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Underturn/Under Spin**Untidy foot work**Untouchables**Upbeat**Up to Standard**Use of Long Lines
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Underturn/Under Spin**Untidy foot work**Untouchables**Upbeat**Up to Standard**Use of Long Lines
UNDERTURN or UNDER SPIN: Any
amount of turn or spin that is less than 180 degrees or is less than the
amount specified for the turn or spin.
UNTIDY FOOTWORK: Refers to the incorrect placement, positioning or alignment of the feet, i.e. a dancer not bringing his/her feet neatly together in the prescribed technical way at the end of a close; stepping toes pointing outward or inward when they should be facing forward; placing the heel of the foot first when the toe is required; stepping flatfooted instead of pushing in to the floor; dragging the feet when a placement is the correct technique; not aligning the feet during turns or spins or any foot position or placement which gives a ungainly or clumsy appearance (see feet alignment)
UNTIDY ARM and HAND STYLES: Arms that droop or hang limply, or jut out stiffly and dangerously in karate fashion, or cling to a dancer's body (seeplucked chicken); or arms pulled back too far, or too high, swinging overly or any arm lines which create an untidy "artificial limb" picture.
Hands where fingers point rigidly forward, back, left, right, up or down, or curl tightly inward or are spread wide open or any finger arrangement or formation of the fingers which produces or gives an ungainly, artificial line or style (see ball 'n claw).
UNTIDY BODY LINES: Refers to broken body lines caused by a dancer breaking in the waist, protruding the tail, leaning too far back, forward or to the side; tilting the head left, right, back or forward or over-bending the knees - any body line that looks broken or gives an awkward impression or anything other than a balanced stance (see posture).
UNTOUCHABLES:This word refers to dance officials who are in total control but unapproachable to competitors or officials who are seen by dancers as been high and mighty and reluctant to assist.
UPBEAT: Refers to the very beginning of each beat. If a measure is counted 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and... then the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 are considered to be the down-beat, while each 'and' count is the Up-beat and refers to the strongest or accented beats in each measure. In 4/4-time music the downbeats are the 1 and the 3 (The upbeats are 2 and 4).
UP TO STANDARD is a euphemistic phrase used by examiners in some social schools to say; 'your dancing is average, it needs a perk up'.
USE OF LONG LINES is to extra-extend or accentuate open arm and body lines for choreographic and aesthetic effect. These pronounced lines emerge from a compact position flourishing into a complete or full extension of the lines.
