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Thread #87902   Message #1645736
Posted By: Alan Day
10-Jan-06 - 03:08 PM
Thread Name: SIMPLE Int'l folk dances
Subject: RE: SIMPLE Int'l folk dances
French Schottishe (written as mans position female reverse)
Hold your partner in a ballrooom hold
Take Two steps together left and then two steps right.(Could be four instead of two as a variation)
With both your legs stiff turn with your partner swivelling on the right foot and then left foot.Turn through 360 degrees.
Start again (Music timing as Whistling Rufus )
Remember that French Dancing is fairly smooth ,no leaping about , or high foot movements in any part of the dance.If viewed from the side the dancers should be floating around the floor heads almost at the same level as you start off.
French Waltz
Same as English waltz but once again minute steps and plenty of spinning.Once again no lifting of the feet up high.
Music is much faster than an English walz.
This may give you a start
Al