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Positions Less Often Used In Round Dancing 
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Round dancers are always clamoring for increased variety in their dancing. "Give me something new," they will say. "Something different; something exciting and challenging. Something with a thrill."
Well, here are just a few positions, picture figures, that could be used in a few more choreographies than is now the case. Click on the thumbnail for the larger version.
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Breaststroke
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Flip
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Kick to a Backbend
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Shoulder Stand
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Lift
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Split
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Man's Split
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Vertical Split
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Disco Point
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Twist
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© A. Curths; A. Moore & E. Allen; E.Allen; F. Lepretre; P. Sosabowski; and V. Kanonikov; from Dancesport UK photo gallery. |
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Photo Album --Table of Contents
Some Steps, Positions, & Figures
- Dance Frame
- Forward, Back, Walk, Run, Strut, Hop, Press, Knee, Kick, Flick
- Apart, Point, Cross, Through, Rock, Check, Drag, Hook, Bow, Kiss
- Closed Position, Cuddle
- Banjo & Sidecar Positions
- Semi & L-Position
- Open Position, Escort, Butterfly, Back-to-Back
- Shadow Position, Skaters, Varsouvienne, Tandem
- Fencing Line, New Yorker, Aida, Pickup, Alamana, Lariet, Whip, Wheel, Lady Across
- Chair, Contra Check, Corte, Dip, Lunge
- Promenade Sway, Oversway, Throwaway Oversway, Hinge, and Samefoot Lunge
- Figurehead, Stork Line, Oblique Line, Sit
- Develope, Leg Crawl, Leg Over
- Layback and Layover
- Caress, Around the World, Body Investigate
- Lift, Split, Flip, Cantilever, Disco Point, Twist
- A Few "Footprint" Diagrams
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Vernon and Irene Castle:
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Fred Astaire — Making Love On the Dance Floor
- Movies with Ginger, 1933 & 1934
- Movies with Ginger, 1935
- Movies with Ginger, 1936
- Movies with Ginger, 1937 & 1938
- Movies with Ginger, 1939 & 1949
- Movies without Ginger, 1940 – 1942
- Movies without Ginger, 1943 – 1952
- Movies & TV, 50s, 60s, & 70s
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"The practice of chewing tobacco and spitting on the floor is not only nauseous to ladies, but is injurious to their dresses. They who possess self respect will surely not be guilty of such conduct. Loud conversation, profanity, stamping the feet, writing on the wall, smoking tobacco, spittting or throwing anything on the floor, are strictly forbidden."
- Thomas Hillgrove in The Scholar's Companion or the Ball Room Vade Mecum, 1857
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Page last revised 10/30/06 |
