unlurking...
The dances should look difficult or fun or challenging or a combination of these; something to engage the audience and make them wish to be part of it.
When the dancing looks bad there's couple reasons I've surmised. One is that the side has committed to dancing but found they had insufficient experienced dancers when it came to the event. This is unfortunate but understandable. Its happen over the last 2 week to both Towersey & GUM.
A second reason is that the culture of the side is more social than performance orientated, in which case the squire is trying to keep the members happy rather than give a good display, giving everyone a go regardless of ability. This kind of performance should be kept away from the public IMHO because it looks carp.
(ducks to hide from flames)