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

"Warren J. Dew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> 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?

Nice job. I know how difficult and time-consuming this is to do. This is
very similar to Gleave, i.e., the actual collection occurs more at the
beginning of the next bar than at the end of the current bar. I think that
this is acceptable, because his body is simultaneously setting up for the
next figure while he is collecting and he still has a definite slow(at least
slower) first step than than the following quicks.

As far as the technique book goes, such a late collection would probably not
be acceptable for examination purposes because he can't give a full value to
the slow. I think that it is acceptable to dance rubato within a given bar,
but not if it steals from the next figure. However, the difference is quite
subtle, and once he establishes his first collection, he is on-time relative
to it if not relative to the actual ending of the bar.

The very strong shaping (sway) that Sinkinson uses might cause a slight rise
as he moves into step three, which is not the same as a pendulum swing
follow-through, so
he might have used lateral early rise (lift) between 22-24. His rise is from
a forward projection, which would give rise to the drift.

This apparently is not an example of the "pulling" using the inside edge of
the left foot that is now being advocated by some coaches. It is, rather
more of a swinging side 'foot-to-foot" forward projection, as advocated by
Eggleton and others. His shape is much stronger than Eggleton's, but that is
more a matter of style than dance technique.

JMHO of course.

Regards,

MLC
>
> Warren J. Dew
> Powderhouse Software


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