The knee only needs to bend on backwards actions that lower. In some situations - think step 2-3 of the lady's feather - dancing off a fairly straight leg is desireable. The problem of falling back would result if the movement of the body were not carefully carried in balance over the rolling standing heel.

Where is our weight center ?

Anonymous. Have a feeling of about to do a forward dive off a diving board rather than a backward dive. This is minuet and only a suggestion.

" We are not using any muslce on the free leg..
When LF closes to RF ( 1-3 natural turn , waltz, lady.), do we use muscles on LF ?

"When LF closes to RF ( 1-3 natural turn , waltz, lady.), do we use muscles on LF ?"

The left foot closes as a result of the body swinging up towards the partner and right foot. The left leg would have disengaged as you departed it, and will re-engage only as you take weight on it by rising a tiny bit higher than you had been on the right foot, before beginning to lower.

Doug. Now we come to what is a debatable part of the foreward walk man or lady. Close observation of others, the lady in particular. You will find that many arrive on a bent knee, instead of a knee that should be straight, then flex.So that part where we are on the front heel and the back toe doesn't happen. Where can it be seen the most. After a Spin Turn. What you will see on the 4 5 6 of the Reverse, is something that is nearer a ball heel and bent, no heel lead, no staight knee. No help at all. In fact for three steps it ceases to be a Waltz.

Don. Most good dancers including my wife do dance a heal lead with the left foot after their brush tap when going into the 456 of the reverse. Doug

It's a brushing action, not a brush tap (which is a tango figure!)

But anyway, the step after a spin turn can be either a heel or a toe, depending on the type of rise that is lead. Normally it is a heel lead for the lady, but turning locks in either direction, the V6, etc have her go directly to the ball of foot without using the heel. It's up to the leader to lead the difference, since the lady doesn't know what step he's planning to do. Note that the leader really should be rolling through his heel out of step three in either case, but he will do it differently depending on the sort of rise he wants to create.

Annon. WHY don't you stick to the topic,which was 546 of the reverse turn danced after the spin turn. Most women call it a brush tap. YOu are right it is a brush and not a brush tap ,but why be so damn picky when someone other than yourself is trying to help a fellow dancer . Are you the designated expert on this website .

quite simply because it took me five minutes to figure out that you were still talking about waltz and hadn't switched to tango...