Ballroom Gesture #2: Sugar pushes

This is another pattern from West Coast Swing, a 'sugar push.' I repeated the same action without a partner, still thinking of these as sketches, but could serve as a movement map for other work, paintings, etc.

Practice: gesture of an underarm turn

Here's a new drawing...the drawing implement is a pair of suede dance shoes, my feet, and loose charcoal. I repeated the same underarm turn motion over and over. Then flipped the image upwards to show the marks out of context to the floor...I think it looks quite floral-explosion-y!

Now I just need huge paper

to do larger ballroom dance patterns!...for now the sketches will be interesting to experiment with...I am hoping for some connection to calligraphy and gesture drawing.