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Just learned the doubleback turn, and of course as the girl who "reads ahead" I had to ask if you could steal the lead during the turn. We assumed that you could, but only after the left-side double bump. Is this correct?
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Re: Stealing the lead during a Doubleback turn
Sun, September 6, 2009 - 12:26 PMI don't see why not, especially if you make it a best practice to always cue both halves of the turn each time, rather than cuing for the first half of the turn and assuming it will always return to front. Then, don't cue the second half-turn, finish the second/left part of the step, go into a different step. Might be a good idea to clarify this with your dance partners, so everyone is on the same page. There's a thread on this somewhere. -
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Re: Stealing the lead during a Doubleback turn
Sun, September 6, 2009 - 4:22 PMThe Double Back does not need to be cued from the back or the second half of the turn. All dancers, when there is a cue for the half turn from the main leader facing the audience, should assume that you are coming back to the front. The only way a person in the back of the formation could take the lead is if she did not turn, which lands everyone facing each other. You do still have to complete the left bumps before changing the movement though. -
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Re: Stealing the lead during a Doubleback turn
Wed, September 9, 2009 - 8:49 AMWhile not the preferred I am sure... could you not immediately change the move in the back half of the turn? If there is a audience in the round or a two direction audience since there is a weight change to the left foot via the nature of the movement which sets a dancer up to be a right foot lead for any of the moves? It would appear to allow a change to a new move back there creating a new direction lead.
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Re: Stealing the lead during a Doubleback turn
Wed, September 9, 2009 - 10:05 PMYes, you could finish out the movement facing the "back", then change the move to take the lead. Make sure the new move has different enough arms for everyone to see.
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Re: Stealing the lead during a Doubleback turn
Thu, September 10, 2009 - 8:59 AMYeah, that would need to be a dramatic cue since it takes some impetus to make the second turn (back to the front) and I'd probably be gearing up for the turn before the "1" to do it.
