10 Course Recap II

COURSE: Exploring Axes

FOCUS: This lesson recaps the entire 'Exploring Axes' course, focusing on weight and axis shifts in dance movements to build foundational skills.

TIP & TRICKS:

• Shift your axis and choose how many steps before changing directions.
• Use sways to get rhythmical and creative based on the music.
• For hesitation, do a 100% weight shift for a short time without a full axis shift.
• Exit a sway by clearly bringing weight and axis over one leg before moving on.
• Practice step patterns like step, step, sway, sway or variations.

REMEMBER:

• Always involve axis and weight shifts in movements for control.
• Sways keep weight in both feet without a full axis shift, unlike hesitations.
• Hesitations differ from sways by having a full weight shift but not a full axis shift.
• Movements can be subtle or dramatic based on personal preference.
• All techniques can be adapted with a partner for practice.