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Philosophia Rioja:Three Pieces on Competition - Connection

I've been to half a dozen dance competitions this year and I've seen some amazing dances and few more thrilling than Gary Stubbs and Jen Hoy who have - it seems to me all the technique one could want to see, the good taste to realise that dancing isn't all about flash moves and the spooky sense of a telepathic link which ensures spontaneity and congruity. But - much as I love them both - they are not the norm So I think it's time I wrote about three things...Connection, Musicality and for want of a better word Reputation.  Not because I know much about dancing or competition but I am happy to write about things talk to me about as issues - this seems to be worse this year than any other. So first, Connection The Ceroc champs website has a lot on it - though it's not called connection - it covers all of those things that we'd pretty much agree we'd want to see, I think, but some which seem to me to be outside of what we mean by connection - here...