Medallist steps - Australia

[Lioness]

Does anyone know what steps in the book Bronze, silver, and gold medallists are allowed to do?

In competitions I've been in, Bronze has usually been the first 8. From which book, I don't know.

Also, is there an online copy of the names of the steps. We want to start to put together a Waltz and quickstep routine for next year, as well as some latin.

[elisedance]

love to see a comparision of your syllabus compared to ours...

[Lioness]

From what I've read on DF, our bronze is equivalent to your pre-bronze.

[elisedance]

Ah.  Maybe we should have a topic on this in the general dance area - comparision of medalist/syllabus steps...

[mummsie]

I have the list somewhere - I had to learn them for my Level O certificate. Will try and find where I have put them. mummsie

[Lioness]

Thanks Mummsie ^_^

[mummsie]

Hi Lioness,  I think this is what you need.  Basically bronze is what we have to learn for level 0.  The steps are taken from Alex Moore's book:
Waltz
Bronze
Closed Change
Natural Turn
Reverse Turn
Natural spin turn
Whisk
Chasse from Promenade Position

Silver as above plus
Outside Change
Natural Hesitation Change
Reverse Corte
Double Reverse Spin
Back Whisk
Progressive Chasse to right
Basic  Weave
Reverse Pivot
Closed Impetus  turn

Quickstep

Bronze
Quarter turns to left and right
Natural turn
natural turn with hesitation
natural spin turn
progressive chasse
forward lock
backward lock
chasse reverse turn
running finish

silver as above plus
natural pivot turn
tipple chasse to right
zig zag and back lock
reverse pivot
cross chasse
double reverse spin
change of direction
progressive chasse to right
closed impetis turn
natural turn and back lock

Cha cha

Bronze
Basic movements both closed and open
spot turns right, left and under arm turns to right and left
new york from open pp and cpp
hand to hand
fan
hockey stick
alemana
3 chas in any direction
natural top
natural opening out movement

silver - add
shoulder to shoulder
time step
cross basic
hip twists - close, closed, open position and open cpp
aida
spiral
cuban break in open position and open cpp
sweethearts
curl
hip twist spiral closed, open

Samba

bronze
basic movement natural, reverse and alternative
outside basic
whisks to right and left
sambe walks - promanade, side and stationary
boto fogos forward backward travelling pp and cpp, and shadow
volta's simple to right left criss cross travelling solos pota volta turns to right and left

silver

rocks close, closed open and backward
progressive basic
reverse turn
natural roll
corta jaca'bota fogos in contra'volta's - maypole, volta spot turn to right or left for lady, continuous volta spot turns to right or left, circular voltas to right or left, roundabout, voltas in shadow position on same foot travlling to right or left

jive

bronze
basic in place
basic fallaway (fallaway rock)
change of place right to left and left to right
link
whip
throwaway whip
promenade walks
american spin
change of hands behind back
fallaway throwaway'

silver
change of place rich to left with double spin
overturned change of place left to right
curly whip
double cross whip
overturned fallaway throwaway
windmill
spanish arms
stop and go'ball change with flick or hesitation
simple spin

Don't guarantee this is 100% accurate but it should be fairly accurate   mummise

[Lioness]

Awesome! I'll show the list to DP and our teachers and we can get started.

Last year we put a silver figure in our bronze routine...oops. It was a hip twist.

[ZPomeroy]

In Melbourne the only competition that really cares about specific syllabus steps is Crown, and even then it's only for bronze...

Zac

[elisedance]

so you could doa throwaway-oversway in silver and no one would comment?

[ZPomeroy]

Ah i stand corrected. "Competitors in the following events are not permitted to use figures other than those
defined in the "Restricted Syllabus" as set and published by DSA:
a) Novice events." got myself all confused, i think i had a blonde moment

Zac

[elisedance]

Its one thing having a rule, its another whether it is applied.  Maybe you were right the first time..

[Lioness]

I'd rather run on the safe side than get disqualified.

[ZPomeroy]

You wouldn't get disqualified the first use, generally what happens is if a judge does disqualify you then you are called up to the front area and told that your routine has steps in it that are not in the syllabus, so you get a warning first off.

Zac

[QPO]

yes you must get warned. but then your coach should know the syllabus and not put those steps in the routine. When we started our coach checked the book and worked out a routine from that.