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Results of further distraction on YouTube rather than finishing admin.
Saw video lesson by a local LeRoc instructor. Not sure about the claim that the 'correct footwork' inherently stpos bouncing (Andy McG may differ in view?) but its interesting to see the difference between Ceroc and LeRoc teaching.
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AndyMcG always bounces now adays
Im going to video him this thursday and post it haha, see if theres any actual bounce there.
Keeping Quite. lol.
Bit dissapionted in that vid that she only done one spin out of the catapult. With correct spinning they should at least get 5 spins in .
Not sure about the way the turns were taught. I always find dancers that double step their spins are awkward to dance with.
Turing Correctly? With a Turing Machine, or a Turing Test?
Strange handhold... Otherwise, unremarkable.
Where is the claim that correct footwork stops bouncing?
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
This video is not about spinning. It is about turning (did anyone notice that the spelling was wrong on the video titles?).
However, I've got not intention of correcting Lee. He's part of the competition and he can carry on teaching without change as far as I'm concerned
Apart from the right turn going backwards I thought the footwork on turning was fine - even then, if that was what was led it was fine. I've really got nothing else to add.
Oh, apart from a comment about the semi-cirle
Indeed. I usually dance LeRoc, but last night I went to a local Ceroc class because my usual class is closed for 2 weeks.
The main thing I noticed about the lessons was that the movements that were taught were broadly the same as in a LeRoc class (albeit without mentioning footwork to the same extent), but the way they were described was very different. No better or worse, but different. It took me a little while to acclimatise to that before I really started getting into the class.
Nice moves though
OK, but it actually says "learning to turn and spin correctly" stops bouncing, and there's more to that than footwork. It's a bold claim, especially as the teacher's hand still seems to bounce a bit as he steps through the moves.
I'd say stopping bouncing your hand is the best way to stop bouncing your hand, but I'm not a teacher, so what do I know?
Let your mind go and your body will follow. – Steve Martin, LA Story
Nope. I think the footwork is perfectly lovely. Look at how elegantly the lady steps back on her right foot before the Return, and then back on her left foot afterwards.
It sure warms the cockles of me ol' heart to see you finally agree with me, Andy! (Although I am scared that something bad will now happen to the universe!)
For a lesson surely you should step back on alternative feet. Correct foot work would also require the front foot (The other foot from the 1 you step back on) to be slight reposition on the next step.
Teaching spin and raising your foot that high, sure is a bad thing. Arms positions, well what can you say.
All things in this video I hope no beginner will copy
They'll be the ones in my New Rock boots, then? They're pretty "alternative".
I can honestly say that I have no idea what you're on about. But it does sound fun.
There I was thinking that you were finally agreeing with me, Lou!
On the subject of stepping too high. I think that you need to exaggerate your steps a little when teaching footwork so that people actually see what you're doing and where the weight changes come in. However, when you demo to a tune you need to dance the moves as you would in freestyle.
The reason a lot of people "bounce" the hand is because they lower the hand too early and then they have an extra half beat that they don't know what to do with, so they end up bouncing the hand
With that clip, he's teaching the footwork for turn and return but looking at what he's doing with his hands:
he turns the lady around to face and then he lowers the hand (and they both step back).
He's actually missing a part (and he's keeping his hand held high for half a beat too long and then he lowers his hand but he doesn't lead her to step back).
To "eliminate" the bounce
The turn and return actually has 3 parts to it:
Beat 1: The man turns the lady clockwise completely around to face (keeping the hand held high - as shown in the video)
Beat +: The man lowers his hand to the lady's waist level (as shown in the video but he lowers the hand half a beat too late - he lowers it on beat 2)
beat 2: The man pushes his hand to lead the lady to step back (not shown in the video)
Beat 1: The man returns the lady anti-clockwise completely around to face (keeping the hand held high - as shown in the video)
Beat +: The man lowers his hand to the lady's waist level (as shown in the video but he lowers the hand half a beat too late - he lowers it on beat 2)
beat 2: The man pushes his hand to lead the lady to step back (not shown in the video)
So...
1: Turn
+: Lower
2: Push Back
1: Return
+: Lower
2: Push Back
Some things in life and dance are quite complex.
Some are quite simple.
Some are very simple, but people make them complex.
Personally, I think this one's quite simple. If you want to stop bouncing....
DON'T BOUNCE!
That is all.
(I hope I'm not over-complicating things here)
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