--- On Thu, 2/26/09, Jay Rabe <[email protected]> wrote:
> As we were
> dancing, she asked, "I missed the cross, didn't
> I?" I said yes, and suggested she bend her standing
> knee a bit more and take slightly bigger back steps, which
> separates our feet a bit more and keeps her weight more
> forward, making the cross more likely as opposed to a back
> step when in the #4 position.
So you basically made her self-conscious about her walk for the rest of the
night. This is why "helping" like this at a milonga is a bad idea. Since
she's a beginner, she'll now get it into her head that it's okay to teach or be
taught at a milonga. Forget about listening to the music or her partner.
Unless someone is in physical pain, there's no reason to be teaching on the
dance floor, even if someone has asked. A simple answer to her question is,
"Well, perhaps I didn't lead it clearly enough for you, but don't worry about
it. I still enjoyed dancing with you. Let's just have fun."
Trini de Pittburgh
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