“Sometimes it's harder to untrain somebody with dance experience than it is to teach somebody with a new skill.”

Meaning

The quote says that prior training can make it more difficult to teach someone a different technique than to start with a beginner. It suggests that habits from dance experience can be harder to change than teaching from scratch. In this view, previous skill is not always an advantage when learning something new.

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Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

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