Originally Posted by
An Thropologist:
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It is in my book.
Question for you Sofakat. You know how you push out of the floor in salsa. WOudl you describe AT as having a similar push out of the floor motion. I woudln't but someone in the Ballroom and LA Technique thread says their teachers says you push out of the floor from the standing leg.
I get that you push off from the standing leg but to me it is a completely differnt motion to salsa.”
In salsa my feet are firmly in touch with the floor at all times - almost heavy - and I stay very grounded with each move (flexed knees as well).
In AT is is quite different. I do not push into the floor, I glide across it and one leg follows the other. The AT walk is very natural. You step onto the heel as you walk forward, the other leg follows through in one continuous movement, brushing one foot against the other as you follow through. Both feet are in contact with the floor, but different parts. The knees stay flexed to create a very smooth movement and steps of different lengths. There is no hip sway in AT. There is no need to push through the floor for that motion. If you did you would throw off your partner!
Ballroom people rally should not talk about AT unless they have studied it for at least 5-6 years. They have some very weird ideas about what it is, and they are always wrong!

