Foot Positions (FP)

These have traditionally been measured in relation to the standing foot giving rise to such FP's as:

RF Fwd	RF Diagonally Fwd	LF Back	LF Fwd and Across in CBMP	RF Back and Across
LF behind RF^*	LF fwd in CBMP	LF closes to RF	LF side and slightly back	LF crosses in front of RF

^* TTO = Toe Turn Out � a slight turnout of the toe for balance or style.

and some of the syllabus manuals contain pictures of a compressive list of FP's.

In SBAS (Segment Based Alignment System) the moving foot designates a new Tvec from which everything is measured against in angles. For example:

1. LF diagonally forward

Traditional System: look at picture in manual and hope that it's representing the 'amount' of 'diagonal'
SBAS: left foot diagonally forward \(-45^\text{o}\) which precisely defines the angle that the LF moves with respect to the RF

2. RF Forward and slightly Side

Traditional System: different dancers will have different ideas from different teachers even if they have looked at pictures that hopefully exist in the syllabus or other books
SBAS: RF forward \(+22^\text{o}\) which precisely defines what 'slightly' means and where the RF is placed with respect to the LF, \(+22^\text{o}\) is also considered to be the minimum angle that dancers can easily conceptualize. Ok, there are some references to \(+12^\text{o}\) in very specific figures.