What Amazing Dances Are Made Of

1. Movement Skills

1.1. Movement Strategy: Elastic flow

1.1.1. Movement Tactic: Boing to start every pattern

1.1.1.1. Technique: CASL

1.1.1.1.1. Physical Ability: Body alignment

1.1.1.1.2. Physical Ability: Bicep injury?

1.1.1.2. Technique: Counterbalance

1.1.1.2.1. Physical ability

1.1.1.2.2. Physical ability

1.1.1.3. Technique: Resisted release

1.1.1.3.1. Physical ability

1.1.1.3.2. Physical ability

1.1.2. Movement Tactic: Redirect on time

1.1.2.1. Technique: Use 1,2, or 1/2 beat boing

1.1.2.1.1. Physical ability

1.1.2.1.2. Physical ability

1.1.2.2. Technique: Catch earlier to control bounce

1.1.2.2.1. Physical ability

1.1.2.2.2. Physical ability

1.1.3. Movement Tactic: Lengthen the slot

1.1.3.1. Technique: Continue LOI

1.1.3.1.1. Physical ability

1.1.3.1.2. Physical ability

1.1.3.2. Technique: Leaders' travel triple

1.1.3.2.1. Physical ability

1.1.3.2.2. Physical ability

1.1.3.3. Technique: Floating anchor/ avoid posting

1.1.3.3.1. Physical ability

1.1.3.3.2. Physical ability

1.2. Movement Strategy: taking care of the follower

1.2.1. Movement Tactic: absorbing every redirect

1.2.1.1. Technique: Catch early

1.2.1.1.1. Physical ability

1.2.1.1.2. Physical ability

1.2.1.2. Technique: build connection gradually

1.2.1.2.1. Physical ability

1.2.1.2.2. Physical ability

1.2.1.3. Technique: counterbalance instead of muscle flexion

1.2.1.3.1. Physical ability

1.2.1.3.2. Physical ability

1.2.2. Movement Tactic: prepping safely

1.2.2.1. Technique: Lateral pressure connection

1.2.2.1.1. Physical ability

1.2.2.1.2. Physical ability

1.2.2.2. Technique: rotational spring

1.2.2.2.1. Physical ability

1.2.2.2.2. Physical ability

2. Music Skills

2.1. Musical Strategy: Acknowledge the phrase change with a pose

2.1.1. Musical Tactic: Hear the phrase change coming

2.1.1.1. Music Technique: Listening for chord changes and lyrical poetry

2.1.1.1.1. Acoustic ability

2.1.1.2. Music Technique: Recognizing the formula of the song

2.1.2. Musical Tactic: Control personal timing to be able to stop motion

2.1.2.1. Movement Technique: Delaying or accelerating weight transfer

2.1.2.2. Movement Technique: Choosing appropriate muscles to contract

2.1.2.2.1. Physical ability

2.1.2.3. Movement Technique: Impact or Impulse

2.2. Musical Strategy: Match the song genre & rhythm

2.2.1. Musical Tactic: Dance to contemporary with body pulse

2.2.1.1. Music Technique: How to recognize downbeats and upbeats

2.2.1.1.1. Acoustic ability

2.2.1.2. Music Technique: How to do a back pulse on every beat

2.2.1.2.1. Physical ability: Thoracic spine mobility

2.2.1.3. Music Technique: How to travel and triple while pulsing

2.2.1.3.1. Physical ability: Body Coordination

2.2.2. Musical Tactic: Swing your triples to Swung rhythm

2.2.2.1. Music Technique: Identify the syncopated rhythm

2.2.2.1.1. Acoustic ability

2.2.2.2. Music Technique: Control weight transfer to delay timing

2.2.2.3. Music Technique: How to swing your body shape

3. Pattern & Styling Skills

3.1. Styling Strategy: Look less square at end of slot

3.1.1. Styling Tactic: Avoid flashlighting

3.1.1.1. Movement Technique: Kissing to provide frame engagement in any position

3.1.1.1.1. Physical ability

3.1.1.2. Styling Technique: Allowing over rotation and underrrotation

3.1.1.2.1. Physical ability

3.1.1.3. Styling Technique: Using kiss to decelerate and underrotate ends of turns

3.1.1.3.1. Physical ability

3.1.1.3.2. Physical ability

3.1.2. Styling Tactic: Add anchor syncopations

3.1.2.1. Musical Technique: 2-beat rhythm options

3.1.2.2. Movement Technique: Control over duration of weight transfers

3.1.2.2.1. Physical ability

3.1.2.3. Styling Technique: Suede signatures

3.1.2.3.1. Physical ability

3.1.2.3.2. Physical ability

3.1.2.4. Movement Technique: Contrabody

3.1.2.4.1. Physical ability

3.1.2.4.2. Physical ability

3.2. Pattern Strategy: Present toward audience without stopping

3.2.1. Pattern Tactic: Barrel roll

3.2.1.1. Pattern Technique: Kiss to transition compression to steering

3.2.1.2. Pattern Technique: Maintain balance while modifying pitch

3.2.1.2.1. Physical ability

3.2.1.3. PatternTechnique: Matching pressure and rate of parnter

3.3. Pattern/Styling Strategy: Slingshot to hit an accent

3.3.1. Pattern Tactic: Turning Sugar Push

3.3.1.1. Pattern Technique: Pivoting in compression

3.3.1.2. Pattern Technique: Bowing to separate

3.3.1.3. PatternTechnique: Lateral pressure connection to steer

3.3.2. Pattern Tactic: Accelerate separation into count 3

3.3.2.1. PatternTechnique: Diagonality

3.3.2.2. Pattern Technique: Frame matching

3.3.2.3. Pattern Technique: Bowing

3.3.3. Styling Tactic: Body Roll

3.3.3.1. Styling Technique: Diagonal sheering

3.3.3.1.1. Physical ability: Thoracic spine mobility

3.3.3.2. Styling Technique: Waving of pelvic tilt

3.3.3.2.1. Physical ability: Core activation

3.3.3.3. Styling Technique: Coordinating weight shift

3.3.4. Styling Tactic: Hip Rocks

3.3.4.1. Movement Technique: Split weight position

3.3.4.1.1. Physical ability

3.3.4.2. Musical Technique: Match the rhythm with impact, impulse, or rebound

3.3.4.2.1. Physical ability

3.3.4.3. Styling Technique: Plie lower to get more range of motion

3.3.4.4. Styling Technique: Twist to make figure 8 shape