How to Read the Charts

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HOW TO READ THE CHARTS

The diagrams will be found to be of great assistance to readers if the following points are understood

The squares on which the feet are placed represent a size of 2 ft. by 2 ft. for each square. The feet have been drawn to the same scale.

The distances between the steps have been made as far as possible mathematically correct, so that the exact length of a step can be gauged. The distances shown represent an average step. When the dancer is proficient, the steps can be lengthened considerably, but only to a length that is consistent with ease of movement.

Each figure was drawn in the first place with both the man’s and the lady’s steps
on the same chart, so that if a chart is drawn to scale on the floor it should be
possible for a couple to dance together using the exact positions shown in the book.
The L.O.D. is shown by an arrow on each chart. The Right-hand edge of the
page will represent the wall of the side of the room along which the dancer is
moving
When using the charts always hold the book so that the toe of each step you
are looking at is pointing away from you. If a turn is made, turn the book also.

The R.F. is shown in black; the L.F. is outlined only. They are also marked “R”
and “L.”

When a foot is shown in dotted outline, this indicates a swivel on the ball or the heel of the foot to which it is connected, and shows the finishing position of that foot when that part of the turn has been made. Where only a slight swivel has been made, as in the backward part of many turns, this has been omitted.

It will be noted that in Heel Turns, two dotted outlines are shown, indicating that the turn commences on the ball 0f the foot and continues on the heel of the same foot. No attempt should be made to commence the turn on the ball of the foot; this will occur naturally when dancing. It was necessary to include this to make the charts correspond with actual practice.

The lines connecting the feet give some idea of the path of the foot when moving to the next step.


Special Notes

Alignment. The keen student of dancing should note that, technically, the leading step of any turning figure should be taken either straight forward or straight backward from the body, but in practice this is not quite possible in the case of backward turning steps,
which tend to move very slightly outwards, The 4th step ofthe man's Natural Turn (Waltz) is an example.

In drawing the man's and lady's steps on one chart it was found necessary to
show this slight loss of alignment; it was not possible to place the feet correctly without doing so.

The dancer should, however, take great care to keep such steps in alignment when possible.

Parallel Positions. Students are also warned that in the standard technique
the 2nd step of most turns is described as being in a “parallel position." The
feet do not always appear parallel in the charts as many minor swivels of the
feet, especially in backward turns, have been omitted.

In practice, this parallel position of the feet is not important when the feet are apart, as in the 2nd and 5th steps of the Natural and Reverse Turns in the Waltz. At the beginning of these steps the feet are turned slightly outwards, and any attempt to keep them parallel would seriously restrict the ease and flow of the turn.


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