Beginner Fusion Classes are a Lie

Fusion, in the technical sense, is the merging of two or more dance styles to create a new dance aesthetic. (Unless you're talking about Fusion as a philosophy, but that's a different essay.) The exact methods are subject to debate but the end result is the same.

Fusion dancing requires knowledge of at least two dance style. At least one of your dance styles must be different from at least one style your partner knows. To rephrase, there must be at least two different dance styles known between the two dancers. Often both dancers know multiple styles and  some or all of those dances are "fused".

An introductory fusion class, then, is a class on how to mix and combine dance styles which are already known to the dancers. Within the commonly accepted definitions of fusion, it makes no sense to teach a fusion class for people with no dance experience.

Within the social dance scene, weekly venues are the main place where people are introduced to the dance. (At least in blues and lindy. This may be different for salsa, tango, and others.) People often show up at a weekly venue with no previous dance experience. Which is awesome. We dancers love introducing people to dance. However, this means a fusion weekly has to offer some form of a beginner class.

In my experience, most weekly fusion venues teach a simplified blues basic as a fusion basic. This is a weight shift in closed position, with or without a pulse. This is a good basic which allows you to dance with a wide range of dance styles, but it is not fusion dancing.

Two beginning dancers who take this "basic fusion" class and then dance together are not doing fusion. There is only one style being danced, the "basic fusion" they learned in class.

 If a beginning dancer who has taken this class dances with an experienced dancer, they are only doing fusion if you accept that the "basic fusion" is a unique dance style. (Remember that fusion requires two distinct dance styles between the two dancers.)

There is no way to teach fusion, in the technical sense, to new dancers. There is no such thing as a beginner fusion class.