10 Important Things You Should Know About Working with Someone in Partnerwork Dances:
1. Respect: both people have different habilities and skills they trained before they got together and they should never be compared with someone else’s. But enhanced!
2. You’re not working solo! When together in public, do not make monologues. People might believe one is in charge and the other one is “assisting”. This leads to a lot of work problems.
3. Clear Communication: be upfront and open about every step of the way. Do not come up with ideas and not share them because you think they’re good enough. They might have other points of view to improve it or make you see that it is not good.
4. Shared Goals: you might have your own personal goals, but if you do not share at least one common goal, it will not last long.
5. Celebrate… a lot of people only focus on everything that goes wrong, or will go wrong, and forget to also celebrate everything that went well.
6. Dividing is conquering. Time managing that is; Don’t try to do things that are not in your field. Sit down and decide who is better at certain things so you both have more work done in less time. Be equal about it too!
7. Regular check-ins. If something is not working after trying hard, get together and find another path to achieve your goals.
8. Stay curious and open to learning. Everyday, from Everyone. What works today might not work next week. No one knows it all, and that should be constantly in your minds.
9. Rolerotation. Even if you don’t do it officially, at least in practices change roles so you get a feeling why your partner likes or not the feeling of some things you are doing. It will save you a lot of arguments and discussions.
10. Which one can you think of❓😊