Frame
Waltz Lesson Plan
by
H. Leon Raper
HELP
D E F I N I T I O N S
(Closed Position Frame, Essence)
- Posture
- Pulling your muscles into your CPB will help accomplish all of the following.
Stand Erect.
Eyes Level (don't look up or down).
Buttox tucked in.
- Frame - Closed Position
- Body Positions: Directly facing each other.
Man's Lt & Woman's Rt. Hand: Palm to palm, at about the chin level of the shorter person.
Man's Rt Hand: On woman's back just below her Lt shoulder blade with his finger tips just about touching her spine.
Woman's Lt Hand: On top of man's right shoulder or on man's upper right arm - subject to preference.
Arms:
M: Rt. Arm bowed.
W: Rt. Arm on top of M: Lt Arm, but the woman must not press down onto M: Lt Arm.
- Essence
- Is that particular "Look" or "Feeling" that separates one dance from another.
- Essence of Waltz
- (1) Back is straight & tall.
(2) Keep CPB over "Unit Foot".
(3) Shoulders leaning slightly back of CPB.
(4) One partner balances the other.
(5) Contra Body Movement: Pull opposite shoulder back as you step forward and hold thru unit.
E X E R C I S E
(Frame, 4th Foot Position in LOD) - Music
SETUP
Frame: Closed Position in LOD.
Stand Tall.
M: starts Fwd with Lt Foot - stepping directly into lady.
W: starts Bk with Rt Foot.
PATTERN
Down LOD in 4th Foot Position.
Double Tracking.
Verbal: [&a1 &a2 &a3] [&a4 &a5 &a6].
IMPORTANT POINTS
Drive CPB down LOD.
Movement Unit [Down. Up Up] [Down Up Up]
Frame.
Resistance.
Count [&a1 &a2 &a3] [&a4 &a5 &a6].
EXERCISE
(1st & 4th Foot Positions - Box Turn)
SETUP
Frame: Closed Position in LOD - Stand Tall.
M: starts Fwd with Lt Foot.
W: starts Bk with Rt Foot.
PATTERN
Count: [&a1 &a2 &a3] [&a4 &a5 &a6]
M:Foot L R L R L R
M:Dir F T T B T T
M:Pos 4 1 1 4 1 1
W:Foot R L R L R L
W:Dir B T T F T T
W:Pos 4 1 1 4 1 1
Verbal: [&-a-step &-a-tog &-a-tog] [&-a-step &-a-tog &-a-tog]
or
Verbal: [&-a-step &-a-turn &-a-turn] [&-a-step &-a-turn &-a-turn]
IMPORTANT POINTS
Drive CPB.
Keep CPB over Unit Foot.
Movement Unit [Down Up Up] [Down Up Up]
Frame.
Resistance.
Count [&a1 &a2 &a3] [&a4 &a5 &a6].
Add slight "Left Rotation" to Step Pattern turning after beats 1 and 4.
*** R E V I E W ***
- Posture
- Erect, Eyes Level, Buttox tucked in - Pull muscles into CPB.
- Closed Position Frame
-
- 1st Foot Position
- Feet together.
- 2nd Foot Position
- Feet about a shoulder's width apart.
- Unit Foot: Place the CPB over the Unit Foot.
- Left Unit: Center CPB over Left Foot.
Right Unit: Center CPB over Right Foot.
- Posture: Pulling your muscles into your CPB will help accomplish all of the following.
- Stand Erect.
Eyes Level (don't look up or down).
Buttox tucked in.
- Frame - Closed Position:
- Body Positions: Directly facing each other.
Man's Lt & Woman's Rt. Hand: Palm to palm, at about the chin level of the shorter person.
Man's Rt Hand: On woman's back just below her Lt shoulder blade with his finger tips just about touching her spine.
Woman's Lt Hand: On top of man's right shoulder or on man's upper right arm - subject to preference.
Arms:
M: Rt. Arm bowed.
W: Rt. Arm on top of M: Lt Arm, but the woman must not press down onto M: Lt Arm.
- Essence: Is that particular "Look" or "Feeling" that separates one dance from another.
- Essence of Waltz:
- (1) Back is straight & tall.
(2) Keep CPB over "Unit Foot".
(3) Shoulders leaning slightly back of CPB.
(4) One partner balances the other.
(5) Contra Body Movement: Pull opposite shoulder back as you step forward and hold thru unit.
[Waltz Basics]