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It’s easy to learn how to turn to the left while you’re doing the foxtrot. Face your partner in the closed position and make sure that your feet are together. Then take 1 step forward with your left foot. If you’re the follower, take 1 step back with your right foot. Follow the lead of your partner to make sure that you dance together in time. Stick to the slow foxtrot rhythm of 2 counts for this step. Turning follows the same slow, slow, fast, fast rhythm as the basic step. Now it’s time to rotate your body so that you and your partner can dance into the turn. Use your right foot to step back diagonally and face towards the left. If you’re the follower, take a diagonal step forward with your left foot and face towards the left. Keep to the slow foxtrot rhythm of 2 counts for this turn. After taking the diagonal step, check that you and your partner are standing parallel to where you started the turn. This means you rotated correctly. If you’re the lead, step to the left using your left foot and then bring your right foot over to join your left. If you’re the follower, step to the right with your right foot and then close the sidestep with your left foot. Make sure that each foot movement is for 1 beat to follow the fast rhythm. This part of the foxtrot turn is exactly the same as the basic step. Turning to the right when you’re dancing the foxtrot is exactly the same as turning to the left, however, you simply step in the other direction. If you’re the lead, take a step back with your left foot. Then take a diagonal step forward with your left foot to face towards the right. Sidestep towards the right with your right foot and close the step with your left foot.  If you’re the follower, take a step forward with your right foot and then a diagonal step back with your right foot to face toward the right. Then sidestep toward the left with your left foot and close the sidestep with your right foot. Turning left is much more common than turning right when you’re dancing the foxtrot. This is because it’s traditional to move counterclockwise around the dancefloor.

summary: Step forward with your left foot. Take a diagonal step back and face towards the left. Step to the left with your left foot and then close the sidestep. Repeat the same sequence in the opposite direction to turn right.


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Examples of such food include cold-water fish (herring, salmon, trout), most nuts, seeds and whole grains, and virtually all fresh vegetables and fruits.  Antioxidants combat aging throughout the body and include vitamins A, C and E. Antioxidants neutralize oxygen radicals that build up in the body and cause damage. Vitamin B3 (niacin) promotes blood circulation to the ear (and throughout the body) by slightly expanding small blood vessels, whereas B6 (pyridoxamine) is needed for healthy nerve function. Poor vitamin B12 and folate (vitamin B9) status may be associated with age-related auditory dysfunction, so make sure your levels are adequate via food sources or supplements. In addition to adding certain foods for health benefits, removing certain foods from your diet may yield health results and better hearing also.  A diet high in saturated animal fat is linked to high blood cholesterol levels, which may increase your risk of clogged arteries. Your ears need proper blood flow to perform well. Consuming high levels of salt may increase fluid retention in your ears. Heavy metals are toxic to nerves (especially small ones like those which innervate the inner ear) and ultimately destroy them. The body can't rid itself of heavy metals very well, so they build up with time and become more dangerous. Foods relatively high in mercury tend to be fish such as shark, swordfish, tilefish and king mackerel.

summary: Eat foods that contain nutrients needed for good health and normal ear function. Avoid foods that may make a negative impact on hearing. Avoid heavy metals such as mercury, arsenic and cadmium.


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Before you can soften the shank, the reinforced sole of the pointe shoe, you’ll need to figure out where your natural arch breaks. The break is where the heel becomes the arch. Bend your foot to see where your arch naturally breaks. You can mark the point on both your foot and the shoe with a marker. Avoid arbitrarily bending the shank of your pointe shoe, since this may not correspond to the natural break in your arch. After you’ve identified your natural break and marked it in your shoe, pry up the shank and bend it back and forth gently at the marked position.  This will make the shank more pliable when you rise up on pointe. Remove the small nail that fastens the shank to your shoe. Put on the shoe and extend your foot from flat to demi pointe to begin molding the break. This will help you know the exact shape of your foot in your shoe. Remove the shoe and gently mold the area of the shank where your natural arch breaks. Work the area with your hands, following your mark and the shape your foot has made. Molding the shoe where your arch naturally breaks will make rising in your shoes more comfortable and increase the life of your shoes.  You don’t need to add heat to help with shaping the shank. Since you previously wore your shoe to begin molding the break, the heat from your foot will have been enough.  There’s no designated left or right ballet shoe- your own feet will determine this as they break in the shoe. Label each shoe to make sure you’re consistently putting on your shoes until they are broken in enough to identify by sight.
summary: Identify the natural break in your arch. Bend the shank at the natural break in your arch. Wear the shoe to mold the break. Mold the shoe with your hands.