....'glides from side to side' and 'predict almost every beat and soul clap' (1982, 38). The predominant 'glide' style is achieved through some core characteristics of posture and movement: rigid upper torso, eyes up and looking forward; weight back and pushing down through the hips on to the heels; moving mostly with feet, with fairly straight legs, to propel oneself across the floor (almost always sideways); arms and hands tend to follow the shifting weight of the dancer, or push against it for expressive counter-point. It is this core competency that signals you as an insider, and not a dance tourist. Many - and at an increasing number of Northern nights, most - dancers limit their dance to these core postures and movements. There are some who do not adopt this predominant style, and I will return to them later in this section.
....'glides from side to side' and 'predict almost every beat and soul clap' (1982, 38). The predominant 'glide' style is achieved through some core characteristics of posture and movement: rigid upper torso, eyes up and looking forward; weight back and pushing down through the hips on to the heels; moving mostly with feet, with fairly straight legs, to propel oneself across the floor (almost always sideways); arms and hands tend to follow the shifting weight of the dancer, or push against it for expressive counter-point. It is this core competency that signals you as an insider, and not a dance tourist. Many - and at an increasing number of Northern nights, most - dancers limit their dance to these core postures and movements. There are some who do not adopt this predominant style, and I will return to them later in this section.
https://wallofsound.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/dancing-northern-soul-style/
Now I understand, why my "Northern Soul" dancing looks like crap. I will work on my core movement :-)
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