing with the statement that the couple can only dance to the best ability of the man. I think a good lady is able to improve the dancing of the couple a lot more than just to the best ability of the man (because she may add things to couple's performance that the man hasn't even thought of yet).

2) i don't think it matters which level a level mismatched couple will dance at first, as they will quickly will earn points and be placed in the appropriate level if the couple really does dance better than the current class of the man, or not. I think this whole question is a mere technicality.

 

[tanya_the_dancer]

I knew someone will say that...

1) no I didn't say that the couple with a stronger man doens't have an advantage. I was disagreeing with the statement that the couple can only dance to the best ability of the man. I think a good lady is able to improve the dancing of the couple a lot more than just to the best ability of the man (because she may add things to couple's performance that the man hasn't even thought of yet).

I am a part of such mismatched couple, and I have to say contributing more than to the best ability of the man is nearly impossible (at least, has been for me) and creates loads of frustration when you know you can do better with a better partner but cannot in your current circumstances.