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Annotated Library of Open Standard Figures


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Chapter 1 - Chapter 2 - Chapter 3 - Chapter 4 - Chapter 5 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 7 - Chapter 8 - Chapter 9 - Chapter 10


Chapter 1
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-Swing (7:55)

-Flight (8:11)

-Posture (8:32)

-Hold (8:50)

-Leading and Following (9:07)

-Side Leading (9:26)

-Contra Body Movement Position (9:44)

-Forward and Across in CBMP (10:03)

-Promenade Position (10:24)

-Conter Promenade Position (10:38)

-Fallaway Position (10:56)

-Counter Fallaway Position (11:11)

-Outside Partner (11:28)

-Outside Partner on Left Side (11:41)

-Same Foot Position (11:57)

-Knee Flexion (12:18)

-Toe Turned in (12:35)

-Pivot (12:51)

-Open Toe Pivot (13:08)

-Spin Action (13:26)

-Swivel (13:46)

-Inverted Swivel (14:05)

-Open Heel Pivot (14:24)

-Slip Pivot (14:38)

-Heel Turn (14:52)

-Heel Pull (15:10)

-Contra Body Motion (15:30)

-Sway (15:50)

-Linear Sway (16:13)

-Body Inclination (16:34)

-Metronome Action (16:54)

-Head Weight (17:16)


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Chapter 2
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-Running Spin Turn (17:52)

-Running Weave (19:58)

-Running Feather (21:46)

-Running Feather from PP (23:22)

-Side Cross (25:05)

-Side Cross from PP (26:52)

-Synchopated Side Cross (28:28)

-Double Side Cross (30:04)

-1-3 Weave from CPP to Fallaway (33:05)

-Fallaway Whisk from PP (34:52)

-Quick Open Telemark from PP (34:52)

-Quick Open Natural Telemark from PP (39:34)

-Quick Weave from PP (42:56)

-Curved Three Step (44:18)

-Curved Three Step from PP (45:44)


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Chapter 3
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-Tumble Turn (47:33)

-Overspin from Double Reverse Spin (48:46)

-Overspin from Double Natural Spin (50:10)

-Promenade Pivot from Overturned Reverse Swivel (51:34)

-Chasse Roll to Left (53:04)

-Chasse Roll to Right (54:42)

-Big Top (56:16)

-Telespin (57:42)

-Telespin from PP (59:13)

-Teleswivel (60:46)

-Teleswivel from PP (62:26)

-Quick Open Natural & Outside Spin (64:08)

-Turning Lock to Right to Pivot (65:43)


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Chapter 4
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-Standing Spin to Left (67:18)

-Standing Spin to Right (69:14)

-Reverse Impetus (71:22)

-Reverse Impetus to CPP (72:42)


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Chapter 5
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-Checked Natural Turn (74:17)

-Checked Reverse Turn (75:34)

-Checked Weave to Open Toe Pivot (76:46)

-Traveling Contra Check to PP (78:40)

-Hover to PP from Oversway Shape (80:07)

-Hover Cross to PP (82:06)

-Hover Cross with Weave Ending (83:58)

-Hover Cross into Natural Weave (85:52)

-Hover Cross into Same Foot Lunge (87:33)


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Chapter 6
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-Left Side Forward Swivel (00:04)

-Right Side Forward Swivel (1:46)

-Inverted Swivel to Developé (3:10)

-Dropped Rondé from a Turning Lock (4:56)

-Rudolf Fallaway from a Natural Pivot (6:50)

-Rondé Twist Turn (8:32)

-Leg Hook (10:13)


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Chapter 7
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-Extended Weave (12:08)

-Four Feathers (13:56)

-Three Fallaways (15:58)

-Three Fallaways turning Left-Right-Left (18:02)

-Hover to PP from Feather Finish (20:08)

-Traveling Hover Cross Action to Feather Step (22:03)

-Hover Cross Action to Extended Weave Ending (23:43)


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Chapter 8
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-Turning Five Step from Same Foot Lunge (25:43)

-Double Chase from PP (26:56)

-Quarter Beats (28:43)

-Back Checks from PP (30:09)

-Lock Step in PP (31:45)

-Side Cross from PP (33:12)

-Fan (In & Out) Action from PP (34:30)

-Left Side Walks (35:54)

-Spanish Drag (37:16)

-Stop Lock to Lock Action & 4-6 Syncopated Basic Reverse Turn (38:48)


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Chapter 9
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-Pepperpot (40:31)

-Scatter (Continuous) Chasses to Right (41:53)

-Scatter (Continuous) Chasses to Left (43:19)

-Pendulum Points (44:46)

-Woodpecker Actions (45:57)

-Stutter Chasses to Hover (47:19)

-Running Fishtail from PP (48:53)

-Bounce Locks (50:17)

-Rocket (51:42)

-Left Side Runs to PP from Open Natural Turn (53:02)

-Scissor Kicks (54:42)

-Tipsy to Side Check, Back Check & Oversway (55:55)


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Chapter 10
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-Oversway (57:18)

-Oversway from PP (59:11)

-Throwaway Oversway (60:54)

-Hinge (62:53)

-Tilt Oversway (64:24)

-Inverted Throwaway Oversway (65:51)

-Right Lunge (67:50)

-Same Foot Lunge (69:46)

-Right Hinge (71:46)

-Opposition Point to Left from PP (73:34)

-Opposition Point to Right from PP (75:35)

-Eros Line (77:21)

-Left Lunge (79:03)

-Chair from PP (80:37)

-Whiplash from PP (82:11)

-Developé to Leg Hook from Oversway Shape (83:35)

-X Line (85:48)


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