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“Dance with different people. Don’t fall into a bad habit or develop bad technique.” Dancing with many different partners helps. Besides practicing with your regular dance partners, go to some of the social dances that are available and mix. Everyone’s lead and follow is different, and the variations help you to become a better dancer. Dancing with someone more experienced might allow you to be more successful in trying something new or perfecting some styling. Once you learn how it feels, you can then do it with anybody. Dancing with someone less experienced than you is very good in determining if you have a good lead. This may even be more useful than dancing with someone more experienced. When you can get a less experienced dancer to successfully do a step she has never done before, you know you are doing well. If you dance only with one partner, you will never learn to lead/follow; you’ll only learn to compensate for each other’s bad habits. Always wear your low heel ballroom dance shoes if you are practicing more than an hour or two a day for more than a couple of days.
