Slow foxtrot most danced combination

LOL! How about "Three Impossibles"?

BTW, is it really the most danced combination? I seem to see it mainly in bronze/silver amateur (because there's pretty much nothing else to do :razz:) and open pro. In between, there seems to be a preference for following the feather with some sort of fallaway. In a number of novice/prechamp events I've watched, there weren't any three steps at all. :)
 
What I find amazing about this combo is that I do see this at the very top pro level. So even though one can dance this in silver, in open it still is a beautiful combo.... Of course our combo does not look quite like the pros, but I love that I reconize it when watching the pro's.

I have spent tons of $$'s on lessons on this very combo, just so much there and to learn. Geez, just the heel turn alone.
 
Geez you are certainly not the only one spent tons of $$ on this combo, so many pros spend tons of $$$ on this combo themselves, so do open ams, a lot of serious dancers at different level spent a lot of money on this combo, it's very beasutiful if done nicely.
 
Glad to know I am one of many who have worked this combo for years! Interesting too is that I never tire or become bored working it.

BTW, love the color of your new sponsor gown.. Amazing!
 
Could someone please post a YouTube link that would allow some (far) less sophisticated dancers to see an example of what it is you are talking about? If this is so common there must be some videos out there. Thanks in advance.
 
JANATHOME said:
I have spent tons of $$'s on lessons on this very combo, just so much there and to learn. Geez, just the heel turn alone.
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Sometime I got very frustrated with myself because after lessons and lessons, I still can't quite get the feather right. Sometime I wonder will it be more effective to spend more time to practice (keep getting it wrong) or spend more time on lesson (teacher keep pointing out the same thing).

Feather - reverse turn - feather finish - three steps is sort of like my opening in chess. I know there are various fallaways I can do after feather, but they require mental note that I want to do something else after the feather.
 
sigurd said:
Sometime I got very frustrated with myself because after lessons and lessons, I still can't quite get the feather right. Sometime I wonder will it be more effective to spend more time to practice (keep getting it wrong) or spend more time on lesson (teacher keep pointing out the same thing).

Feather - reverse turn - feather finish - three steps is sort of like my opening in chess. I know there are various fallaways I can do after feather, but they require mental note that I want to do something else after the feather.
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Heres a simple exercise, break it down in sections,, First.... Down LOD Needs long floor ) Feather and 3 consecutively and continuously..

Part 2.... Rev. turn and Feather end. ( commence D.C ) repeat and again etc.

Isolate the technical components ( Footwork, CBM etc ) and ONLY concentrate on each one separately...

Ive mentioned this in the past.. I had a very good friend, back in the day, who disappeared.. after about a Yr, he was back on the scene.. I asked him if he had quit.. his reply was ( will never forget this ) No, Ive been working with Charles ( Thieaubault ) on a Feather and three...
 
tangotime said:
Heres a simple exercise, break it down in sections,, First.... Down LOD Needs long floor ) Feather and 3 consecutively and continuously..

Part 2.... Rev. turn and Feather end. ( commence D.C ) repeat and again etc.

Isolate the technical components ( Footwork, CBM etc ) and ONLY concentrate on each one separately...

Ive mentioned this in the past.. I had a very good friend, back in the day, who disappeared.. after about a Yr, he was back on the scene.. I asked him if he had quit.. his reply was ( will never forget this ) No, Ive been working with Charles ( Thieaubault ) on a Feather and three...
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Iheard that there was a practice studio in London, where many students practiced what they learned from their coaches. One day they saw Mirko and Alessia entering the room and starting to practicing. Other people expected some fancy steps, but they practice only these steps, and left. This story indicatesd to me how important this routin is.
The Baricchis show how to do this routine in his Bible DVD using balance, rotation & counter rotation of the body (strangely, they never uses the word CBM or CBMP), motion, weight transfer, and when to use Legato, Rubato, Staccato actions. The end result is amazing. IMHO, Any serious dancers should wath this segment. Had I known that ballroom dance involves so much - physics, anatomys, phsyology, mechanics, etc - I wouldn't have started it. Unfortunately, however, I have been swimming a half way across a lake and I can't turn around and go back now.
 
let me join the throng and also say that his particular combination is what I spend about 80% of my time doing when I have a lesson in standard
 
contracheck said:
Iheard that there was a practice studio in London, where many students practiced what they learned from their coaches.


The Baricchis show how to do this routine in his Bible DVD using balance, rotation & counter rotation of the body (strangely, they never uses the word CBM or CBMP), motion, weight transfer, and when to use Legato, Rubato, Staccato actions.


Unfortunately, however, I have been swimming a half way across a lake and I can't turn around and go back now.
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Pretty much ALL schools in the UK used to have what we called "practice " nites.. one for Standard and one for latin ( sometimes both on same nite ) other schools would not allow comp type dancing at their socials... Have not been living in London or even here in recent yrs, but I,m sure this is still available .

As to Bar. choice of words.. a rose by any other name ..( wouldnt fly for an exam ! ) but we ( coaches/teachers ) frequently substitute words/phrases to make a point.

Like your lake analogy..
 
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