Lessons and Partners 2

Continue: Partners or not? And Lessons

Most beginners find the experience of learning dance steps together offers a stimulating, fun and challenging experience, as well as the fact that they may come away with a whole new set of friends. After all, there is plenty of social interaction in a group of dancers who are there to learn a new activity and have fun while doing so.

Dance instructors generally recommend that you begin your journey into the world of social dance by attending group classes with other dancers who have the same level of dance experience (which is sometimes no experience). However, if you feel you want to get a head start, you might consider taking one or two private lessons. This just may provide you with the confidence you need to join a group dance class. Or if you start with a group class, and fall behind, because you have had to miss a couple of classes, or find that you just can't master a particular step, you should consider a couple of private lessons so that you can catch up.

Dance steps and patterns are emphasized more than technique in groups lessons, so you may need a private lesson to master a particular technique before proceeding with group lessons. Some men, in particular, may need a private lesson or two in order to lead his partner through the figures that are taught in group classes. Women may discover that a private lesson can help them with grace and agility to master the movements that they learn in a group class.

So, as you can now determine, there are advantages and disadvantages to group and private lessons, therefore, you may find that you need both at one time or another.

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