I planned to arrive with enough time to see some of the teaching of the new beginner moves last night. However, the evening had been re-timed to make space for the new format. I get 2-3 emails from the franchise in question every week which never mentioned this and the website still shows the old times too .
Result was that I only saw a tiny bit of teaching.
Last night's beginner moves:
- Basic
- Travelling return
- Winder
I'm hopeless at describing moves in words, but here goes ...
The teacher (lead) wasn't moving his feet at all in the Basic, not lifting his heels nor pivoting, so maybe that's a slight change to the In+Out.
The "Winder" is different to the Aussie move of the same name. It starts like a basket, but at the point where the lead+follow step back in basket hold (lead back on right foot), the lead releases the left hand and un-wraps the follower along the slot, with the lead turning 90deg CW to face. A couple of different endings were shown to get back to the start, I don't know which was the official version. (An Aussie winder is a UK swizzle)
The advanced lesson was billed as only being 5 mins long. The actual move was at the harder end of what has previously been taught in the intermediate classes. The teaching was entirely of the mechanics of the move, with no mention of technique.
FM.
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