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eye sight level
Posted by twinkletoes1978
4/4/2006  7:32:00 PM
what significance does eye sight level have on head posture and balance in ballroom dancing.
I am tall (180 cms) and have the habit of looking down, which makes me have a bad head posture (chin not parallel to ground)
Also any tips in rectifying this problem.
Re: eye sight level
Posted by Quickstep
4/4/2006  9:10:00 PM
Twinkletoes1978. Eye site level and that means looking to an horizon also is a must. We used to be taught to look at the part where the wall and the ceiling meet. Use your own discretion here in case of a very high wall. Check that your head is not even slightly side bent. The whole thing becomes more difficult if you are taller than your partner. Some look at the floor because they feel safer that way. Chin up, if anyone out there was in the British army they will have heard that a thousand times. Through this I never had that as a problem. Any tips on rectifiying this problem.Yes join the army. Seriously though check that you are standing upright and not bent forward your spine must feel as if it goes straight through you skull and up to the ceiling. Try standing against a door, everything touches. Walk away keeping that shape. Does it feel strange. Thats how it should be even when you are out shopping. Does bad posture affect balance. It goes without saying it does. What you may do is build your balance around a head that is in the wrong position.From there nothing is correct. The lady her head is with the right eye higher than the left acquired by stretching the sides and not bending the head over to the left. Some of us have at some time wondered why the technique manuals have not gone into this more than they have.If they had done can you imagine how thick the book would be. It would be thick as a few Gone with the Wind's. Keep that chin up and look to your left. If you can see your partner even out of the corner of your eye you are not looking left. If she can see you out of the corner of her eye she also is not looking left. Good luck
Re: eye sight level
Posted by dancer
4/5/2006  11:11:00 AM
For me I don't really think of what my eyes are doing I have to think about contecting the back of my head at the base of my neck and then pulling the whole unit back so everything was aligned with my spine. When I started dancing I had the nasty habit of standing with my head jutting out in front of me a little bit. So lifting my eyes helped but didn't solve the whole problem.

Also, our heads weigh a lot and just having it be in the right place will correct a lot of problems you may be having. Good luck and don't give up.

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