Purpose
Builds three-dimensional flow: dancers pass over and under each other continuously, training level changes, spirals, and the vertical dimension of the dance.
Setup
Pairs, warm, clear floor.
Play
- "Keeping one point of contact, one of you goes over your partner, the other goes under — like weaving."
- "Now keep weaving — over, under, over, under — continuously, always in contact, always changing levels."
- "Let it become a spiral: the weaving naturally turns you around each other."
- Drop the assigned roles: "Let over/under happen organically wherever the dance offers it."
Cues
"Spiral, don't stiffen." · "Use the floor as a partner too." · "Let a duck-under become a roll."
Variations
- Easier: slow, one clear over and one clear under, reset between.
- Harder: add weight-sharing through the passes; continuous with no resets.
Debrief
"How did the vertical dimension change the dance? Where did spirals appear on their own?"
Watch For
Heads under bodies is a pinch-point — keep passes roomy and slow. No one goes fully under a partner's weight yet.