First that's an odd definition of balance. But second there is not distribution between moving feet - the weight is entirely on one foot or the other. Plus it's pretty hard to have moving feet (plural) unless you are a quadraped

I disagree, Suom. Read a description of a forward walk in any technical manual. So what's your difinition, please?

Hi Anon
Do you mean the part where it reads, 'At the full extent of the stride the weight is equally divided between the heel of the front foot and the toe of the back foot.'? Which to me means that both feet are involved in keeping the balance. Thanks for your input.

don't actually do that when dancing, only if you pause to demonstrate the position. zero time is spent there when dancing

Better tell Jonathan that. He's wrote it wrong on the forward walk.

Yes, he gets it wrong. On the positive side, what he does is consistent with what he suggests, so you can see the problems it causes in the videos here.

Why are you avoiding writing your definition of balance? Also what about a description of a forward walk. I believe I can say this that, Jonathan and I plus many others are keen to read the correct walk action.

because balance is incompatible with continuous motion

It just goes to show you. I've always thought that if I was walking or running and I fell over I had lost my balance. Never mind, you live and learn.

Hi Puzzled,
Guy Howard in his tec book for the IDTA, wrote the following /* The distribution of the weight of the body over the feet. When taking a forward or backward walk there are two points of balance; forward, and when the weight is equally distributed */ Alex Moore wrote /* The correct distribution of the weight of the body when dancing */ And the great Len Scrivener, he wrote /* When dancers talk about balance they usually mean control of the body weight in motion */
Hope this helps you, Puzzled.