I have been playing my pieces with an accompanist

In Tambourin my accompanist suggested that I played it up to speed and tried

to memorize it as he thought that this would help me with the fluency of the
piece. He also told me that it was meant to accompany dancers in traditional
folk French dancing. This helped me a lot in how I played the piece as I felt that
I could let go a little and add a more reckless, fun feel.
I find parts of Dudziarz hard to play with the accompanist as there are a lot of
tempo changes. The accompanist at first asked me to count out loud and make
the upbeat into the new tempo more obvious. Eventually I was able just to
breathe loudly/raise my shoulders at the new tempo.
I also focussed on feeling a stronger waltz tempo in the middle section where
the piano just plays sustained chords, to practice this the accompanist played
an obvious oom cha cha waltz accompaniment.
Each practice session I:
-Worked on memorizing Tambourin
-Practiced counting aloud whilst playing
-Played Tambourin looking at articulation and dynamics
-Used metronome with all pieces to check rhythms