I had a question about proper posture and framing when the man is significantly taller than the woman.
My wife is a few inches taller than me, and I believe it has always been beneficial for keeping good frame and posture for me. Most couples I watch or have instructed have been fairly close in height. However, I am instructing a couple in which the man is several inches taller and I have not encountered such a disparity in some time. How far down should the man bring his arms/elbows and how high up should the woman be framed to compensate? Anyone have a good tip, or is it something to not be so concerned about for a beginner?

As a very famous coach said.. " you can only dance to your own height ".. for social purposes, adjustments are fine.

dheun. The arms must come down to the shorter of the partnership. The left hand of the man should be at the shorter persons eye level. Common sense here. If the man being taller spreads his arms keeping them at his shoulder level. That could be way over the head of his partner. The right hand does not present much of a problem as long as the ladies armpit is on the mans wrist and the man still has a nice line across from elbow to elbow. Common fault here is dropping the right arm which gives a big side to the left and the other like a folded chicken wing. Even with normal sized people. Next time your out have a look and see how many right elbows are pointing to the floor.

That's a good explanation, especially keeping the left hand at the eye level of the shorter person. And yes, I do see the right elbows point down fairly often. I have had a few who tend to "water pump" with their left arm when doing the rise and fall of the waltz. When I am correcting that problem, it seems like the right elbow pointing to the floor occurs along with it. Left arm and elbow go up and down, right arm and elbow starts pointing to the floor. I'm surprised they don't fall over with that type of imbalance.