Sounds about right😆

At the hip? Or the foot?

@@Ikaikadowsett I’ll go with both. I have tight hips. I can train myself by doing lots of stretching/strength training to get some level of improvement. For the feet, again, it takes training to get turnout. Some people do have it naturally, but I’d say most don’t.

@@mamboqueen999 it’s hard to say. The literature seems to suggest a small amount of turnout at the foot is common “The normal FPA is an out-toeing angle of the foot that ranges from 5 ° in children11 to 13 ° in adults.” Foot progression angle is slight in most people.

@@Ikaikadowsett I’ve also seen a lot of people who are “ding-toed”, having turn-in. I guess when we say turnout, I’m thinking of the optimal for latin dance….which of course depends on one’s opinion.

@@mamboqueen999 yes of course :)

Thank you for the comment :)

Agree 100% :)

Interesting. Can you say more?

Yes probably not :). Although it may be cheaper for some if you consider the effect per unit of consumption :).

Thanks for the comment. Yes it’s possible ballroom is no different than anything else in that matter.

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Hi there, thanks for the comment. Which sort of ancillary costs do you mean?

@@Ikaikadowsett general costs from the organizers, costs for hair, dress, makeup (which, let’s face it, judges are harsh about- even in bronze), etc. The “normal” person will spend 600.00 for 1 set of singles, a multi dance, and entry to ballroom. For 15 minutes of dancing in a competition, it’s still hard to stomach. Then 200.00 for hair and makeup, and 300.00 to rent a dress. Without teacher costs. I hate to say it but many new dancers are going to West Coast Swing comps where it’s 200.00 for a full weekend of dancing. It would be lovely for ballroom to build a more accessible opportunity to build to the BIG expense comps. I’m impressed with how WCS has thousands come in a weekend (we have 3 in our area yearly) and the pros invite newbies all the time to dance. I love ballroom, but there are other models that are far more inviting to “regular folk”…

@@LeeWender Yes a fair critique of the current state of things👍

@@Ikaikadowsett in my idealistic thinking, the organizers could create a “ no-frills” New to ballroom category that would halve the entries, and allow no costumes or extra expenses (yes, actually not allow them to add the glam stuff), for one year. Truly a “bring in the regular people”… 🤗

Thank you guy for weighing in !

Thanks for the comment! Should’ve been in the description! Fixed!

Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it and that you found it valuable.

Hi there :) We should be releasing it soon. Just that we are sort of backlogged at the moment. Make sure you have the bell on so that you are notified of new uploads!

Thank you for the comment :)

Thanks for the comment. Do you think aesthetics are subjective?

I hear what you are saying, however I think most people, not even necessarily dance educated people, know what is tasteful. If not, we have judges to keep that on track.

@@warreneaton19 fair enough! :)

Thanks Dan! :)

Love Mayo sooo much. He is the kindest person, and analyzes things so perfectly. ❤

@@LeeWender he’s great! Thanks for the comment :)

Thank you for leaving a comment. Glad you enjoyed

Opposition can certainly certainly be an attractive thing. I'm curious to see where all the different partnering combinations go over the next decade as the exploration continues.

Thanks Oleg!

Some good questions here. Thanks

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Great point Lee. Thank you for the comment :)

Very cool!

Thanks for the correction :)

I believe it meant it wasn’t a WDC Congress? I’ll have to rewatch to make sure.

His remarks were homophobic and offensive !!!

Glad you enjoyed :)

Does that count as playing politics?

Here I wholly agree with you. It IS painfully clear why dancers would do that, but then there’s also a price to pay for degrading oneself so. Donnie’s “answer” is a non-answer. He knows, and he knows that we know it too, but still acts like his audience is stupid. Ok then

@@ficklefialka309 Totally agree! They just play the game! Sad

Hi Sunnie:) Yes I can do that. Any particular angle/category of the conflict you’re curious about?

@@Ikaikadowsett Awesome Ikaika! The whole dumpster fire is interesting. Your channel is the bomb & great historic resource for future dancers.

@@TheBallroomDanceChannel I’ll get to work on it :)

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Generally, I think that would be a step in the right direction. Do you think it'd still be possible for camps to still form, even with that change?

At whom?

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Nice. You'll have to link me to your post

Sorry I missed this. Thanks Sunnie! Wanted a place where (among other things) we can discuss the things that don't get discussed.

Thanks for leaving a comment David!

@@Ikaikadowsett Sure. Thank you for your work!

Thanks for engaging!

@@Ikaikadowsett Thank YOU!

Thanks!

of course you love water

I feel the same way too.

Thank you Clint! Will keep working on it👍feel free to share also if you think others might find it valuable!