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name that waltz step

Posted by hesitation

10/7/2010 4:57:00 PM

What's the name of the international waltz step that ends in this position:
http://www.thedancestoreonline.com/images/pose-waltz.gif
Usually this pose would last for a few seconds, their lower body would stay still while the upper body would sway around.
I checked the syllabus steps but none of them looks like it. If I remember correctly the man did a back step with the left leg to enter this position.

Not necessarily Waltz.

Posted by jofjonesboro

10/7/2010 8:25:00 PM

Because dance is a dynamic activity, it's not so simple to discern the identity of a step - or in this case a line - from a still picture.

It looks like an X-line but that's essentially a Tango and not a Waltz pose.

It could be a snapshot of some sort of ronde' in mid-step but it's not one that I recognize and that movement would not fit your description.

It's definitely not a Same Foot Lunge.

jj

Re: Not necessarily Waltz.

Posted by anymouse

10/7/2010 8:23:00 PM

I would vote for a double ronde to fallaway as there are few other legitimate reasons for the man's left leg to be that far out from his body while that straight. The couple is also much more oriented off of each other than would normally be tolerated, suggesting that they are moving backwards while presenting forwards.

That's nothing really tango like about that picture at all - more likely foxtrot or waltz.

Can

Posted by jofjonesboro

10/7/2010 8:31:00 PM

A Ronde' would not end in that position nor would it hold it.

Of course, I'm assuming that hesitation's description is accurate.

jj

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