strathspey Archive: pas de basque (video)

Hi All,

I've just received this email. Can anyone make any recommendations? I
remember there was a set of animated feet once, but does it still exist?

Thanks,

Ian Brockbank
Edinburgh, Scotland

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From: Xxx

Sent: 30 May 2010 21:49
To: ian@scottishdance.net
Subject: pas de basque (video)

Dear Ian,

where (how) can I find a video about a nice (perfect) pas de basque?

I tried to find one on you tube, but it did not succeed.

Thanks. Regards,

Xxx

the red thistle DVDs would answer this and all similar queries perfectly.

Bruce Herbold
San Francisco

On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Ian Brockbank <ian@scottishdance.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I've just received this email.  Can anyone make any recommendations?  I
> remember there was a set of animated feet once, but does it still exist?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Ian Brockbank
> Edinburgh, Scotland
>
>  <mailto:ian@scottishdance.net> ian@scottishdance.net
>
>  <http://www.scottishdance.net/> www.scottishdance.net
>
> On the road to fitness for Butterwick Hospice - please sponsor me at
> <http://www.justgiving.com/ianbrockbank2010>
> http://www.justgiving.com/ianbrockbank2010
>
>
>
> From: Xxx
>
> Sent: 30 May 2010 21:49
> To: ian@scottishdance.net
> Subject: pas de basque (video)
>
>
>
> Dear Ian,
>
>
>
> where (how) can I find a video about a nice (perfect) pas de basque?
>
>
>
> I tried to find one on you tube, but it did not succeed.
>
>
>
> Thanks. Regards,
>
>
>
> Xxx
>
>
>

--
Bruce Herbold

Hello Ian,

You can't do better than the Reel Scottish Dancing Video, available from the
RSCDS web site shop. My guess is, however, that your correspondent wants
something from the web.

Brian Charlton,
Sydney, Australia

On 31 May 2010 07:11, Ian Brockbank <ian@scottishdance.net> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I've just received this email. Can anyone make any recommendations? I
> remember there was a set of animated feet once, but does it still exist?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Ian Brockbank
> Edinburgh, Scotland
>
> <mailto:ian@scottishdance.net> ian@scottishdance.net
>
> <http://www.scottishdance.net/> www.scottishdance.net
>
> On the road to fitness for Butterwick Hospice - please sponsor me at
> <http://www.justgiving.com/ianbrockbank2010>
> http://www.justgiving.com/ianbrockbank2010
>
>
>
> From: Xxx
>
> Sent: 30 May 2010 21:49
> To: ian@scottishdance.net
> Subject: pas de basque (video)
>
>
>
> Dear Ian,
>
>
>
> where (how) can I find a video about a nice (perfect) pas de basque?
>
>
>
> I tried to find one on you tube, but it did not succeed.
>
>
>
> Thanks. Regards,
>
>
>
> Xxx
>
>
>

> where (how) can I find a video about a nice (perfect) pas de basque?
>
> I tried to find one on you tube, but it did not succeed.

I don't know if it exactly fits the bill, but there's a bit about pas de basque in this video (starting at 1:45 mins) http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/medialibrary.aspx?Uri=video/2008/November/Pages/Scottishdancing.aspx

Best regards,

Jan

Beaconsfield, UK
RSCDS London Branch

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2010/5/31 Jan Rudge wrote :

> there's a bit about pas de basque in this video (starting at 1:45 mins)
> http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/medialibrary.aspx?Uri=video/2008/November/Pages/Scottishdancing.aspx
>

Danced very nicely of course, but taught (walked) with the usual rubbish
about "change of weight".
Why do teachers go on telling their groups to put weight on the foot in 3rd
position on beat two?
I consider the sequence should be: spring onto R foot (weight), tap the L
foot in front (no weight, the body is airborne as the R foot bounces off the
ground), drop back onto R foot and extend L to jeté.
If this is how the teacher dances, why does s/he walk it in a completely
different manner? Probably because that is the way s/he learned it and is
just repeating what was said, rather than analysing the actual dance
movement.

Not a new subject on Strathspey, I know, but it has not come up recently.

Martin