Combining and refining Jive ideas to strive for greater partner awareness
I can both lead and respond to my partner when performing the Jive.
Combining and refining Jive ideas to strive for greater partner awareness
I can both lead and respond to my partner when performing the Jive.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Move: partner jumps, cues and counterbalances are key elements of the Jive dance style.
- Think: leading when improvising as a pair requires quick and decisive decision making.
- Feel: repeatedly performing the same action to improve performance draws upon resilience.
- Connect: allowing another person control over our actions and safety involves trust.
Keywords
Support - to assist, to bear all or part of the effort
Improvise - to perform instantaneously, without prior planning
Cue - a signal to a performer
Common misconception
Counterbalances are always symmetrical.
Counterbalances can involve the same action as a partner but these can be varied by level, direction of size. Counterbalances can also use contrasting body parts to connect, e.g. the hand of one dancer pressing against the shoulder of their partner.
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