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On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Benjamin Ford Asriel. I'm with Dance Lab NYC here at
Stepping Out Studios. And today, we'll be talking about post modern dance. Great, so,
here's another position that is often used in release work. This is an "X". This is I
think from log on. And in this position, you want to feel your spine is vertical. You're
And you can just notice that, there's one line from you right arm through your left
leg. And there's another line from your left arm through your right leg. So you're creating
a big, giant "X" on the ground. And some things that are useful from this position are, side
curves. So, I'm just going to bring my right elbow to my right knee and that's going to
curve my body to the right. And, I can feel the length of my left side. Similarly, I can
retrograde that or reverse that back to an "X". So on the left side, I can bring my left
elbow to my left knee, and then I can extend my right side long. And this is the beginning
of a roll. So you're just going to move your left side together, move your right side,
and roll onto your knees.