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Originally Posted by Chicklet What's the "official line" on hand hold when the guy has the lady's hand across his chest?
I learned that he has to KEEP HOLD of the hand if it's a yo-yo and flattening the hand with the ladies hand on his should make the lady expect a push spin sending her behind him....If i get a flat unheld hand I WILL GO! |
The push-spin sending the lady behind the guy is called a hatchback in JazzJive. Don't recall the Ceroc terminology, though I'm sure I've been told. I've picked up a few ways to distinguish the two in lead (and still lead the wrong one sometimes *shrug*).
* There can be that grip difference between the two. I've only been taught this once by a teacher, but am fairly often told this by fellow dancers.
* In yoyo, the right hands are faster nearer the chest, and
slow down towards full extension. In hatchback, they start slow and
speed up towards full extension.
* Difference in feel: yoyo is stocatto, low energy, constrained. Hatchback is continuous, high energy, unfettered.
* The man's right hand in the hatchback goes several inches further back than in the yoyo. The man may step forwards to emphasise this.
* The R-R connection is broken in the hatchback, and kept in the yo-yo.
* The guy checks behind him immediately prior to a hatchback.
Personally I find the grip difference lead a bit signally, and prefer to rely on the other differences, which I feel are more natural. This may change as I learn more yoyo variations...
