What is the difference between a telemark and a telespin? Specifically it is challenging to do the telemark if the follower does not connect away perfectly and help you spin around the corner. I found your Tele spin video and it Appears the extra momentum of a telespin may solve the problem if your partner is not good at connecting away and the leader can still get around the corner and stay on time.

It seems that a Tele spin you accelerate the passing spin portion by bringing the arm around the Leaders back. Anyway, it would be helpful to understand the difference between these two spins and where To use one over the other? Thanks in advance.

During social dancing Are there any cool ways to get to that cross and grab position other than just starting with the leaders right to follow her right and ask for the other hand over the top?

Thank you. Great explanation on the over rotation.

Is there a lead difference (considering you have the right hand to right hand below and left hand to left hand on top) To either lead a bowtie or roll in to a sweetheart position? Basically, I sometimes confuse my partner and they don’t know whether to rotate tremendously as in a bowtie or just go to the Sweetheart position.

At 5:20 where the leader grabs the followers left hand with his left hand how do you get to that position in the dance?

Yes, those videos sound like a good idea to watch. I’ve tried to watch a few videos describing how not to look like an idiot. Lol.

Nice video. It appears the closer you get to the lead hand the more stable you have to be so you can lead your partner without confusing them. It seems like the freedom occurs mainly in the hips and the stance to accent the dance patterns and create the dance “feel”. It would be helpful to see other moves in the context of fluid connected dancing.

Thank you for the video. The higher level dancers have been suggesting I get outside of the structure and begin to feel the dance. This video gave me some good suggestions.

I just subscribed and I’m loving all your more in-depth videos on this website. I’m having one major problem which I feel I shouldn’t be having.   Not sure how to explain it, but it’s the starter step.   I feel pretty solid maintaining connection in the starter step itself, but trying to move from that into any other pattern I lose my connection and can’t lead my partner with connection into the dance movement.   I think in the video you assume idiots like me can just naturally apply the tuck turn, spin, and automatically from the closed position of the starter step.  

The only  starter step I can maintain my connection with my partner is the following pattern.  After the triple step to the left followed by the rock step followed by the right step forward, spinning on my right foot, turning my partner the opposite direction which lead leads to the sugar push. Everything else I lose complete connection and fumble my way to some type of anchor step in which  regain my connection.