ABSTRACT
RETENTION OF WEIGHT DURING A LEG GESTURE As the action of both legs gesturing simultaneously takes the performer into the air, we need to consider the effect of an indication of just one leg gesture. '" Because the rule that a gap in both support columns means a spring, (as presented in Chapter 7), IS0a must start with a spring off both feet, the right leg rising sideward, the left leg having no important gesture. The landing on count 2 is on the right foot. From there, you spring off the right foot as the left leg gestures sideward, the landing is then on the left foot; the right leg having no specific gesture. Compare this with IS0b, which states the weight remains on the left foot on count 1; as a result, there is no spring. When the right foot takes all the weight in place on count 2, the left foot is then free of weight as a result. This pattern is then repeated on the other side. Fig IS0c is similar except that weight is held on the left foot on count 2 so the closing is with weight on both feet.
