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Butterfly

2008-02-11T16:02:59Z

Kitri:

== BUTTERFLY ==

Variation of the move "[[Crosskeys]]". Also often used as a Synonyme for "[[Entrechat]]".

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 08:01, 11 February 2008 (PST)

Butterfly

2008-02-11T16:02:19Z

Kitri:

== BUTTERFLY ==

Variation of the move "[[Crosskey]]". Also often used as a Synonyme for "[[Entrechat]]".

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 08:01, 11 February 2008 (PST)

Butterfly

2008-02-11T16:02:03Z

Kitri:

== BUTTERFLY ==

Variation of the move "[[Crosskey]]". Also often used as a Synonyme for "[[Entrechat]]".

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 08:01, 11 February 2008 (PST)

Butterfly

2008-02-11T16:01:39Z

Kitri:

Variation of the move "[[Crosskey]]". Also often used as a Synonyme for "[[Entrechat]]".

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 08:01, 11 February 2008 (PST)

Crosskeys

2008-02-11T16:00:14Z

Kitri: /* Variations */

A Crosskey is a very traditional Irish Dance move that can be done in many different ways - Heavy or Softshoes, on the floor or in the air, with a click, two clicks, or even without.

== Basic Execution ==

1. Stand on your toes, ankles locked. (You might start in a toestand in Heavy Shoes)

[[Image:crosskeys1.jpg]]

2. Turn your feet IN and put your heels on the floor.

[[Image:crosskeys2.jpg]]

3. Turn back leg back out while stepping behind with former front foot.

[[Image:crosskeys.jpg]]

[http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4def9jq Full Video Demo]

The Basic Crosskey is done both in Heavy and Softshoes.

== Variations ==

''[[Butterfly]]:'' The Butterfly is the jumped Softshoe version of the crosskey, in the original meaning. Today, the name is also used for the Irish Dance version of an [[Entrechat]]. Execute like the basic floor version, imagining to do a full ankle roll with each foot (i.e. 1. pointing down 2. toes in 3. flex 4. point down again 5. landing).

''Crosskey with clicks:'' Can be done with either 1 or 2 clicks. Execute the jump version as described above, but as the toes are turned in (2), hit your tips together (1st sound), and as you point down again (4), hit your heels together (2nd sound).

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 07:59, 11 February 2008 (PST)

Crosskeys

2008-02-11T15:59:19Z

Kitri:

A Crosskey is a very traditional Irish Dance move that can be done in many different ways - Heavy or Softshoes, on the floor or in the air, with a click, two clicks, or even without.

== Basic Execution ==

1. Stand on your toes, ankles locked. (You might start in a toestand in Heavy Shoes)

[[Image:crosskeys1.jpg]]

2. Turn your feet IN and put your heels on the floor.

[[Image:crosskeys2.jpg]]

3. Turn back leg back out while stepping behind with former front foot.

[[Image:crosskeys.jpg]]

[http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4def9jq Full Video Demo]

The Basic Crosskey is done both in Heavy and Softshoes.

== Variations ==

''Butterfly:'' The Butterfly is the jumped Softshoe version of the crosskey, in the original meaning. Today, the name is also used for the Irish Dance version of an [[Entrechat]]. Execute like the basic floor version, imagining to do a full ankle roll with each foot (i.e. 1. pointing down 2. toes in 3. flex 4. point down again 5. landing).

''Crosskey with clicks:'' Can be done with either 1 or 2 clicks. Execute the jump version as described above, but as the toes are turned in (2), hit your tips together (1st sound), and as you point down again (4), hit your heels together (2nd sound).

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 07:59, 11 February 2008 (PST)

File:Crosskeys.jpg

2008-02-11T15:48:22Z

Kitri:

File:Crosskeys2.jpg

2008-02-11T15:47:55Z

Kitri:

Crosskeys

2008-02-11T15:47:35Z

Kitri:

A Crosskey is a very traditional Irish Dance move that can be done in many different ways - Heavy or Softshoes, on the floor or in the air, with a click, two clicks, or even without.

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== Basic Execution ==

1. Stand on your toes, ankles locked.

[[Image:crosskeys1.jpg]]

2. Turn your feet IN and put your heels on the floor.

[[Image:crosskeys2.jpg]]

3. Turn back leg back out while stepping behind with former front foot.

[[Image:crosskeys.jpg]]

[http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4def9jq Full Video Demo]

Crosskeys

2008-02-11T15:46:42Z

Kitri:

A Crosskey is a very traditional Irish Dance move that can be done in many different ways - Heavy or Softshoes, on the floor or in the air, with a click, two clicks, or even without.

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== Basic Execution ==

1. Stand on your toes, ankles locked.

[[Image:crosskeys1.jpg]]

2. Turn your feet IN and put your heels on the floor.

[[Image:http://i17.tinypic.com/47tx4zq.jpg]]

3. Turn back leg back out while stepping behind with former front foot.

[[Image:http://i19.tinypic.com/44vxmv8.jpg]]

[http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4def9jq Full Video Demo]

File:Crosskeys1.jpg

2008-02-11T15:45:52Z

Kitri:

Crosskeys

2008-02-11T15:44:22Z

Kitri:

A Crosskey is a very traditional Irish Dance move that can be done in many different ways - Heavy or Softshoes, on the floor or in the air, with a click, two clicks, or even without.

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== Basic Execution ==

1. Stand on your toes, ankles locked.

[[Image:http://i14.tinypic.com/30at3ed.jpg]]

2. Turn your feet IN and put your heels on the floor.

[[Image:http://i17.tinypic.com/47tx4zq.jpg]]

3. Turn back leg back out while stepping behind with former front foot.

[[Image:http://i19.tinypic.com/44vxmv8.jpg]]

[http://video.tinypic.com/player.php?v=4def9jq Full Video Demo]

Treble

2008-02-11T15:34:55Z

Kitri:

== '''TREBLE''' ==

Basic Heavy Shoe move in Irish Step Dancing.

Synonyms: Treble, [[Rally]], [[Shuffle]], [[Emerly]], [[Batter]]

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'''Execution''' ==

Brush the ball of the front foot out to the front and back, creating 2 sounds - which should have rather a "hitting" character than a "brushing" character.

Trebles can be done in any Heavy Shoe dance, in numerous varations of speed, timing and location of "trebling foot".

==
'''Variations''' ==

''Fast Treble:'' Fast Trebles are an advanced variation of the combination "(down) treble hop step". While in the usual execution, there would always be the same time interval between the beats (1-2-3-4-5), in Fast Trebles, the first beat is syncopated - meaning it lasts longer than the rest of the beats, but the combination still fills the same timespan as the slow version. The rhythm changes into "1 --- 2345". Fast Trebles can be done in front, font to back, underneath ("Back Treble"), and back to front.

''Back Treble:'' Another advanced version of "treble hop step". Back Trebles are executed underneath the "standing leg" (which at that moment is in the air performing a "hop").
Execution: 1. hop up on your standing leg 2. while in the air, treble your acting leg under the elevated standing leg 3. land on your standing leg 4. put down active leg behind (say: "treble hop back")

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--[[User:Kitri|Kitri]] 07:34, 11 February 2008 (PST)