A while back I wrote about phrasing in dancing and dance music. Not one person answered or enquired, not even Anonymous. Which leaves me to believe that most don't know anything about it. Even Elvis singing Love me Tender is eight bar phrased.I can only assume that most dance out of tune with the music. or rather in and out. Get out your videos and look to see how on the strong bar of music a strong movement takes place. What use is it dancing your first three on the second bar with the phrasing. This puts the first steps onto the weaker bar of music and the second half of a Spin Turn on the strong bar. Which is back to front.

The Robert Royston swing tapes deal with phrasing, 32 and 48 count. I have not seen much about phrasing in other videos. I was wondering if competitors build sets of steps based on phrasing of the music.