Every adjudicator will have something different they look for, but for most people who have danced it will be lack musicality that would really stand out. You find yourself tapping your foot, then stamping it and then your upper body starts to try to get the dancer to listen too. You can spot the ex dancers in an audience when a dancer goes out of time :) -- For the love of the dance

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Date Posted: Wed, Aug 08 2007, 5:02:13
Author: lol
Subject: Every adjudicator will have something different they look for, but for most people who have danced it will be lack musicality that would really stand out. You find yourself tapping your foot, then stamping it and then your upper body starts to try to get the dancer to listen too. You can spot the ex dancers in an audience when a dancer goes out of time :)
In reply to: thanks 's message, "What do parents and more important dancers think are the hardest faults to overcome in Irish dancing. i.e bad feet bad carriage. not getting clicks. Please lets discuss" on Fri, Aug 03 2007, 2:37:51

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[> More inside -- mum, Fri, Aug 10 2007, 14:45:44 [1]

I think the hardest thing to overcome is a loss of confidence, all the things that are listed, are physical, and with correction and practice they can all be rectified. But loss of ones confidence that is very hard to overcome. What do you do?

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[> [> totally agree, have seen very good dancers hit some mental block and something goes out of their dancing, some extra spark. -- strange marks don't help either, Sat, Aug 11 2007, 5:09:54 [1]

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