The second measure finds the right foot in anterior fifth position. The first beat brings it back to posterior fifth position and throws the weight upon it. Continue same as first measure.
3. The Scissors. (Spanish, las Tijeras; French, les Ciseaux.)
The “1” count is marked by a touch-and-turn of the foot; touch the point to the floor, and instantly raise it, sharply, throwing the heel out; set foot on place “2.”
With the turn of the foot, allow the hips (but not the shoulders) to turn also in such manner as to bring the right foot, for the moment, into posterior fourth position. This applies to beat “I.” “Ia” represents the pointing of right and left foot respectively.
A variation of the same is effected as follows: