Yes to a basic box pattern , you have to bear in mind the clubs were really crowded and boy was it hot!
Yes to the toe of one foot heel of the other with swivel of both feet, hence the Lino.
We used to glue suede on basic pumps or gymn shoes. Oh and talc . Oodles of Johnson baby talc.
Like AT the exhibition dances was all about the drops and splits etc, and if there was space on the floor you could do your thing, but mostly bounce, box steps and swivel with your arms being really loose and secondary to the footwork. Exhausting!
Back then I had boobs 34 C and I was unusual most of my friends having fried eggs, I was a size 10 then , now I would say an equivalent of a size 6 and 10 to 12 was the norm, I don't remember any of my friends actually being bigger we all used to swap clothes about except I could never share the blouses. Buttons you know.
It was the era of angel delight and vesta curries.but also lots of home cooking I think we had an awful diet in some respects, very heavy and processed but portions were so much smaller.
I think you have 2 distinct types of figures these days with the young, the frankly podgy with too tight jeans, overly stretched leggings and young men hiding behind black hoodies and tee shirts. They don't exercise and eat stodgy.
Then those who care over their figures, the girls have boobs that my generation generally didn't but otherwise there are a lot of gymn bunnies of both sexes and worrying obsessively over their figures. Oestrogen and their mothers being on the pill aparently is the cause of young girls having the boobs my generation generally did not have.
Yes to the toe of one foot heel of the other with swivel of both feet, hence the Lino.
We used to glue suede on basic pumps or gymn shoes. Oh and talc . Oodles of Johnson baby talc.
Like AT the exhibition dances was all about the drops and splits etc, and if there was space on the floor you could do your thing, but mostly bounce, box steps and swivel with your arms being really loose and secondary to the footwork. Exhausting!
Back then I had boobs 34 C and I was unusual most of my friends having fried eggs, I was a size 10 then , now I would say an equivalent of a size 6 and 10 to 12 was the norm, I don't remember any of my friends actually being bigger we all used to swap clothes about except I could never share the blouses. Buttons you know.
It was the era of angel delight and vesta curries.but also lots of home cooking I think we had an awful diet in some respects, very heavy and processed but portions were so much smaller.
I think you have 2 distinct types of figures these days with the young, the frankly podgy with too tight jeans, overly stretched leggings and young men hiding behind black hoodies and tee shirts. They don't exercise and eat stodgy.
Then those who care over their figures, the girls have boobs that my generation generally didn't but otherwise there are a lot of gymn bunnies of both sexes and worrying obsessively over their figures. Oestrogen and their mothers being on the pill aparently is the cause of young girls having the boobs my generation generally did not have.
Musicality in this sort of discussion links in with interpretation of the music and of the performance and as such, can only be objective to a degree. Any time you start discussing a performer's interpretation of the music, you're into subjective opinions and "connection" is incredibly subjective, which is why sometimes the judges will say "What a great connection that couple has," at which point half the forum says "Yes, I knew it, they're amazingly connected, they were practically having sex on the dance floor!" and the other half says "... huh?"
) When she's dancing to the violin's legato bowing (apologies, I can't think of any other way of phrasing that!) she's more fluid and then she's sharper when dancing to short, staccato notes.You can really she her switch at about 00.58 from a sharp pose to turning with her arm extending up and out in time with the violin coming back in above the other instruments. Generally through the routine Caroline seems to finish her extension at just the right moment for the next step to start, without looking like she either didn't finish the motion or like she was stuck there for too long. Her back bends in particular I was really impressed with. The second one I swear she comes back up one vertebrae at a time, her head coming up at the last second to lock gazes with Pasha as they go into hold. It's not perfect, there were moments she could have pushed it further, there were a couple of wobbles and I personally really didn't like the section where they were locking legs at waist height (no idea what was wrong but it looked awkward) but I personally wouldn't fault her sense of musicality, of where to finish an extension, where to make a step sharper, where to add more or less tension etc.
