LITTLE USED POSITIONS
& FIGURES 
Round dancers are always clamoring for increased variety in
their dancing. "Give me something new," they will say. "Something
different; something exciting and challenging. Something with a thrill."
Well, here are just a few positions and picture figures that
might be used more often. The position below might be called a
Cantilever.
As round dancers, we want to try to imagine the choreography.
What would be a good entry figure? Perhaps you have just done a Same
Foot Lunge. The cuer tells us to rise and then lower to a Cantilever.
He draws himself up, she changes weight, stepping against his
supporting foot. She does a little leg crawl and he crosses left over
right, taking her right ankle and retaining lead hand hold. They then
lean back, away from each other, into the Cantilever.
What if the next cue is, "Extend?" Oh dear. It seems as though
all our principles about "supporting our own weight" have gone out the
window.
Well, let's rise to a Hover Telemark. He's certainly going to
have to haul her up with a strong left arm, rotating a little left face
(woman right face). I'm not as convinced that this was a good idea,
after all.
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