"The Dinzel System"?

AndaBien said:
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I do want my partner to bring me a dance, and I do pay attention to what she's doing, but if she was doing as much as you suggest, I would consider that she was interfering with the dance I was trying to give her.
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That would be true. She would be interfering with the dance I might be trying to give her. However, I prefer not to "dance her", to give her my dance. I prefer instead that we really bring our dances to each other.

In CE, which we dance a lot, she can also control the lead by how she uses the floor. For example, if I start to lead an ocho cortada, does she power into it? Or does she slow me down? And once I have stepped her forward right then side left, does she become heavy, telling me she doesn't want to go to the usual resolution (the cross)? Perhaps she powered onto her left foot in the side step, transferring her weight and opening the door for me to do something entirely different than I may have had in mind? Etc.

Yes, this could simply be "bad following", but with a sensitive high level follow, it could be her giving voice in such a manner that she doesn't ignore my lead, but rather reinterprets it. And even if it is "bad following", it is a real opportunity to learn as a lead how to have a conversation.
 
Dave Bailey said:
I said the follower doesn't lead, you also said that.

So where are you disagreeing? :confused:
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Sorry. My lack of clarity. I do agree with you that the follow does not lead. My disagreement follows the BUT. I was jut trying to point out our common ground before I viciously hurled stones - like my mum taught me. :)

Dave Bailey said:
The analogy is dangerous, because it sets up incorrect expectations to improver-level followers. That's what I meant.
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Understood. These are advanced skills and I would guess improver-level follows are indeed not there yet.
 
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