How Steps terminate in Positions .
When a
Step
terminates in a
Position
, there ought to be no Foot at the end of it, because the half
Position
, to which it is join’d, serves for that.
| A Step to the first Position forwards. | The same backwards. | A Step to the third Position forwards. | The same backwards. | A Step to the third Position before. | The same behind. |
| A rising Step on both Feet in the Second Postion. | A Spring on both Feet in the Second Postion. | A Rise on both Feet in the fourth Position. | A Spring on both Feet in the fourth Position. | A Rise on both Feet in the fifth Position. | A Spring on both Feet in the fifth Position. |
A Position at the end of a Step, may be also known by adding to the Step a half Position, because the Representation of the Foot, which is at the Extremity of the Step, is made Use of, upon this Occasion, for a half Position; and a half Position join’d to it, is the same as a whole Position.
A join’d Step.
An inclos’d Step.
The Same Rule must be observ’d in beaten Steps, viz. That the half Position represents the Foot, against which the other beats; and whereby you may know whether the Beat be made on the Instep, behind the Heel, against the Ankle, or against the side of the Foot.
| A Beat on the Instep. | A Beat behind. | A Beat on the Instep, and a move behind. | A Beat behind and before. | A Beat above and below. | The same four times. |
| A Beat on the Ankle. | A beat 4 times on the Ankle, & behind the Heel. | A Beat sidewards, moving forwards. | The same backwards. | The same twice, moving forwards. | The same, moving backwards. |
You must observe, that when two Steps terminate both in the same Position, the first moves without any regard to the Position, and it is the last only that must observe the said Position; as the following Examples will demonstrate.
To move the right Foot forwards, and join the left.
To move the right Foot forwards, and inclose in the left behind.