6 Course Recap I

COURSE: Exploring Axes

FOCUS: This lesson recaps the course 'Exploring Axes', focusing on practicing weight and axis shifts, sways, and transitions between them to build clarity in movement.

TIP & TRICKS:

• Shift 100% weight into each foot with a clear axis shift every beat.
• Resolve on an axis after passing through split weight, feeling the moment in the middle.
• Keep sways in the lower body with the upper body relaxed, especially at higher tempos.
• Use a step, step, sway, sway pattern, adjusting the size of upper body rotation as desired.
• Take time transitioning out of sways, treating it as a smooth movement.

REMEMBER:

• Distinguish between full weight/axis shifts and partial shifts that create sways.
• Maintain active lower body movement while keeping the upper body relaxed and not leading.
• Mix and match patterns with a partner, focusing on clear transitions between steps and sways.
• Sways involve split weight where the body stays centered without fully shifting to one side.
• Practice variations like big sways to invite partners or leads peeling away for dynamic interaction.