Standard Lesson with Ikaika on 9/16/2009

Location: Dance Spectrum.
Time: 4pm
Attendee: Sharron

Today we worked on Foxtrat.

1. Heel turn: need

a. Do not get back on the heel immediately, go through the foot before getting back to the heel. Seems like only the turn is on the heel, other time still on the front part of the foot.

b. Keep the weight forward still.

c. Use the energy on the standing foot. This is the inside turn position.

d. Always start on the slow.

2. 4 positions of the foot: inside front, outside front, inside back, outside back.

a. exercise: go round in circles and figure 8 to feel weight on the different positions

b. make sure that the shift the weight from the lower body, not by tilting the upper body.

3. Send the lower body, not tilt the upper body, especially on the weave step. Upper body moving with the lower body, like a candle moves with the candle stand.

4. weave: direction of the foot is toward the partner.

5. Always shows the energy, and contribute in an equal position, even when practicing the skills. But energy doesn’t mean always moving forward, it means pressing the floor, use the standing leg.

6. Thinking the use of the energy through the foot, from the toe, to ball to arch to heel.

7. Remember the choreography: heel turn all started on slow.