Path: /home/u626950821/domains/stepstodance.com/public_html/user/pages/inside-the-steps/sway/_index.md
Failed to read /home/u626950821/domains/stepstodance.com/public_html/user/pages/inside-the-steps/sway/_index.md: Unable to parse at line 2 (near "MUST BE PUBLISHED WITH publish-grav-content.y").
---
MUST BE PUBLISHED WITH publish-grav-content.y
DO NOT UPLOAD THIS FILE
title: _Index
taxonomy:
category: [general]
tag: [draft]
author: Ian Nandhra
created: 2025-06-30
visible: false
published: true
# source_image: /images/example.png
# source_code: /scripts/example.py
---
# Sway: Balance, Inertia, and Rotation in Dance
Explore how sway functions as a biomechanical response to turn, rise, and limb motion in ballroom dance. These documents explain *why* we sway — not just how.
## 📚 Sway Topics
- [What Is Sway?](inside-the-steps/sway/default.md)
- The human-readable overview: what sway *is*, why it *matters*, and what happens when you leave it out.
- [Sway with No Foot Rise](sway-no-foot-rise)
- Why dancers struggle when they try to sway without using foot rise — and the physics that explain why it fails.
- [Sway with Foot Rise](sway-with-foot-rise)
- How rise adds rotational energy and makes sway self-correcting. Includes equations and biomechanical principles.
- [Inertial Forces and Sway](sway_inertial_forces)
- A full scientific breakdown of how sway counters inertial torque, including math, diagrams, and a Foxtrot simulation.