| Article | : | "Dancing Tid-bits" Issue #93, Thursday,March 14, 2002
Today's Topic: Outside Change to PP.
Now that we have discussed what is outside change (tid-bit #92), it is
important to know some variations and related topics which have always irked
my mind.
The most troubling thing that I find is that many times students are taught
Outside Change to Promenade Position (PP) as number 1 ending and a closed
ending with outside relationship is omitted. The result being that if you
want to lead a non-promenade step at the end, the lady starts to fight and
then you have to pull her body with left hand to keep her closed and that is
naturally bad, but then you can't blame her because that was the only way
(pp ending) she was trained.
How is PP is achieved? Simple! On step 3 man steps LF to side leading lady
to pp and encouraging her also to step to side RF. The brushing seem more
natural when we step to side.
Precede and Follow: Of course a simple Precede could be an underturned
natural turn 123, ending backing DC. I like to make this discussion a little
more academic and discuss 2 different Follows, the Cross Hesitation or the
Wing. Are we going to change the foot position of 3rd step (Man, ladies
opposite) to "side and slightly forward" for Cross Hesitation and "side and slightly back" for the Wing?
We do this sort of thing after the Open Telemark and it has always caused me
to think why? Is it because that technically it is required to do so in
order to facilitate the execution of these two different movements or is it
something "else". I should have discussed it with my teachers and coaches but I haven't. I would appreciate your comments for my better understanding. I think "else" is the answer and this "else" is the subject of "alignment". I think the "technical description" of end alignment of cross hesitation is DW while it is DC for the Wing, so the positions have to be respectively changed for last step of open Telemark or Outside Change to PP. There is no reason why these alignments cannot be changed with an apprpriate follow. Hope to hear from you.
With Best Wishes, Max |
