Where in the Foxtrot Feather step does the most sway take place

"Where in the Foxtrot Feather step does the most sway take place"

In ballroom terminology sway is a position, not an action. As a result it doesn't really take place.

What happens is that you swing (an action) and as a result of the combination of upswing a side lead (usually developed through CBM) you end up with sidesway.

You would probably have the most sway as you are arriving onto step 2, as you come fully over it your body will reorient perpendicular to the floor.

It's important that the swing that creates sway against the travel result from the hips moving faster than the upper body, not from the head or shoulders moving backwards - you can't swing while staying in one place on the floor, so you shouldn't try to achieve sway without moving either.

Also note that we generally avoid swaying into the direction of motion, as this would drive our partner into the floor. The small exception occurs in a few steps - tipsy for example, where they head weight briefly hints in that direction, but this sway is never allowed to develop to any great degree.

Thanks Suomy,you have as usual come up with some new and specific information which I can add to my notes. In Mirko Gozzoli's vidio his most visable sway is between step two and three just befor lowering on the RF.

Not Sway in the DIRECTION OF MOTION. I don't understand.In a fallaway where the direction of motion is DC is there not some sway/ How about the three fallaways? What kind of sway are you refering to."Lateral Sway"

Yes the sway looks as though it is at right angles to DC . Is the feeling that the head weight has been left slightly behind our center of gravity?

"Not Sway in the DIRECTION OF MOTION. I don't understand.In a fallaway where the direction of motion is DC is there not some sway/ How about the three fallaways? What kind of sway are you refering to."Lateral Sway""

To put it in simple and not entirely accurate terms, you lean not in the direction you are moving, but the exact opposite - towards the direction you are coming from. So your hips are further down the floor in the direction of motion than your head is.

But you don't do it by leaning against the direction of motion, you do it by having your hips moving faster so that they end up in advance.

All usefull sway is largely sideways relative to the body, but in (exactly against) the direction of motion. That is because by the time you have sway, your body is moving essentially sideways relative to itself, but usually still largely forwards/backwards relative to your feet.

"In Mirko Gozzoli's vidio his most visable sway is between step two and three just befor lowering on the RF. "

If that were actually what he was doing (which I highly doubt) he would be doing it wrong.

Mirko sway that I mentioned is lateral and happens because of the length of his stride outside his partner which lowers his right shoulder more towards the end of the feather step? Linier sway is from the knees on up unlike the sway in the waltz NT?

Sway is an inclination of the axis connecting the low center to the head, approximated by the spine.

The shoulders may incline to match the sway or stay more level, but they must never inline more than the spinal axis does.

Dave, Sway in Foxtrot assists a Turn. When an aeroplane turns it has to sway.
So do we. Feather Step slightly different. Dont let the feet go to the side leaving the head and the rest of the body out of plumb, ( leaning inwards ) Straight line for the man with a bit of sway to the right by stretching the sides only. A slight curve is now back in fashion on the Feather Step. See charts by Alex Moore.