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THE
HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1936.
NEW STEPS for
HIS month everybody's thoughts turn to dancing again. But, before the dance lovers think đế learning any new steps, they should spend several evenings getting back "into form." This really means looking for their faults and correcting them.
We all know; for instance, the dancer who bonds both knees all the time. She looks as if she is fighting her way through very deep snow, and her partner's legs probably get a fow bruises from knocking into them.
Wend the front knee slightly when you are taking a long step back, to keep the body upright.
At the same time the back
knee should be stretched out
straight. Dance from your hips downwards, not from your
SEASON
a
of DANCING
ARIVMAMWA
Mary Benedetta
knees down, and your knee Modern Viennese Waltz-
will then behave as they should. THE "STRADDLERS"
Then there are the strad dlers" whose feet never meet cach other, with a distressingly gawky result.
Every time the feet pass make them just brush to- gether on the insides,
their
Good dancers wear shoes out all down the inside of the foot.
If you dance in the correct position, and make your body convey your legs, instead of trying to make your legs take your body along, then you are more than half-way towards being a good dancer.
DO NOT "SNATCH"
Mon do not like partners who snatch the steps away from them. This often happen. with people who are accus- Lomed, to dancing together. However well you know the steps, let the man draw you. into them. but withmut being blow to follow him. They also hate women who droop heavily on their shoulders and expect to be more or less taken for 4 ride!**
People who dánte à good deal in crowded restaurants are apt to appear rooted to the floor under their foot, This is very exhausting to whoever has to dance with them. MAOR
Dancers should never lose that sense of continunt flow. ing movement, which is best
Follow the steps of the Season's Newest Dance
Here's a "film" of the two Turns in the dance. For the Walk, read the direction in Mary Benedetta's article.
The Turn
1 Back on the left-one,
Z Right foot to the side
twa,
3 Left
up
To it
foo! bringing feet together -three.
4 Right
ono.
་
foot forward-
your
5 Bring left foot up to it
withalat putting weight down, and hesi tale-two-three,
(You are turning all the
timo).
described as "carry through.” You can still keep it on a crowded floor by making all your steps much smaller. And
new steps. now the
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Reverse Turn
6 Back on right-one.
7 Loft foot to side-twD.
8 Bring right foot to left.
9 Left foot forward-one.
10 Bring right foot up To
without putting weight down, and hesitate thres.
Iwo-
There is nothing exaggerated variations of steps from the about the new season's dancing, girl's:
and most of the steps are THE WALK variations of old favourites.
Stop back with the left foot The new dance is a modern on the first beat-one, Draw Viennese waltz, and is a cross the right foot up to it, with- between an old-fashioned waltz out putting any weight on it, and a modern one, danced to and hesitate for the last two Back right, music with a tempo between the beats-two, three. two. It has come into being continuing the same way. because of the popular craze for walts follow the film strip dia- For the two "Turns" in the dancing the old-fashioned waltz. But instead of just turning ram above. dizzily to the music, there are
These are the first and most
A graceful gaum for the new dance season could be made on the lines of the white faille Worth model shown here, although most dancers might find it more convenient with- out the train.
IS YOUR ENGLISH CORRECT?
"SUBSTITUTE" AND "REPLACE"
These words are often con- - fused.
To "substitute" properly metus to "put something in the place of something else," not to "toke the place of."
Thus you substitute paper mune fur vold" and speak of "the substitution of paper money for gold." Wrong is to "sub- stitute gold by paper money," and "the substitution of gold by перет money."
The test is. Can you put the word "replace instead of "sub
" and "replacement" in- "of "substitution." If you cán, then your use of "sub- stitute" and substitution" is wrong, and "replace" and "re- placement" are the correct words to use.
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all kinds of attractive new important steps of the Viennese stops and delightful little waltz, and once you can do 'hesitations.
them the remaining variations The easiest step in the new are easy to learn. You have to waltz is The Walk
get a little lilting movement in- to your steps to swing you Here are the movements for round with the music, and that Aespancture, Morriesasis and Hone. Hatting the girl.
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