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Originally Posted by Gadget
...... and what you do in the bits between the moves.
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What am I missing here? For me the moves are sequential and mostly delineated by the return and step back. Will I get to the stage where I can improvise and throw in a few wobblies? Or, miss out the return as I was reading on another thread.
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Originally Posted by Yogi Bear
The catapault - not easily susceptible to 'style', I fancy...
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Not so sure. There's a lovely 'bounce' there when it goes right, which must add to the style of the dance, and a nice flourish to send the lady spinning.
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Originally Posted by Gadget
You have to learn how to do things properly before embellishing them.
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Wasn't really thinking of embellishment - just doing the moves with some grace and style. The only time I can think of where I might consciously add anything is in the Yoyo where, as the right hand is taken from the left shoulder towards the ladies right hip, I take the left leg and arm out to the left in a compensating movement. Bringing them in again as we go palm to palm. This seems entirely natural and gives balance to the movement. I've seen others just standing there woodenly as if directing traffic. (I know about that from a very previous life.) I would see this as part of the flow of the move rather than an embellishment.