For those of you have been around in dancing for a while - maybe you teach, maybe you have just spent lots of time hanging around and noticing what is happening.
When you see a beginner's group, or a group of people who have been dancing for less than a year. What different types of beginner-half newbies do you see - and which ones are likely to keep dancing for many years?
In aikido, it is a wellknown truth that the talents seldom stay. They remain in the art for a few years, they progress fast, maybe they even get to that black belt - but there, at latest, they leave. Those who keep training for years and years, and those who will have training as an important part of their lives for more than an intense period of youth - these are to be found among those who were not talanted. Those who had two left feet, had difficulties in distinguishing left from right and just never seemed to get things right - yupps, it is some of them who stay in the long run. Not the fast learners. Then there are a few talents who stay, and they can of course become incredibly good. Usually, these people are a bit on the fanatic side.
I wonder, because I do not know. Is this the same in dancing? Is it the opposite? Is it something else that matters, and if so what? Or is there no way to guess which ones will be dancing for ever, and who will give it up for weight training or paragliding?
When you see a beginner's group, or a group of people who have been dancing for less than a year. What different types of beginner-half newbies do you see - and which ones are likely to keep dancing for many years?
In aikido, it is a wellknown truth that the talents seldom stay. They remain in the art for a few years, they progress fast, maybe they even get to that black belt - but there, at latest, they leave. Those who keep training for years and years, and those who will have training as an important part of their lives for more than an intense period of youth - these are to be found among those who were not talanted. Those who had two left feet, had difficulties in distinguishing left from right and just never seemed to get things right - yupps, it is some of them who stay in the long run. Not the fast learners. Then there are a few talents who stay, and they can of course become incredibly good. Usually, these people are a bit on the fanatic side.
I wonder, because I do not know. Is this the same in dancing? Is it the opposite? Is it something else that matters, and if so what? Or is there no way to guess which ones will be dancing for ever, and who will give it up for weight training or paragliding?
