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In most rhythm dances the partners face each other. In smooth dances they look away from each other. What is the history behind this development? Why?
Thank you for your answers but I am looking for the Historical origin of technique.

In most ballroom dancing you do a lot of twirling, and if you look away from your partner you won’t get dizzy. Especially when you waltz if you’re looking at your partner you can get extremely disoriented.

HE refuses to comply with all methods I have tried. Help please, and only serious answers.

i would suggest you give up the teaching and go to a shrink, i think that is more important, not only for you but for your cat. GET A LIFE!!!!

I’m going to have my quince soon and i need to find a choreographer for my waltz. does any here live near oakland/richmond/berkeley/emeryville area?
or maybe you know somebody that has done choreography
in a quince? please help!!!!

You should inquire at Allegro or Just Dance studios. They both teach variety of styles and have good dance teachers. Keep in mind that efficient but expensive hour might be more worthwhile than a a few hours of less expensive lessons. You should discuss it in advance how many hours are you planning to spend with the teacher.
http://www.allegroballroom.com/
http://www.justdanceballroom.com/

After I think his first song, Dylan points and smiles several times to a person(s) at the front of the venue. This is unusual behaviour for Dylan and I wondered who was there? Just saw a replay of the film yesterday hence the interest

Wasn’t it Ringo Starr? I think he was in the audience and then joined everyone on stage and played the drums at the end.

The kind in european folk music with accordions.

That’s a very general question, which could refer to a lot of different types of music. But by and large because the waltz genre is usually popular in nature, and furthermore is often used for dancing to, the harmonies will mostly be quite simple. You can expect most examples to rely heavily on alternations between I and V, with occasional surprises such as brief changes to the relative minor (again mostly focussing on i and V within that key as well), interrupted cadences (e.g. I – V – vi) etc.

The nature of the accordion is such that fairly standard progressions are easiest, since it has buttons for each of the standard chord types of augmented, major, minor, and diminished. So a general progression applicable both to waltzes and many other genres could look like this: I – IV – I – V – vi – ii – V – I. The basic idea is that I and V are the most important chords, so your progression is going to start with I, possibly move through some other chords and end up on V, then resolve back to I. Usually you’d want any return to I to be preceded by either IV or V, since those give the strongest sense of cadence, and moving from other chords to I can give you fairly unorthodox effects.

As far as when to press which button is concerned, in major keys I, IV and V are major, ii, iii and vi are minor and vii is diminished. In minor keys (though this depends on whether you’re using the harmonic, melodic ascending or melodic descending version; these chords are for the harmonic minor), V and VI are major, i and iv are minor, ii and vii are diminished and III is augmented. Happy waltzing!

I’ve been skating for only a year:) haha but then I can’t really get the waltz jump that right>

Do you dance? It is basically a tour-jete on ice.

I had trouble understanding until my coach told me to imagine that I am jumping over a fence. Pick a line on the ice, and envision a fence about a foot high. You need to swing your front foot up to get it over first, and then when you land on your jumping foot, you need to swing the other one up behind you to clear the fence with your second leg. Bend your knees very deeply before you take off, and when you land- this gives you lift and will save your knees when you land.

Try this both off ice, and on. Find some videos on You Tube of a tour-jete as well, so you can see how a dancer performs this move, and then take it onto the ice with you.

Good luck- your waltz jump will lead to all the other jumps, so don’t be afraid to spend a lot of time mastering it.

please help me to figure out the question above. Thank guys

you’re doing your own movement with your partner, as opposed to country dances and other collective dances where you all moved together. most dances weren’t in 3/4 time before the waltz came along, it didn’t develop in the same way as things like the sarabande.

Also, if you scratch your toes on an edge is that an automatic fail?

I don’t think they are super picky, but they want it to be done fairly nicely. I would ask your coach what he/she thinks of your waltz 8 and ask them if they would think it in passing shape. Pretty much I’ve learned that if you do your best that you are able to pass as long as you are able to do the elements fairly well. I’m not exactly sure what you mean by scratching your toes, but you can go to http://www.usfigureskating.org/About.asp?id=17 to see if you are able to get any help about how good things have to be to pass. Good luck!

I am getting back into iceskating and i want to learn a waltz jump without lessons. i have a friend who can easily teach me but i wanted to do it independantly. can someone please tell me easy steps for me to teach myself? I posted a similair question last night but only one person answered, so please answer if you know how to. it would really help me. thank you.

Hi, Stina.

I am a figure skating coach and former competitive skater.

Unfortunately, you can’t teach yourself how to jump or any other figure skater element. Bad habits are hard to break which can involve the take off, position in the air and proper landing with arm & leg position. It is not a good idea to each yourself skating in any form or manner. Just like you can’t teach yourself to play the piano…..skating requires a coach. It is also not a good idea for your friend to show you how to skate.

Can you successfully execute forward & backward crossovers, inside/outside 3 turns and mohawks? If not, you should not be working on a waltz jump at this stage of the game. The majority of jumps require some type of turn or crossover going into them.

USFSA requires a skater in a competition to have a coach. All competition entry forms require a coach’s signature attesting that you are qualified to compete at that level.

I don’t know what level you are at in either ISI or USFSA or your age. However, I suggest you take classes or invest in a good coach.

Personally, I will take a student for a minimum of 15 minutes. Check with your local skating rink and ask for a range of fees that the various coaches charge. Fees vary by the area of the country. In my area (DFW), 30 minutes lessons can be from $25-50. The fees vary according to coach’s experience and skater’s competitive history. Do some research and ask the coaches for their bio…..don’t just take from a coach who is less expensive. You get what you pay for.

Hope this helps.

i was watching dancing with the stars one night and carianaindia or something like that said that this couple had performed an illegal lift? what i want to know iz why is it illegal to lift someone during the waltz or something?(more details and explanation will give you the best answer)

They just decided to make that one of the rules of the show. It’s all highly choreographed, anyway, and not very much like social dancing, but it’s nice that they do keep some limits on how showy it gets.
Of course, you’d never do lifts on a floor with other couples dancing: the risk of kicking somebody in the mouth is something that has to be taken into account.