Balancing F/B would be my approach in that scenario. Also a good opportunity to reinforce giving weight, since that particular movement done repetitively could irritate the shoulder joints if dancers are not keeping some tension in the arms. ________________________________ From: Callers &lt;callers-bounces(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; on behalf of Mac Mckeever via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:16 PM To: callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net; Maia McCormick Subject: Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave? sorry - I missed that you said the alle L followed the balance - in that case - I think the first bal should be left. To bal R & then L and then turn by the left just sounds awkward. Mac Mckeevr On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 2:09:46 PM CST, Mac Mckeever &lt;macmck(a)ymail.com&gt; wrote: It depends on what will happen after the balance Can we see the rest of the dance? Mac McKeever On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 1:07:46 PM CST, Maia McCormick via Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote: Recently called a dance with an allemande R into long waves, balance wave, allemande L. Because of personal preference, I taught the balance as "balance left, then right", but cuz I didn't teach it all that clearly, the dancers defaulted back into balancing right first, and enough tricky stuff was happening in the dance that I didn't wanna correct them in flight. I'm just wondering: do others agree that a balance left makes more sense / flows better in this context, or is this a weird personal preference? In your opinion, does the flow of the balance left outweigh its potential unidiomaticness? Cheers, Maia _______________________________________________ List Name: Callers mailing list List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:Callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/