Suomynona. There's no winning with you. It's your way or no way?.

A plane in flight if it cut its engines would loose altiltude. Now do you understand. The second compresion is the body's power.

I agree with Dave. You can either float over the ball of the left foot or you can sweeze(compression) the ball and toe into the floor to keep the flight going before drifting onto the next step.

"The second compresion is the body's power."

Fine, but you said it could delay the loss of altitude. Please explain to me how shortening your body helps you maintain height.

Suomynona. We dance onto a flexed left knee ' the compresion is forward not up and is not that strong.

Your body is oriented vertically, so you can only compress it vertically.

Yes ,but when you lawer on the 3& of the waltz and you compress your movement is forward onto the first step and not up.

Sprinters must compress and release in a forward directon, I don't see how they can compress virtically,but perhaps they do?

"Sprinters must compress and release in a forward directon, I don't see how they can compress virtically,but perhaps they do?"

A sprinter's body is inclined forward in the direction of motion when he is down on the starting thingy. Hence a compression along the length of the body will have a forward component. But as a dancer you cannot afford to have a strong incline into the direction of motion - you may have a strong incline against the direction of motion, be vertical, or a very miniscule incline into the motion in a few select settings (tipsy, etc)

In the Chariots of Fire movie,the scotches runner has a very upright(virtical) stance and does not lean forward. The starting thing is not the only spot that the runner uses compression but also on each step.
Are you saying that we do not use compression when we walk or that everyone walks tipped forward?