As I watched these two videos, the quickstep portions in particular, here are my thoughts: WDSF 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ejp0V-y3vw...
I just counted 84 NDCA competitions on the calendar for 2012. I don't have an exact number, but I seem to recall somewhere around 50 NDCA...
I've created an unofficial NDCA calendar that I'm sharing for the public if anyone wants to subscribe to it. I got tired of looking on their web...
The standard timing is SQQSQQ. I have consistently seen it danced SQQQQS, probably due to the fact that in more open choreography, for example...
Any thoughts on the pros and cons of dancing the checked spin turn with the lady doing a heel turn, versus just doing a small step onto her right...
Have had this thought in my head for a long time and I want to get other thoughts on it, and the foxtrot music thread made me take the plunge here....
In the Int'l style, some of the basic figures have both a closed (ending outside partner) version, as well as an open (ending in PP) variant. For...
Well I'm exaggerating a little bit, but not much! The more common lines, oversway, contra check, and hover corte can all be done. Even a right...
Don't know the name of this waltz figure, it's essentially a weave from promenade, the first four steps, but syncopated 1&23, with a usual lower at...
When executing a forward moving action in standard, during the lowering phase, how much should the hip joint flex? Clearly, the ankle and knee...
Thoughts on the shape of the back open promenade--a bit of left shape on 3 with the lady's head turned R, then into the check? Or close all the way...
There is a song at the end of the movie Gladiator on the soundtrack called "Honor Him" by Hans Zimmer which I've heard a more strict tempo waltz...
Does having four competitive styles dilute the quality of the dancing in each particular style, as compared to having only two competitive styles?
The other day a coach said to me that a dancer did not receive the advice given very well on the lesson. Not that it was rejected, but that it was...
DVIDA has in their silver smooth foxtrot syllabus a figure called "The Gem." I have this figure in an open standard routine, and am curious as to...
Would you follow a progressive chasse ending DC with a chasse reverse turn in bronze syllabus? It is not allowed in ISTD, but I have had a couple of...
From the NDCA Rulebook Jan 2010: American Style Waltz - Silver Level (commencing January 2011) 1. Continuity styling (open footwork) is now...
I have 9 of these charts which include both standard and latin. They're brand new, and I will send it to whoever wants them (just pay the shipping)....
Because many silver and above American smooth waltz and foxtrot syllabus figures tend to be the same, it's easy to let the two dances blend together...
The two syllabi I'm famililar with list the rise on the last 3 steps on the bronze twinkle as: Rise e/o 4 Up on 5 and 6 Lower e/o 6 and the...
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