Re: Turning Right

[Robert Hauk <robhauk @TELEPORT.COM>]

Tangomarty Wrote

No Name Available wrote:
>
> In close embrace, I find that my field of vision is blocked to my right,
> particularly if my partner is about my height.  Turning to the right to scan
> the horizon may itself cuase a bump. It seems the only answer is to go
> straight ahead, slowly. Any ideas?


The simple answer to this question is simply to turn left.  Ir you want
to end up facing 90 degrees to your right, turn 270 degrees left and the
result is the same, except that you can see where you are going.

This may explain why in the close embrace vocabulary there are many more
ways to turn left than right.

I have watched Nestor Rey who is maybe just over 5' tall dance with
women 8" taller than him.  In this case he has a very small field of
view to his left only.  He turns left a lot, and never bumps anyone,
even on a very crowded floor.  His dance doesn't seem to be constrained
at all.

It also helps to keep in mind what you just saw as you turned around.
After awhile the movements of the other dancers become somewhat
predictable, so even though you don't see what is going on, you still
have a good idea of what everyone around you is doing and where they
might be when you see them next.

If you want to turn right it is very good to know how to turn without
advancing into another space.  It is possible to turn in the space you
occupy.  You shouldn't be bumping anyone then.

These are skills of floorcraft that allow you to dance freely without
disturbing the other dancers around you.

Good dances to all,

Robert

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