Re: FT's true timing - Q-S-Q

<< [Warren J. Dew]
Ron Nicholson asks for frame counts from videos.

Here are the ones for the opening feather step from the Sinkinson show foxtrot
from the 1989 worlds (14 years ago).  The feet and legs are somewhat screened
by smoke, so I may be off, but not by more than a frame, I think.  Again, I
believe that this particular foxtrot is a far more classical interpretation
than Sinkinson later dances with other partners.

0 - knees together at end of prep step
0-8 - lowest lowering somewhere in here
12 - right heel hits
13 - last frame before left foot moves
20 - knees collect on slow
28 - left toe hits
30 - last frame before right foot moves
39 - knees collect, highest rise
51 - right toe hits
52 - last frame before left foot moves
57 - knees collect

I'm not sure how much good this does without knowing how it's synched to the
music, though.  It appears to me that beat 3 commences between frames 28 and
30, but that's of course not objectively measured.  If correct, the beats are
roughly 0-14, 15-29, 29-43, and 44-58.  The second quick is somewhat drifted,
but the knee collections would all be within the book limitations, with the
'slow' collecting in the middle of the second beat, the first 'quick' towards
the end of beat 3, and the second 'quick' at the very end of beat 4.

So what are your conclusions?
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My conclusions are:
(1) If you look at the times between "collections", then this mimics
a traditional waltz very well, time intervals of 20, 19, 19.
The majesty of the rhythmic three appears even in this four count dance.

(2) When looking at the time between footfalls, it is remarkable that
the longest interval is between the two "quicks" -- SQQ is 19, 16, 23.

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