Lee and Marcy have been teaching Ballroom dance (and some other partner dances) in Oklahoma City for 35 years. They are excellent dancers and also excellent teachers. I saw their students won in Ballroom dance competitions.
Sometimes the skills of teachers are evaluated through students' performances. ..Well, it may not always be true because not all students are meant to be champion-level dancers. But polishing some gifted students definitely takes skills.
A character of good dancers, especially for Ballroom dancers, is their smoothness in the motion and smooth feel of the body. When they dance smooth dance like Waltz with a less-experienced partner, the smoothness can be imparted on the partner. The dance as a couple traveling around the floor with higher speed and special sense of togetherness similar to flying (called body flight) can be achieved much easier with a good dancer. Marcy and her students all had very good body flight. Very comfortable. They are teaching their students impressively well.
They (Lee and Marcy, along with Beth Emerson and Mike Shoemake) will be hosting a Ballroom/Country western/swing/Hustle dance contest event, Oklahoma Dance Rush, next weekend (4/14-17/2016) in Oklahoma City.
http://www.oklahomadancerush.net/index.html
If you are around, check it out. They will have a free West coast swing/country western party on Thursday night (4/14) at the Tower hotel.
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