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Originally Posted by MartinHarper My current favourite travelling move is to lead a return, put some tension in my lead arm, and walk straight at my partner, so I'm leading her to walk straight back. It's got a nice feel, it zips across the dance floor, and the "step step step step" footwork is very MJ-ish. Also, I get to discover if my partner trusts me... :-) |
That sounds like a good one - I do that, but just for a forward-back step, rather than a travel. I presume your first foot forward is your left, follower's right (hence the need for the tension)?
As for the Columbian, we'll have to watch ESG and ZW do their thing next time to see it done in freestyle
Given enough space, I'd agree that most moves can be adapted to be travelling moves. For that matter, travelling moves can be done in a more-or-less static space
However, it is annoying to see dancers mechanically go through all of a choreographed travelling step, when you know they're coming towards you in a few seconds "on the reverse", and you need to keep an eye on them... OTOH, I find that dancers
standing still are actually harder to work round than those moving around, weird that...