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-----Original Message-----
From: "Simon Scott" <xxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:43:22
To: <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Reply-To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: RE: Slip steps in a circle
Anselm
I am certainly with you on this. There are established dances/teachers who
can, and do, complete eight steps to the left, and one would presume were
taught that way initially. I respect that.
For me the "laws of physics", as you mention, along with a controlled and
even change of direction is better accomplished, gracefully, with seven slip
steps and a close on the eighth beat in order for and equally controlled
circle in the opposite direction.
I have always danced and taught that way.
Simon Scott
Vancouver
-----Original Message-----
From: Anselm Lingnau [mailto:xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx]
Sent: October-15-11 12:17 AM
To: xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Slip steps in a circle
Over on the »Scottish country dance teachers« Facebook page there is a
suggestion that the method for dancing »hands round and back« was
»officially
or semi-officially changed« such that we are now supposed to dance eight
full
slip steps to the left and then somehow magically reverse direction to do
eight full slip steps to the right, instead of doing what I grew up with
(dance-wise), namely do a slower step-close to prepare for the direction
change.
Personally I would suspect that this is bunkum – and I'm fairly sure that I
have the laws of physics on my side –, but can anybody here shed any light
on
the issue?
Anselm
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