I emphasize the "push pull" in the arms too.
When I teach the balance, I usually say that it is a 4-count move and
that you move toward and away from someone as momentum into something
new. I then teach the basic forward and back with a single person
facing you. I don't emphasize footwork much.
Joy Greenwolfe
On Apr 25, 2013, at 6:39 AM, Mac Mckeever wrote:
When I teach a balance - I go over the footwork very quickly (step
for & back) and then tell them not to worry about that part - the
balance really happens in the arms - not the feet and emphasize
keeping a strong connection with the other dancer(s) as you move
toward them and back and using the balance to create the 'lead' or
momentum in the direction you need to go for the next move.
Thinking about footwork just makes it more complicated than it needs
to be and they will figure out what works for them.
Mac McKeever
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From: Read Weaver <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 1:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] How do you balance? (Was High-energy dances)
When I teach a balance, I mostly describe it as a way to move away
from your partner to give you the chance to pull in toward your
partner, whether it's for a swing, a box the gnat, etc. Any move
within the phrasing that allows you to do that is fair game. The
simplest is either step in on the right, step out on the left,
although some find in-2-3, out-2-3 more intuitive. Step-stamp-step-
stamp is the one I actively encourage people to not do, as 1) it's
generally done in such a way that it doesn't put you in a position
to pull in to the next move, and 2) it makes you look like a yahoo.
--Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
http://lcfd.org
On Apr 24, 2013, at 8:46 AM, John Sweeney wrote:
I did notice more stomping than I was familiar with at The Flurry
this
year, just step right, stamp left, step left, stamp right.
Is stomping now the standard across America?
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