Check out this web site for fantastic dance tips:
http://www.ballroomdancers.com/Learning_Center/Lesson/
Sample Tips & My favorite
* Don't grab or squeeze your partner's hand. Not only are your fingers
very poor transmitters of lead and follow signals, they're actually
distractions. The more you squeeze, the more you muddy up the connection,
and the more difficult it is to communicate with your partner. Besides, it
hurts!
* For similar reasons, don't press down on your partner's hand with
your thumb.
* Don't spread the fingers apart, or stick them out in various
directions. The thumb can be held loosely apart from the fingers, but the
fingers themselves should stick together, as though you were wearing mittens.
* Keep the hand loosely cupped. This creates just enough friction to
hold the connection together when tension is applied through push or pull,
without the need for a grasp. Don't allow your hand to flatten-out
completely, as it may cause you to slip and lose the connection with your
partner.
Linda B. Oldham, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Development
Corporate and Foundation Relations
College of Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
310 Engineering Hall, MC-269
1308 West Green Street
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-333-6533
Fax: 217-333-7852
email: lboldham@uiuc.edu
url: http://www.engr.uiuc.edu/dev/
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