[He laughs. It does look pretty weird on him, he can admit it. But--]
Hardly the weirdest thing. I've been done up in paint, a dress... costume stuffed with cotton...
[Though Cliff is hesitant and he does wince a little at some steps too close, he's pleased more than anything. The boy's doing well, and keeping calm to boot. He dares to feel prematurely proud.]
That's it. You've got this. This is called a Reverse Turning Figure. You've got your box step and now you've put some life in it with the slight turning we're doing. We'll do a change step next which will lead us into the Natural Turns. This will give you the full scope of moving around the room, and after that, there's only one thing left, which I'm sure you'll guess or recall as soon as we get to it.
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Hardly the weirdest thing. I've been done up in paint, a dress... costume stuffed with cotton...
[Though Cliff is hesitant and he does wince a little at some steps too close, he's pleased more than anything. The boy's doing well, and keeping calm to boot. He dares to feel prematurely proud.]
That's it. You've got this. This is called a Reverse Turning Figure. You've got your box step and now you've put some life in it with the slight turning we're doing. We'll do a change step next which will lead us into the Natural Turns. This will give you the full scope of moving around the room, and after that, there's only one thing left, which I'm sure you'll guess or recall as soon as we get to it.