Lorraine Barry lecture at BDFI UK Congress 2013

[@mercuriapenelope]

How informative. Always wondered about the mechanics so beautifully explained here.

[@rogelee-TW]

10:00 2 shoulders are not always in the same vertical plan, they are alternately forward and backward as counter balancing.

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32:15, it’s all about knowing your body and knowing how to make the beautiful actions.

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8:00, Tailbone as the center for frontal and sway plan activities. 8:30, Above the Sacrum, Around the waist area is the center of rotation, and has the effect to the rest of the body.

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31:30 Chasse from Whisk, I like the man driving the energy from the back and slightly back to allow the lady to swing forward. Don’t cut in lady’s path.

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11:00 Dancer body weight and stance is “slides toward” the ball of the foot.

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1:30, A complete dancer is based on the correct technique(the technique book), and the understanding of our body(the body mechanics), put on the artistic, then becomes your personal style.

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26:00, not just 1 picture, the body is designed to be free of many pictures in dancing.

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30:00, Center is the whole area between waistline and ribcage, including the back.

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16:00, Awareness of the activities in the spine is vital for a dancer.

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4:40 Pushing down to rise, Pushing up to lower.

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2:00, The personalized style is created upon the body mechanic and the proven technique of the former champions.

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25:00 It’s ok to lower the arm for avoiding bumping into others.

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21:00, man is the designer of the dance, lady helps the designer to do what he want to do. So the man needs to be very clear in leading himself in what his doing, and allow the lady to accomplish his leading.

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The tail bone is used in sway plan as well.

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31:00, It's all about understand your body, all about beautiful actions that make the beautiful silhouette and figures....

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14:00, The Postural Spine, from the bra line to the big bone in-line with the shoulders. lady’s top line the head line is coming from the foot pressure, with the feeling of forward pressure up to the posture line.

[@vincenzopetrillo2428]

An Amazing Lady!

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26:00 The boundary of sway is balance.

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26:00, body is there to be used in many style, not stiffed in 1 style, but not to be abused either.

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30:55 I am on the man, not trying to produce myself…. I am on the man’s frame and I am assisting him.

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6:00 Warm up and Loose the hip joints.

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17:00 Lady’s head 10 o’clock guideline.

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3:00, Use the feet and floor, push away or pull in the floor. Feet must be relaxed in the shoes.

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31:00 I am on his frame, and assist him to do whatever he wanted to do....

[@bobwright3438]

Victor Sylvestor stated "Natural Movement"

[@rogelee-TW]

41 years of dance.

[@rogelee-TW]

Be aware of your body and use it in the way to produce beautiful actions, including lower the arm Floorcraft reason...

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27:30 Lady is assisting the man, not and never helping the man.

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22:00 The SPINE is on the BACK. Focus on the back of the spine, see how the 2 spines are working in harmony.

[@bobbidazzler1343]

Loraine has a very unique sounding accent. Where is she from? X

[@mavsworld1733]

She's British, but lived in America for a long time, her accent is a British one that has been Americanized. If you watch older videos of her she has a much more obviously British accent; check out this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5S1fImVrdSgo9E to see her original accent.

[@philiposhea5285]

She was born in Dublin, Ireland. Strangely I find the Irish accent more clearly noticeable in this video than in the video cited ("her original accent").