The teaching method:

What method is adopted by the Lindy Hop in Florence school?

Our method of teaching Swing comes mainly from the passion and professional training that since 2010, the year in which we decided to start teaching differentiates us from others, after years of learning to transmit these values was and is now the first step, a fundamental point to start applying yourself in this dance, fun, carefree, but also not too simple. Our Swing lessons are targeted, suitable to feel at ease, allowing you to start dancing and have fun on the dance floor from the very first lessons.
During the lessons with the partner everyone rehearses with all the classmates, so as to understand more quickly the concept of leading and following, that is who leads and who follows, regardless of gender, this allows to speed up and memorize more quickly the steps and move on the track with ease, even on fast music.
Another important point is the social dance, the free practice that we offer to our members every week, very important to learn the steps learned in class and consolidate them, without neglecting the social aspect, the comparison, even spoken, as a comment of a step performed by a couple on the track.
We always remember that we transmit to you the dance that was created by the great masters of Swing and that a step can also be invented, simply by your creative ability, just as it was done by the great dancers of the past. For a long time we talked about a fundamental method to learn an athletic movement, in our case of dance and for the use of this within the performance, it concerns the muscle memory.
Today instead we prefer to talk about motor learning. The muscle in fact has an autonomous memory thanks to which, repeating a single movement for many times, this would remain stored within the muscle itself and can be used during social dance, competition or choreography. Further studies have shown that the awareness, together with the memory of the muscle has greater effectiveness on learning the movement. After correction as a result of a learning error you have to try and try again and again the new movement and become aware of it, understanding the differences from what you did previously.
One technique that we adopt is to make you practice in class with your eyes closed with the help of a scarf. This fun and safe technique with the help of teachers definitely accelerates the mental learning process, helps to let go and create more awareness of the movements. The second indirect but no less important learning is visual learning. Imitation is a huge source of acquisition of gestures and behaviors, it is the way through which you learn the style of the dancer that most inspires us, for example your teacher. This does not mean copying, the style you take will then be interpreted by you and will be yours, therefore unique.
During the training course are fundamental for us, the lessons of musicality, important moments that allow you to interpret the Swing in order to move as one with the music, both in the couple's dance or alone. Now that you know how to get the best quality out of your training, add a good amount of practice and that's it, you will become perfect lindy hoppers.