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Originally Posted by Whitebeard I've looked around but haven't yet found that thread.
Do as the teacher says, or do as the teacher does?
This comes up in the First Move (count 4 I think) where the couple have come together, side by side, facing opposite ways. The man moves his left hand, and the ladies right, to his right and downward towards her left hip and she starts her half C/W pivot to face the same way. At this point the teacher simply says something like, "Men step back, it doesn't matter which foot." But it surely does, as the dance looks so much better if the partner's legs mirror each other in this and similar situations.
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Hey Whitebeard...good questions...keep it up.
Right, on beat two of the first move the position should be, standing side by side, man facing one way the lady the other, mans left hand at his left shoulder with his right hand on his partners right hip....(not waist!). From there (on beat 3) he twists the lady out to the side by pushing down towards the ladys hip with his left hand as he pulls with his right hand....ladys stepping back right foot behind left and men stepping back left foot behind right (in a mirror image type-thing)....beat 4 is exactly the same as beat 2. The man steps forward, returning the lady to here previous position, with his left hand at his left shoulder and right hand on ladys hip, standing side to side. Neither of the mans feet at this stage should be either in front nor behind the other.....does that help?? Or have I confused you??
James.