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Sophie Rickebusch

Re: Pilling diagrams

Dec. 5, 2006, 10:07 a.m. (Message 47317, in reply to message 47309)

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> 	When Lavinia was able to dance she often used graph paper to do
> great diagrams of difficult dances which were used by many teachers round
> this neck o.t.w.  Strangely all the diagrams were from the foot looking up
> the
> set!
>      They worked though.

I think my mental image of the set is from the foot because I formed this
picture when I first learnt to dance, when I would have been standing somewhere
in the set, looking up towards the teacher. This reprentation is also convenient
if you're frequently swapping sides, as it's the same whether you're standing in
the men's line or the women's. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who sees it
this way though :-)

I also like to draw diagrams when trying to figure out a difficult dance.
Sometimes I use bits of paper with numbers in different colours - and I suspect
I'm not the only one to have sat on her bed at Summer school getting 1st tea-bag
to turn 2nd sugar RH while 1st sugar and 2nd tea-bag dance round them...

Sophie
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Sophie Rickebusch
FR - St Martin d'Heres