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Learning Center Corrections
Posted by t1optimus
5/26/2012  10:30:00 AM
American Rumba 04E Cuban Walks Backward missing: The video does not load.

Amercian Rumba 20-23 - video titles say American Cha Cha.

American Tango 13 Rock & Corte is actually a "Double Corte" or "Turning Rock to Corte" (depending on what you choose to call it).

American Tango 24A & 24B Video Titles are opposite. Not the link, but the video, displays the titles incorrectly. The first says QQ& timing, but demonstrates SQQ timing. The second says SQQ timing, but demonstrates QQ& timing.

American Tango 31 Step-Points. Step-Points Back (Rh-Rh hold) yields a repeat of Step-Points Back (two-hand hold).

American Tango 41B and 41D are identical: One is listed as a combo the other is not; yet they are the same video.
Re: Learning Center Corrections
Posted by Administrator
5/26/2012  10:30:00 PM
Hi t1optimus,

Thank you for all the corrections. I've fixed each error in the database, and I'm now working on re-rendering the videos that were incorrectly titled. There are 8 of them, so it will take a little while. But hopefully by the time you read this, they'll be done.

Regarding Rock & Corte, we prefer to keep the name as-is. In general we try to avoid terms used by the two major American chain schools to mean two different things (e.g. "parallel position" or "Triple Twinkle"), and the term "Double Corte" or "Doble Corte" is used by one major school to describe what in our syllabus would amount to a combination of a Contra Rock, Reverse Pivot, then Contra Rock followed by a Closed Finish (4-6 Reverse Turn).

Also, our syllabus for the most part uses a more component-based approach. And although we've followed the convention of outlining the basic figure as a 16-count combination, we really see it as more of a 6-count figure that just happens to be frequently danced twice in a row and followed by a Tango Close (and may very well update the syllabus to reflect this, as we have with the 6 and 16-count Basic). So since it doesn't have to be repeated and doesn't necessarily have to turn, we prefer to avoid the words "double" and "turning", and stick to the name that best describes its two defining elements: The Rock & Corte.

Regards,
Jonathan Atkinson
www.ballroomdancers.com

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