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This page illustrates a few specific figures: Caress, Around the World, and Body Investigate.

caress

Caress

The caress is a soft, stroking of the man's cheek or upper body by the woman. It is one of the many options that make up women's "arm work." I appologize for this one. I don't think it would be typical in round dancing.

Around-the-World

The around-the-world is done in tandem, woman in front. We bend forward and then rotate the body in a counter-clockwise circular motion from the hips. This figure has a kind of "caressing" quality to it, too.

Still photos of extended movements are sometimes hard to interpret, but this maybe looks more like a lunge and layback, doesn't it?

Body Investigate

The name and photos are pretty self explanatory, aren't they? We first ran into this figure in Ralph and Joan Collipi's Cecelia, a phase IV cha. The cue was, "she body ripple, he investigate," and over a full measure, she did her thing, and he extended his arms, palms facing inward on either side of her (no touching), and slowly lowered into his knees. It was a kind of "caressing with the eyes." Cute.

© A. Curths; A. Gorczycki; A. Moore & E. Allen; F. Lepretre; Fredie-Pedersen; P. Sosabowski; V. Kanonikov; from Dancesport UK photo gallery.

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