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What's the name of this quickstep figure? There's 2 slight hops on the left leg followed by a step and ronde. A suggested name is "step hop ronde." Not sure if this is correct.

What's the name of this quickstep figure? A couple people suggested "Charleston," but were not sure.

Is there a name for this quickstep figure?

I don't know if it is a formal name but it was described by a local instructor who is well connected in the Italian dance scene and trained by the best. Waltz 18 step is natural turn, closed change, reverse turn, closed change. The total number of steps is 18 (6 + 3 + 6 + 3). There is also...

My balance is better in many respects: when doing the waltz 18 step by myself (natural turn, closed change, reverse turn, closed change), I can nearly always totally put my feet together on 3 and remain balanced. She can't about 75% of the time. When doing simple balancing exercises like...

My girlfriend/dance partner and I have been having a disagreement on how to use the free leg while dancing. My view is that in the swing dances (waltz, foxtrot, viennese waltz, and quickstep), the free leg is highly useful for balance. It nearly always remains in contact with the floor and...

Thanks for the input. I ended up ordering real oak flooring today.

Due to foundation repairs, I had to remove my old wood dance floor from the living room area of my house. I had originally installed that floor myself about 25 years ago. The old flooring was of the sort that removing it damaged it to the point that I'd rather just put in a new floor...

In "The Ballroom Technique" the tango walk is discussed on page 98. They mention the backward walk in a few places. So presumably such a walk is part of the syllabus. But in the precede and follow sections for the various tango figures, only once is a backward walk mentioned and that is for...

I've been recovering from frozen shoulder in both shoulders. Fortunately, this malady coincided with the Covid outbreak when few were dancing anyway, so it was good timing. At its worst for both shoulders, I could only raise each arm forward to only about 45 degrees from vertical. Now when...

Thanks, Mengu! Studying these over now...

Interesting. Much thanks!

Here is what I consider a fantastic video of top-level Russian dancers dancing seemingly syllabus figures only to very slow foxtrot music: . This video which is 21 minutes long has been broken into separate videos for each couple, which I will reference below. Please help me put figure names...

https://www.dancesportinfo.net/Competition/Blackpool_Dance_Festival_2021_45092/Professional_Ballroom_716172/Results#RoundHeader12 Seems like a lot of the big names were not there and the number of competitors seemed low. Was it poorly attended due to Covid?

Anywhere I can see the professional standard results?