Ballroom Guide

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N.B. The Commencing Alignments given are those of the Man. From this alignment and the figure itself, the Lady's alignment can be inferred.

Reverse Fleckerl Routine 1

This routine adds to  Bronze Routine 1, in that you will dance Natural Turns around the corners of the rooms and around the short sides, and then dance Reverse Turns only in a straight path down the long sides of the floor. Built upon this, however, is the introduction of Reverse Fleckerls in the centre of the floor.

To dance this routine, commence at the end of a long side, approaching a corner. Dance Natural Turns until you have gotten around the entire short side, then dance a Forward Change. From there, dance Reverse Turns until you reach about 3/4 of the way down the long side, at which point you should dance another Forward Change, and restart the routine. Below is an example of what this routine may look like. Depending on the size of your steps and the size of the floor, you may end up dancing more or fewer Natural Turns or Reverse Turns before you change.

1) The alignment for the Reverse Turns before and after the Fleckerl are abnormal. This is because the Reverse Turns before the Fleckerl must be curved toward the centre of the floor, the Fleckerl must be danced in the centre so as not to disrupt the Line of Dance, and the Reverse Turns thereafter must bring the dancer back to the edge of the floor to continue dancing.

2) The Reverse Turn immediately preceding the Fleckerls must be danced with less force, to allow the transition from strong linear momentum into circular momentum

3) More or fewer Reverse Fleckerls may be danced in succession

5) The exact amount of turn made during the Fleckerls is unimportant. Since they are danced in the centre of the room, they allow for re-entry to the line of dance in any direction, but preferable onto a long side

6) The Back Change may be used instead of the Forward Change

Reverse Fleckerl Routine 2

This routine adds the Reverse Fleckerl to Bronze Routine 2 (the musical routine). The reason is that this routine matches the music perfectly. As discussed in this BGBB article about Musicality and Phrasing, a musical phrase typically comes in a set of eight bars. This routine uses eight bars to dance a Natural Turn and Change, and eight to dance a Reverse Turn and Change, making your dancing more powerful and musical without you having to do anything.

The Reverse Turns that enter into the Fleckerls must be started at the corner of a long side. Therefore, you will continue to dance Natural and Reverse Turns until your change from Natural to Reverse happens to occur in such a location. At that time, you will curve your Reverse Turns toward the centre, and follow with the Fleckerls. If the entire song passes without this opportunity arising (very unlikely), you will not dance the Fleckerls.

1) The alignment for the Reverse Turns before and after the Fleckerl are abnormal. This is because the Reverse Turns before the Fleckerl must be curved toward the centre of the floor, the Fleckerl must be danced in the centre so as not to disrupt the Line of Dance, and the Reverse Turns thereafter must bring the dancer back to the edge of the floor to continue dancing.

2) The Reverse Turn immediately preceding the Fleckerls must be danced with less force, to allow the transition from strong linear momentum into circular momentum

3) The exact amount of turn made during the Fleckerls is unimportant. Since they are danced in the centre of the room, they allow for re-entry to the line of dance in any direction, but preferable onto a long side