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Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by Dave
3/6/2006  4:44:00 AM
Where in the Foxtrot Feather step does the most sway take place
Re: Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by suomynona
3/6/2006  6:20:00 AM
"Where in the Foxtrot Feather step does the most sway take place"

In ballroom terminology sway is a position, not an action. As a result it doesn't really take place.

What happens is that you swing (an action) and as a result of the combination of upswing a side lead (usually developed through CBM) you end up with sidesway.

You would probably have the most sway as you are arriving onto step 2, as you come fully over it your body will reorient perpendicular to the floor.

It's important that the swing that creates sway against the travel result from the hips moving faster than the upper body, not from the head or shoulders moving backwards - you can't swing while staying in one place on the floor, so you shouldn't try to achieve sway without moving either.

Also note that we generally avoid swaying into the direction of motion, as this would drive our partner into the floor. The small exception occurs in a few steps - tipsy for example, where they head weight briefly hints in that direction, but this sway is never allowed to develop to any great degree.
Re: Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by Dave
3/6/2006  6:45:00 AM
Thanks Suomy,you have as usual come up with some new and specific information which I can add to my notes. In Mirko Gozzoli's vidio his most visable sway is between step two and three just befor lowering on the RF.
Re: Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by Dave continued
3/6/2006  6:55:00 AM
Not Sway in the DIRECTION OF MOTION. I don't understand.In a fallaway where the direction of motion is DC is there not some sway/ How about the three fallaways? What kind of sway are you refering to."Lateral Sway"
Re: Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by Dave continued two
3/6/2006  7:09:00 AM
Yes the sway looks as though it is at right angles to DC . Is the feeling that the head weight has been left slightly behind our center of gravity?
Re: Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by suomynona
3/6/2006  8:20:00 AM
"Not Sway in the DIRECTION OF MOTION. I don't understand.In a fallaway where the direction of motion is DC is there not some sway/ How about the three fallaways? What kind of sway are you refering to."Lateral Sway""

To put it in simple and not entirely accurate terms, you lean not in the direction you are moving, but the exact opposite - towards the direction you are coming from. So your hips are further down the floor in the direction of motion than your head is.

But you don't do it by leaning against the direction of motion, you do it by having your hips moving faster so that they end up in advance.

All usefull sway is largely sideways relative to the body, but in (exactly against) the direction of motion. That is because by the time you have sway, your body is moving essentially sideways relative to itself, but usually still largely forwards/backwards relative to your feet.
Re: Sway in the Feather Step
Posted by suomynona
3/6/2006  8:22:00 AM
"In Mirko Gozzoli's vidio his most visable sway is between step two and three just befor lowering on the RF. "

If that were actually what he was doing (which I highly doubt) he would be doing it wrong.

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