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How to do hop backs in Irish step dance. Beginning with the right foot the dancer lifts the leg,
extends it, bends it, and places it down behind with a slight hop. We'll look at that again
on the right foot. Lifts the leg, bends it, replaces it behind. Then alternates onto the
left side. Lift the left leg, bend it, place it behind.
A series of hop backs looks like this right leg, left leg, right leg, left leg and trying
hop backs a little more slowly you can see how the dancer first extends and then bends
the leg. This is also known as a envelope in classical ballet. Always returning to the
balls of the feet. If we watch that from the side angle you can see how the motion is almost
like peddling a bicycle backward. Right leg, left leg, right leg, left leg. With each landing
of the hop the dancer returns to the balls of the feet never lowering the heals throughout
the series of hop backs.
How to do hop backs in Irish dance.