Reverse Wave
- Level
- Silver (ISTD); Bronze (IDTA)
- Timing
- (SQQ SQQ SSS)
- Rotation
- Up to ⅝ to L and ⅜ to R
1-6 Reverse Wave
- Level
- Silver (ISTD); Bronze (IDTA)
- Timing
- (SQQ SQQ)
- Rotation
- Up to ⅝ to Left
1-8 Reverse Wave
- Level
- Silver (ISTD); (-)(IDTA)
- Timing
- (SQQ SQQ SS)
- Rotation
- Up to ⅝ to L and ⅜ to R
1-4 Reverse Wave
- Level
- Silver (ISTD); Bronze (IDTA)
- Timing
- (SQQS)
- Rotation
- Up to ½ to Left
Click here for the Extended Reverse Wave.
Notes
The ISTD and IDTA disagree about the role of the Reverse Wave in Foxtrot.
Older editions of the ISTD syllabus and the current IDTA syllabus list it as a Bronze figure -- the latter also makes it the entry for the Basic Weave.
The ISTD, by contrast, lists the Reverse Wave as a Silver figure throughout.
There are four principle variants of the Reverse Wave:
1. Reverse Wave consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ), a Back Three Step (SQQ), and
4-6 Natural Turn (Heel Pull)(SSS)
2. 1-6 Reverse Wave consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ) and Back Three Step (SQQ) into
Closed Impetus, Open Impetus, or Back Feather (this would be an Extended Reverse Wave).
3. 1-8 Reverse Wave consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ), a Back Three Step (SQQ), and
4-5 Natural Turn (Heel Pull)(SS) into a Hover Feather.
4. 1-4 Reverse Wave (IDTA only) consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ) into a Check (S), forward into Basic Weave.
The ISTD and IDTA disagree about the role of the Reverse Wave in Foxtrot.
Older editions of the ISTD syllabus and the current IDTA syllabus list it as a Bronze figure -- the latter also makes it the entry for the Basic Weave.
The ISTD, by contrast, lists the Reverse Wave as a Silver figure throughout.
There are four principle variants of the Reverse Wave:
1. Reverse Wave consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ), a Back Three Step (SQQ), and
4-6 Natural Turn (Heel Pull)(SSS)
2. 1-6 Reverse Wave consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ) and Back Three Step (SQQ) into
Closed Impetus, Open Impetus, or Back Feather (this would be an Extended Reverse Wave).
3. 1-8 Reverse Wave consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ), a Back Three Step (SQQ), and
4-5 Natural Turn (Heel Pull)(SS) into a Hover Feather.
4. 1-4 Reverse Wave (IDTA only) consists of:
1-3 Reverse Turn (SQQ) into a Check (S), forward into Basic Weave.
Video examples
Video Example 1
Notes
-5A shows the full Reverse Wave (SQQ SQQ SSS).
-5B shows the full Reverse Wave negotiating a corner. In this case,
1-3 Reverse Turn is turned ⅝ and the Back Three Step ¼.
-5A shows the full Reverse Wave (SQQ SQQ SSS).
-5B shows the full Reverse Wave negotiating a corner. In this case,
1-3 Reverse Turn is turned ⅝ and the Back Three Step ¼.
Video Example 2
Notes
There is instance of 1-8 Reverse Wave in this video:
1. Occurs at 0:54
Entry Figure: Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot
Exit Figure: Hover Feather
There is instance of 1-8 Reverse Wave in this video:
1. Occurs at 0:54
Entry Figure: Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot
Exit Figure: Hover Feather