I get almost all of the criticisms Iâ€™ve seen about some high placers except the comments about cross and turnout. I disagree that these dancers have poor footwork. -- The NEW UK Irish Dance Board for UK, European & World

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Date Posted: 7/04/26 18:35:53, Tue
Author: Come on now.
Subject: I get almost all of the criticisms Iâ€™ve seen about some high placers except the comments about cross and turnout. I disagree that these dancers have poor footwork.

The most unhealthy thing being pushed on dancers now is extreme cross and turnout. It is not natural for toes and feet to be twisted the way they are while staying on the tips of their toes and not bending knees or dropping heels upon landing.

We are setting up our dancers to be crippled like so many of the obese, waddling TCs and ADs who can barely stand anymore after wrecking their bodies over bad technique. If we are asking our dancers to do gymnastic leaps and jumps, then at least allow the heel to temporarily drop to absorb the landing. So many dancers when standing with heels together had their toes pointing in opposite directions. A little turnout is aesthetic. This looked deformed and unnatural.

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The fundamentals of irish dancing is gone control.. carriage ... timing... Rythem (NT) -- And the gd sportsman ship (Just saying the future of dance will suffer), 7/04/26 21:16:16, Tue
This makes perfect sense (NT) -- Although it looks beautiful to see Iâ€™ve crossed turned out feet but at a cost !!, 7/04/26 22:09:04, Tue
Yet all other platforms copy us. (NT) -- Just be doing something right. Theres AC doing a Ã¢â‚¬ËœpremierÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ event called the GB. If you cant beat themÃ¢â‚¬Â¦.., 7/04/26 22:10:50, Tue
- Not seeing it in other organisations. Some actually do more to prevent lifetime injury for their dancers (NT) -- than CLRG, 10/04/26 11:35:51, Fri
I agree about the extreme cross and turnout -- x, 8/04/26 2:52:26, Wed
Concern Regarding Judging Consistency -- Finola, 8/04/26 3:05:35, Wed
Taco Toes too.so many dancers should not be en-pointe. Just look at how some dancers shoes bend. Wish CLRG would prioritise safety and add in marks deductions for dangerous technique to discourage it. (NT) -- ., 8/04/26 5:35:26, Wed
Even in ballet, forced turnout and over-crossing are marked downâ€”itâ€™s about alignment, not exaggeration or injury risk (NT) -- ., 8/04/26 5:38:45, Wed
I think we should dial the turn-out and crossing back about 20 years. Extreme overcrossing barely lasts beyond the eight bar set-up, anyway. -- So what's the point?, 8/04/26 6:18:28, Wed
- That was being pushed 20 years ago too. (NT) -- X, 8/04/26 15:57:35, Wed
- 20 years ago the crossing and turn out was more extreme than it was now. Dancers were literally putting their hard shoes on the wrong feet to force greater turn out -- ..., 10/04/26 16:53:17, Fri
Some people over cross because their legs are too thin. At least that is what a couple of teachers told my daughter. The over cross looks silly and chooses not to (NT) -- asd, 8/04/26 16:30:58, Wed
The over crossed unnatural turnout is not based on traditional dance (NT) -- Where did the twisty dance come from, 8/04/26 22:15:07, Wed

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