Beautiful Plans 4.5: "Arms" Segment Choreography Notes

Choreography (2009) and this documentation (2009) by AutumnWard

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Reference Notes (Arms)

Music:  “Lonely Star by the Sea” (Mosavo/Serpent's Garden)

Note:  In terms of your right arm, outside is clockwise; inside is counterclockwise.

Time Code		Number of Counts	Arms
DVD	MP3
07:18	0:00	…8	Find a basic open position  (lift, hinge forward at the shoulder, drop down, roll your elbows back)
Start with basic technique, both arms
07:24		8, 8, 8…	→ overhead→ open; → forward → open; → low → open … → forward
07:40	0:22	8, 8, 8, 8	→ overhead → forward; → low → forward; circle outside x1; circle inside x1 end forward
Small circles, one arm at a time, outside then inside, high then low
08:04	0:46	8, 8	R then L, small high circle outside:  → overhead → open → forward
08:14		8, 8	R then L, small high circle inside  → open → overhead → forward
08:24		8, 8	R then L:  small low circle outside:  → open → low → forward
08:29		8, 8	R then L:  small low circle inside:  → low → open → forward
Use the arms asymmetrically, basic technique
08:40		8, 8	R arm circles outside while L arm circles inside; R inside and L outside end forward
08:50		16…	→ R open/ L overhead → forward ; → L open/R overhead →forward → R open/L overhead; transition through overhead to mirror on other side; back through overhead to R open/L overhead; R arm → overhead; both push down through the center to low

Broken-line technique

09:06	1:48	8, 8, 8, 8	Both arms moving together:  → open/folkloric;  → overhead → open-fl; → forward-Oriental → open-fl; → low → open-fl → forward-Or
09:25	2:07	8, 8, 8, 8	Both arms moving together:  → overhead → forward-Or; → low → forward-Or; circle outside x1; circle inside x1 end forward-Or
09:43	2:26	8, 8	R then L, small high circle outside:  → overhead → open-fl → forward-Or
09:53		8, 8	R then L, small high circle inside  → open-fl → overhead → forward-Or
10:03	2:46	8 …	Both arms moving together:  small high inside circle; small low outside circle ending in forward-Or
10:11	2:54	8, 8	R then L:  small low circle outside:  → open-fl → low → forward-Or
10:23		8, 8	R then L:  small low circle inside:  → low → open-fl → forward-Or
Use the arms asymmetrically, broken-line technique
10:32	3:15	8, 8	R arm circles outside while L arm circles inside; R inside and L outside end forward-Or
10:42		8, 8	→ R open/ L overhead → forward-Or ; → L open/R overhead →forward-Or; → R low-Or/L overhead→ forward-Or ; L low-Or/R overhead → forward-Or → low
10:53	3:36	8, 8, 8, 8	Both arms:  clockwise circle x 1. 5; CCW circle x 1½ ending low
11:13	3:55	8…	Both arms, small circles:  low inside; high outside; low inside (→ open → forward-Or → overhead → open → forward-Or → low → open)  pulse out x3:  → open, → diagonal → diagonal → R low-Or/L overhead-Or
11:32	4:15	8…	Transition overhead to L low-Or/R overhead-Or Transition through a windmill to the same position on the other side Transition through a windmill back to the original side

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