How to explain "Hold with Pressure from both ends"

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the actual problem is when a couple dance in closed contact hold the lady doesn't provide resistant or pressure to gents right hand which placed on her shoulder blade. and how can we improve that problem in a beginner. Thanks

Hiruni. " Hold with Pressure from both ends ". I would say they are trying to explain that your frame, the arms remain the same and keep in line across the back elbow to elbow. Imagine that you are wearing a Dance Frame your arms would be held in the one position no matter which way you moved or turned.

Thank you so much....the actual problem is when a couple dance in closed contact hold the lady doesn't provide resistant or pressure to gents right hand which placed on her shoulder blade. and how can we improve that problem in a beginner. Thanks

Hi,

Instead of "Hold with Pressure from both ends" I would tell " Hold with inside pressure in all directions "

In order to explain how to get feeling of lady in your right hand I use word "inner space" of each partner. Also this feeling in right hand should be "dynamical" - breathing and not produced statically, as if you produce it statically, you will lose it when you start to move.

Before you contact each other you should have right posture (I call it vertical part of couple, each partner has his own vertical line), both of you should produce inner space feeling in your bodies between lower back and lowest ribs which are in contact.

2nd - both of you have to produce good frame (I call it horizontal part of couple and it is shared by both partners). You have to feel which muscles are placing elbows in emphasize position to your shoulders and your wrists to your elbows. At this point you should understand that shoulder blades and shoulders belongs to back of inner space and elbows and wrists to front part.

3rd - you have to produce poise, which is turning your frame slightly to the right to match your partner (natural turn). In order to do this in right way you should both turn your right side of lower back backward trying to produce contact in your ribs .

And another important point is head. Head belongs to back of inner space, so it should work simultaneously with lower back.
So if head doesn't work properly, it could be the main thing(of course if other things are OK), that you will lose your lady in your right hand.
There are also some tips how to keep this feeling during natural movements and during revers ones. Generally as Pro-Am dancer (I am Pro), if lady has posture -poise problems I can little help to get her back to my right arm on natural movements, but never on revers ones.
But generally this topic is very complicated and this feeling should be built in dancer step by step from the basics.

Hi,
Great question.
I like to use the following tips/analogies:
1.) Identify the muscles - chest, lats and shoulder. Gently squeeze and keep tone in the chest and lat (muscles under the armpit)while keeping shoulders rolled back and down. This should be done while maintaining a light and responsive armhold with your partner.
2.) Analogies - "Playing the accordion": Compare the feeling to slowly squeezing an accordion between your arms.
3.) Tools - I use the pole from a broken broom (both ends are cut and sanded and the pole is about 3.5 ft. long) and have my student place one hand on each end (as if in closed position) and try to hold the pole in front of them as lightly as possible yet without dropping it.
Hope that helps!

thanks...the actual problem is when a couple dance in closed contact hold the lady doesn't provide resistant or pressure to gents right hand which placed on her shoulder blade. and how can we improve that problem in a beginner. Thanks

hiruni. The contact point is on the mans right wrist below the thumb. On the lady there is a place at the back of the right armpit which fits perfectly onto that place. Forger about the mans hand on her shoulder blade it depends on the height of the couples. The wrist is where the main contact should be. Nobody would do it this way but it is a fact that the mans hand could be straight out on the same line as the arm and wrist without making any difference to what you are doing.
This is another area which has evolved since Ballroom Dancings beginning.