ABSTRACT
Notes on reading. In performing 39b, (c) and (d), the understanding is that, before count 1, the right foot is lifted free in order to prepare for the step in place on count 1. Weight should be transferred completely from one foot to the other. At the end of the step, when weight is only on one foot, the other is free, just clear of the ground, as in ordinary walking. Because these steps are in place, the free leg will be in place, bent with the foot under the hip. After a directional step, the free leg remains passively in the direction from which you came. For a forward step, unless other wise indicated, the free leg will remain backward, relaxed, slightly flexed with the foot slightly off the floor. In middle and high level the knees are not stiff; the natural pliancy in stepping is understood.
