In our fifth lesson we combined our rhythmic proficiency with our growing skill in walking and introduced the proper double time step in the forward walk. The main difficulty here is always the expectation (mainly on the leaders' part) that this is going to be difficult. The main cure is keeping one's cool. Slow and steady does it, and that goes for the women, too. The follower should not try to anticipate and "help" by being quick - just the opposite is the right way of doing it. Stay calm, don't be quicker than you need to be, maintain posture and connection.
The length and timing of the quick steps are being communicated by the twist of the torso - our usual countermovement, as we use it in any other step, no matter its length or speed. With our slow-quick-quick-slow pattern we use the same speed with our torso movement - a long, slow turn of the shoulders for the slow steps, a quick and short movement for the quick ones.
Remember to make the quick steps short lest you start running about. Half the length of the normal step preceding them is about right for the two quick steps.
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