Aniseteph
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Dontchajust HATE it when you are in a workshop and you are choreographically challenged but they are teaching choreo anyway, AND it's follow-the-bouncing-butt but you can't see the butt?
I guess I am not typical. I can follow most of it these days, but I can't remember more than a few phrases in the short term. So sooner or later I will be following all the way. Now if I am following the teacher I paid for this is still valuable IMO, because I think monkey see monkey do (OK, maybe monkey makes a stab at) actually works for me. I won't have the choreo down, but I will be getting the vibe.
However... 3 rows back all you can do if you can't lock the choreo in your head straight away is follow the crowd. I am not a happy bunny with this. And, having been p'd off to the extent of sitting out part of 2 out of 3 workshops this w'end because of this, I can vouch for the fact that even if you pick up the gist of the choreo from them, you are not going to pick up vibe of teacher from your fellow attendees. Because they are not doing it the same. (see, I did learn something sitting out! ).
I've always avoided "learn a choreo" workshops, and have gone for Egyptain/ME teachers specifically for the vibe. I can understand using choreographies to teach, but is this really what people want? Bash through a choreography in 2.5 hours and never mind the style you are supposed to be learning? If you want to learn about XX style wouldn't it be better to focus on a few moves, maybe just a section of the choreography, and some compare and contrast about what makes it XX rather than YY? Should I just start assuming that Star Egyptian Teacher teaching "XX" means "teaching their take on XX, choreographed".
Is this what the market wants? What do people do with what they have learnt from this type of class? I'm really interested.
I guess I am not typical. I can follow most of it these days, but I can't remember more than a few phrases in the short term. So sooner or later I will be following all the way. Now if I am following the teacher I paid for this is still valuable IMO, because I think monkey see monkey do (OK, maybe monkey makes a stab at) actually works for me. I won't have the choreo down, but I will be getting the vibe.
However... 3 rows back all you can do if you can't lock the choreo in your head straight away is follow the crowd. I am not a happy bunny with this. And, having been p'd off to the extent of sitting out part of 2 out of 3 workshops this w'end because of this, I can vouch for the fact that even if you pick up the gist of the choreo from them, you are not going to pick up vibe of teacher from your fellow attendees. Because they are not doing it the same. (see, I did learn something sitting out! ).
I've always avoided "learn a choreo" workshops, and have gone for Egyptain/ME teachers specifically for the vibe. I can understand using choreographies to teach, but is this really what people want? Bash through a choreography in 2.5 hours and never mind the style you are supposed to be learning? If you want to learn about XX style wouldn't it be better to focus on a few moves, maybe just a section of the choreography, and some compare and contrast about what makes it XX rather than YY? Should I just start assuming that Star Egyptian Teacher teaching "XX" means "teaching their take on XX, choreographed".
Is this what the market wants? What do people do with what they have learnt from this type of class? I'm really interested.