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Re: 32 Bar Routine.
Posted by Serendipidy
5/2/2008  4:30:00 PM
Anonymous. I can see that your experience within the world of competition dancing you have a bit to learn. First , if you were a judge and knew a couple on the floor they would have more chance of being seen. I can tell you here a few years ago a dancer unheralded but with a higher world ranking than thoes that did, never even made the final.This event was also to choose the countries represenative for the following year. The guy who won it publicly anounced that he would stand down in favour of the other. He now living and teaching in the US and got himself extemely disliked for being so honest. A almost identical thing had also happend a couple of years earlier.The message here is make sure that your presence is known by having a couple of lessons with those who are going to be judging.
I am told the formular is four. To even get into the finals in major competitions you need to be having lessons with four of the panel of judges.
I was also told that this is the system that exists at this present time.
You cannot change the system. Therefore you must use the stystem to your best advantage if you are going to partake . It's a pity but there it is.
Just to finish. A judge told me that in a National competition in one of the early rounds . To his horror as the couples were leaving the floor he saw the best couple in the country, he hadn't seen them, and hadn't marked them. It can happen. The can of worms is now opened.
Re: 32 Bar Routine.
Posted by phil.samways
5/1/2008  6:59:00 AM
Hi Serendipity
About the guy who could go "for eight sides without repeating". It's not valid to say that most of his routine will never be seen.
What he probably meant was that he has several groups of figures that he's comfortable to dance as the need arises. If he's about to do 3-fallaways down the floor and there are 2 couples blocking his path, he can go into another set of figures...and so on.
In any case, putting several different figures together in many different ways is good for improving technique.
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