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fleckerel

Posted by beginner

10/12/2003 8:34:00 AM

Hi,

I see quite few time mention of fleckerel in VW but have no clue what is it looks like. Could anyone give me a hint/description of it, please. Apparently, this is belong to american syllabus only, isn't it ?
many thanks,

re: fleckerel

Posted by beginner

10/14/2003 3:24:00 PM

Thank you all very much.
I saw that movement many times in exhibition routine but never know how it's called. Cool!!
Another question please: I see that the contra check is often used to switch from reverse to natural, what/how would you switch from natural to reverse other than doing an hesitation (I don't know if it's called the same thing in IS) ?
And at last, do/could you speed up the fleckerel or stay up beat when the music is slower than 60bpm ? In one of the video example I have, seems dancers are not right on beat

Thanks,

Originally posted by Dronak:
Laura's basically covered it. I'll add another note to her description though. It's esentially a very fast turn done in place. This is why it's done after a couple moves to the center of the floor, to avoid blocking traffic in the travelling lanes closer to the outside. IIRC, one complete turn is done in only one measure of music (3 beats) instead of two measures (6 beats) like usual when travelling down LOD. They are fairly difficult to dance (to dance well, at least) so don't bet on seeing them at social dances much if at all. Anmd actually Laura's sample combination involves both the Reverese and Natural Fleckerls (one way then the other) plus a Contra Check (probably) to switch between them.

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James Marshall
marshall@astro.umd.edu)
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall

re: fleckerel

Posted by Dronak

10/13/2003 7:12:00 AM

Laura's basically covered it. I'll add another note to her description though. It's esentially a very fast turn done in place. This is why it's done after a couple moves to the center of the floor, to avoid blocking traffic in the travelling lanes closer to the outside. IIRC, one complete turn is done in only one measure of music (3 beats) instead of two measures (6 beats) like usual when travelling down LOD. They are fairly difficult to dance (to dance well, at least) so don't bet on seeing them at social dances much if at all. Anmd actually Laura's sample combination involves both the Reverese and Natural Fleckerls (one way then the other) plus a Contra Check (probably) to switch between them.

--
James Marshall
marshall@astro.umd.edu
http://www.astro.umd.edu/~marshall

re: fleckerel

Posted by Laura

10/12/2003 8:56:00 AM

It's also part of the International Syllabus.

In International Style, if you see a couple dance to the center of the floor, then look like they're dancing around each other first in one direction and then in the other, and finally dancing back out to the edge of the floor, then that's a fleckerel.

re: fleckerel

Posted by phil.samways

10/13/2003 2:44:00 AM

And fleckerels are very difficult to dance well

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