Thanks, I'll pass along that feedback. The floor is huge and it's tough to capture it all with that camera's viewing angle. I know they had...
I've heard this extra right-foot step (which is not formally part of any figure) called the "Bridge Step". The ISTD syllabus only permits a...
In the Guy Howard book, Technique of Ballroom Dancing (the IDTA book; I have the 1998 edition, and the first edition came out in 1976), there's a...
And, funny enough, same couple!
Any chance you could post the marks? Thanks!
Actually (and this just reinforces the point you were making), the MIT comp had well over 1000 competitors last year.
Early registration is closing at midnight tonight, in case anybody wants to register for the cheaper rate.
I'll be there! Looking forward to it. A few people on our team were asking about the Newcomer eligibility rules. Can dancers who started in...
I'll be there too! Looking forward to it. I'm glad they extended early registration. And they've jacked up the prize purse to $8k... nice.
Yup, my partner and I were planning to attend the amateur standard event, but couldn't make it due to the date change. The schedule that was...
Here's my guess, again I could be wrong: Fallaway Whisk, Promenade Pivot, Skater's lock, (trapped), Promenade link, Skater's lock, Viennese Cross,...
This is fun, I'll take a stab: 0:16 Looks like he was trapped and improvised a gentle promenade link 0:22 Left Whisk 0:32 - 0:34 Outside spin...
It never made sense to me that Professional and Amateur are mutually exclusive divisions. Politics aside, it seems more consistent to allow Amateur...
The server it was hosted on went away, and they're working on migrating it to a new one. Hopefully it will be back up soon!
The 5000 is an Oxford style and the 9000 has a Derby style. Traditionally the Oxford design is considered more formal so that's why I chose the 5000...
I hear he has a thesis defense coming up soon...
Registration closes tonight if anyone was thinking about going. I count just over 1000 competitors at the moment.
I just got a note that they're about to cap intermediate events too, if anybody was thinking about registering.
I believe they try to schedule it such that there is always a full floor for both the semi and the final in every split-floor event.
Wow, Beginner Cha has 212 couples.... I've never seen that many in an event! (But I've never been to Blackpool.)
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