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Title: Backward Passing Change 
Natural to Reverse
Level: (-) (ISTD), (IDTA)
Timing: (123)
Rotation: Up to ⅛ to Right

Title: Backward Passing Change 
Reverse to Natural
Level: (-) (ISTD), (IDTA)
Timing: (123)
Rotation: Up to ⅛ to Left
Notes
The Backward Passing Changes are not part of the ISTD or IDTA syllabi. They are listed in the Associate Syllabus (Bronze) of our 1966 edition of The Revised Technique by Alex Moore, and together with the 
Double Natural Spin, are the only two figures that have been removed from the Waltz. 

The Backward Passing Changes consist of three steps Backwards for the Man (Lady: Forwards) and were originally designed to follow 
1-3 Natural Turn and 1-3 Reverse Turn respectively. 

Amount of Turn
The charts for the Backward Passing Changes list the amount of turn as 1/8. However, several of the advanced amalgamations listed a rotation of 1/4.

Nomenclature
The Backward Passing Change Natural to Reverse is also referred to as 
LF Backward Passing Change, and the Backward Passing Change Reverse to Natural is also referred to as the RF Backward Passing Change.

Video Example 1
Notes
-4A shows the Left Foot Backward Passing Change (Natural to 
       Reverse), with 4-6 Reverse Turn. 
-4B shows the Right Foot Backward Passing Change (Reverse to 
       Natural), with 4-6 Natural Turn.

If you know of other Dance Organizations that use this figure, please let us know.

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Pre-Bronze
1. Closed Changes
2. Natural Turn
3. Reverse Turn
4. Natural Spin Turn
5. Whisk
6. Chassé from PP
Bronze
7. Closed Impetus
8. Hesitation Change
9. Outside Change
10. Reverse Corté
11. Back Whisk
12. Basic Weave
13. Double Reverse Spin
14. Reverse Pivot
15. Back Lock
16. Progressive Chassé to Right
Silver
17. Weave from PP
18. Closed Telemark
19. Open Telemark
20. Open Impetus
21. Cross Hesitation
22. Wing
23. Outside Spin
24. Turning Lock to Left
25. Drag Hesitation

Gold
26. Left Whisk
27. Contra Check
28. Closed Wing
29. Turning Lock to Right
30. Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot
31. Hover Corté
32. Fallaway Whisk
Additional Figures
33. Forward Lock Step
34. Fallaway Natural Turn
35. Running Spin Turn
36. Quick Natural Spin Turn
37. Open Natural Turn from PP


Former Syllabus Figures
-Backward Passing Changes
-Double Natural Turn

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
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