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Originally posted by Gadget
I am assuming you mean ÔwaveÕ signals, and not contact / pressure signals |
I was trying to think of some of these 'pressure signals' last week. The only obvious one was the Archie's Spin, when the man's thumb
gently puts some pressure on the back of the lady's hand. (I don't like this signal because it could be painful if the man uses too much pressure. But when I've tried doing it without the thumb, it only works about half the time.)
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| In my opinion, the best signals from an observerÕs point of view are ones you donÕt see the dancers doing; subtle, but obvious to your partner. |
I like this idea. I also try to make it apply to leads as well. A lead should be absolutely obvious to your partner, but invisible to anyone else. I'm not trying to lead an audience - so there is no need to make it big.
It is different when teaching - the teacher sometimes has to make to leads big so the class can see what he is doing. Unfortunately this style sometimes filters down to the class, and every freestyle move is led like you are in front of 200 people.
David