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telemarks
Posted by atyg
3/17/2000  2:14:00 AM
1. Telemark - general definition/characteristics? Origin - German word, from Waltz? History - When was it introduced into the slow foxtrot?
2. What are the comparable/equivalent terms in the American silver syllabus for the ISTD's various telemarks? E.g. Telemark, Natural Telemark, Open Telemark, Hover Natural Telemark etc.

P.S. By the way, in the Silver American Syllabus, the Fallaway-Turn is natural-turning. What is this called in the International Style? Just "Open Right Turn to Fallaway Position"? Could this be more concise?

re: telemarks
Posted by Phillip
4/2/2000  6:21:00 PM
Telemark is a term used to describe a ski turn in which the skis remain parallel throughout. One ski, the outside one, is placed way ahead of the other ski, then angled into the turn. It refers more to the Man's steps of a telemark, but the name is attributed to Josephine Bradley. When first shown the move in dancing, she is said to have remarked, "Why, that's just like a telemark!"

Phillip
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