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| Kandykane Dancing |
There are three very confusing turn-in Latin dancing, the chaine turn, the three step turn, the spiral turn (you can check the dance glossary here).
The execution of each is given below:
Chaine turn:
- 1/2 turn towards the stepping foot,
- usually takes half beat for each step.
Three step turn:
- one full turn towards the stepping foot,
- usually on the second step of a 3-step set,
- usually takes half beat.
Spiral turn:
- one full turn opposite the stepping foot,
- the turn will twist the legs,
- usually takes two counts either half-half beat or one-one beat.
For all turns:
- All turning and spinning technique should be applied.
- Posture and weight distribution are necessary.
A little tips to dance the turns:
Each turn itself is an individual action, such action will be incorporated with others to form patterns. It can also be used to advance the syllabus step, to make your dancing more interesting. We need to always remember that, figures are not our dances, they are essential reference for our dancing and thus can be varied to help our presentation. The musicality and character of individual dance should remain while incorporating turns and spins.
It is also important to note that the turns can be used in all different kinds of dance (ballroom, jazz or others) but not only Latin Dancing (despite our title here is for Latin Dance).
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