Selecting Anchors for Open Rotating Patterns

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In the last post in this series, we introduced the idea of selecting anchor variations that match the momentum of the pattern. This post will expand that idea with open rotating patterns. In an open rotating pattern, the last action before the anchor is a rotation towards a more open body angle. The basic example … Read more

Selecting Anchors for Linear Patterns

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More advanced dancers know how to select an anchor variation that compliments their momentum from the pattern. In this exercise, you’ll start to think about anchor variations that work for linear patterns. For this drill, linear patterns are patterns that don’t involve rotation immediately before the anchor. For instance, a push break is a linear … Read more

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