| > Dancing is a great test of what part of your brain dominates. Good dancing is when you stop thinking and just let your feelings lead. Yah, that's why best dancers in the world never train and prepare their routines. Honestly. Good dancing is when you stop thinking, AFTER you have spent time preparing enough so you don't have to think about it anymore. I wonder if people watching TV or Youtube get the wrong impression. They see people making things look easy. Nice poses, nice makeup, nice dresses, light moves. What they don't see is countless hours over many years that went into preparing everything. ** I am an amateur runner. People sometimes tell me I am a natural. I honestly look well when running, no hunching, positively bouncy, light steps. No exertion. Easy breathing. I try to explain that I spent couple years just fixing my running mechanics, one step at a time. Strengthening my muscles and tendons so that I can move my weight to forefoot and recover more energy when running, running with a metronome to get my cadence right, learning to breathe deeply and in sync with my strides, running strides to fix my mechanics when at full speed, bringing my attention to what my hands are doing so that they are relaxed and not moving to the sides too much, making sure my foot contacts pavement under me and not before me, making sure my heels move high up behind me, forcing myself to run straight and look straight, doing strength exercises at home so that my core muscles are strong enough to support good posture while running, learning to regulate my speed by tilting forward, etc. Even silly things like paying attention to the weather and clothing for the weather. I see so many people put on way too much clothes when it gets just a tad colder and then look visibly uncomfortable throughout the run. When I started running I did it, too. Then I made a running log where I noted the outside weather conditions and how I felt through the run and over time I learned what I exactly need to put on depending on the weather and the run I am making so I feel just right. No, things don't come naturally -- at least not to most people. And I think it is good news. Almost everybody can do almost everything. The only thing that is blocking me from being a good dancer is whether I want to invest the time to become one. I don't. I can relax knowing it is up to me to decide what I can achieve and what I want to spend my efforts on. |
Well, yeah, that's what OP said. Good dancing can happen after lots of training or none at all.