"No qualified teacher will teach anything that is not in the technique books."
That sentance pretty much proves that you've never met a REAL DANCE TEACHER... because if you had, you'd join my in rolling on the floor laughing your waistcoat off.
"If you do lower before the foot arrives you are falling away from your partner."
Not if you do it right you won't. One of the constraints for doing it right is to be doing it at a rate that SUITS YOUR PARNTER AS WELL AS YOURSELF.
"What has happened is as the man has lowered the whole of his foot to the floor he will find his partner already gone."
No, if he did it properly, and she is any good, she will be right there with him.
"But of course if you are one of those that sends their nose in front of their toes."
Not just nose, but whole body - if you had any clue about it, you really wouldn't characterize it as the nose, as the projection of the body is so much more obvious in the center than in the head.
"The lady will be pushed over."
Not if you do it right. On the other hand if you don't do it, you'll create a huge gap between the partners, or a PAUSE in what was SUPPOSED TO BE A CONTINUOUS MOVEMENT.
"No teaching book will tell you to dance this way."
Pretty funny, as that's exactly what alex moore describes - sending the BODY FIRST.
"Qualified teachers. Who are you kidding. Must have bought their credentialls over the counter in there local supermarket."
I think they won them in this little coastal resort town actually. Blackwater or something like that