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Introduction
I. Equipment
II. First Strokes
1. First Time
2. Double Sculling
3. Pushing Off
4. Forward Stroking
5. Stopping
6. Forward Cross
7. Skating Backward
8. Backward Cross
III. Four Basic Edge Positions
9. Inside Spiral
10. Outside Spiral
11. Spread Eagle
12. Outside Spiral
13. Inside Spiral
14. Inside Mohawk
15. Outside Forward
16. Exercises
IV. The Four Rolls
17. Outside Roll
18. Inside Roll
19. Outside Backward
20. Inside Backward
21. Waltz Eight
22. Mans 10-Step
V. School Figures
23. Outside Eight
24. Inside Eight
25. Preliminary Test
26. Backward Eight
27. Forward Change
28. Threes-to-Center
29. U.S.F.S.A. First Test
VI. Completing
30. Inside Backward Eight31. Outside Threes
32. Backward Change
33. Inside Threes
34. Basic Theory
VII. Free Skating
35. Basic Spirals
36. Dance Steps
37. Basic Spins
38. Basic Jumps
39. Construction
VIII. Four Ice Dances
40. Dutch Waltz
41. Fiesta Tango
42. Fourteen Step
43. American Waltz
IX. Skater
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| 40. Dutch Waltz |
This is a simple dance for beginners, consisting of forward steps only, with the partners skating side by side. Once you have mastered your outside forward rolls alone, find yourself a partner of equal or, preferably, greater proficiency. The steps are so deliberately simple that you will be able to concentrate on getting the feel of unifying your steps with another skater in rhythm to the music.
The hold for the partners finds the lady on the right of the man (of course two people of the same sex can dance this also!). With his right arm behind her back, he places his right hand on the lady's right hip. She puts her right thumb inside his palm and holds his hand firmly. She extends her left arm straight across the front of his body, and he holds her left hand in his left hand at a comfortable height. The man should give firm support and be in a position so close that his right hip will touch the lady's left hip.
After two short left, right strokes the dance starts in a corner and proceeds lengthwise down the ice before crossing over the end and starting the repetition from the corner diagonally opposite the start (Diagram 11). It is well to count the musical beats, at least until you are thoroughly familiar with each dance. Here the progressive stroke comes on an unaccented beat, the third, and as this is what keeps the rhythm from becoming unpleasantly monotonous, do not miss it. Concentrate on coordinating the bend and rise of your skating knees, as well as the extension and swing of your free legs. Do not watch your partner's feet. Look up and look happy! |
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