Hi Emily,
Yes, demonstrate!
You’ve had lots of good advice, but no-one has mentioned one item
that I find useful. People can get confused between the two moves as to
whether they should move to the left or the right to pass the other person. I
always tell the men to move their hand away from them.
My full teach would be a demo, then get everyone lined up in the
same orientation.
You raise you joined hands and change places with each other. This is called
multi-taking; as well as raising your hand you have to move your feet!
You start facing each other and you finish facing each other; it is just half a
turn.
Men: raise your joined hands and move your hand away from you; walk around the
lady while keeping looking at her.
Ladies: raise your joined hands and turn backwards under the arch, turning away
from the man.
Make sure you don’t grip, just roll your fingers around each other’s.
Relax! It is a basic rule of dancing that when your hand is above your nose
your should relax your arm completely.
Don’t worry if your hands are now in the wrong orientation – let that sort
itself out on the next figure.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
<http://www.contrafusion.co.uk> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in
Kent
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