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Various Positions in Dancing
Direction of
Movement | CBM and CBMP | Vaious Positions in
Dancing | Movement
Hover Corte, Impetus and Hesitation |
Heel Turn and Heel Pull |
Rise and
Lowering
Spiral Turn and Spot Turn | Posture, Pitch, Poise and
Balance |
Pivot and Pivoting Action
Swinging Motion and Metronomic Motion | Break and Cuban Motion
International Style and American
Style | Various Other Dances | Shoulder Leading
1. Closed Position and Open Position: (in a
Standard Ballroom Dancing)
1-1. Closed Position: (in a
Standard Ballroom Dancing):
(1)
Specifically refers to the normal hold where man and lady are in body contact,
facing each other but slightly offset.
(2) In the broader sense of the term, Closed Position (As opposed to
Open Position) can be any variation of dance position where partners maintain
body contact, such as Promenade or Outside Partner.
1-2. Open Position: in a Standard Ballroom Dancing, it refers to such position as
Promenade Position.
Or, it means
any dance position
where man and lady stand apart or slightly apart, without taking a closed
position dance hold.
2. Closed Facing Position and Open Facing
Position
2-1. Closed Facing Position: (in
a Latin-American Dacing)
A dance position where partners face
each other, either slightly apart or in body contact.
2-2. Open Facing Position: A variation of Open Position where man and lady stand apart, facing each
other, usually with a one- or two-hand connection.
3. Promenade Position and Counter-Promenade
Position
3-1. Promenade Position (PP):
A V-shaped dance position where both man and lady move
forward and in the same direction, toward the open end of the
"V".
3-2. Couter-Promenade
Position (CPP): A V-shaped Dance Position with the lady on the
man's left side.
4. Fallaway Position and Promenade
Position
4-1. Fallaway Position: a
V-shaped dance position similar to Promenade Position, but with man and lady
moving backward.
4-2. Promenade Position: a
V-shaped dance position where both man and lady move forward and in the same
direction, toward the open end of the "V".
Fan Position: (in a Latin-American Dancing such as Rumba and
Chacha)
Dance position where man and
lady stand at right-angles, lady on man's left side. Man holds lady's right hand
in his left.
Fan: (1) A basic
figure used in the International Style Rumba and Cha Cha, incorporating the Fan
Position. (2) A swivel
taken on one foot, ended with the free foot pointing to the
side.
Side-by-Side Position: Dance
position where man and lady stand side by side. They can have a one-arm or
one-hand hold, or stand apart without a connection.
Shadow Position: Dance position
where both man and lady face the same direction, with one partner either
directly in front of the other, or slightly offset to the left or right. As the
name implies, Shadow position is usually taken with partners shadowing each
other's movement, on the same foot and in the same direction. Partners can be
closed (in body contact), semi-closed (slightly apart but within arms reach), or
completely apart.
Back-to-Back Position: Dance position
where man and lady face away from each other.
Open Finish: The last part of a
figure which ends with feet passing. (in a Standard
Ballroom)
Open Figure: Any figure which
involves the continuous passing of the feet, without a closing or chasse
action.
Closed Finish: The last part of a
figure which ends with feet together. (in a Standard
Ballroom)
Closed Figure: A figure which ends
with one foot closing to the other, with a change of
weight.
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