Four Corners is a concept that helps us to break free of a static front and helps us to explore different directions and rotations within a step or a freestyle round.
Here is how it works:
- We envision ourselves standing inside a square or rectangle.
- When dancing, we try to hit the corners of the square with every move.
- The order of the corners does not matter.
- In the strict version, we need to hit every corner before we can hit a corner a second time.
- Sometimes it’s also ok to chill and hit corners multiple times, when you are not in the mood to keep track of which ones you already touched.
When you want to drill one specific move: take only this move inside the rectangle and find all directions and rotations possible.
Or be free in the selection of your moves and use it as the design criteria for your freestyle.
The concept is very similar to the Pendulum, that I covered earlier. Both give you a guideline for your dance by defining the directions. If we look at this idea close enough we see that the geometric shape does not make a difference. You can use a triangle, a star, an octagon or whatever with the instructions above. Play with it or make it a group activity and challenge each other.