Wrist and Hand Movement Breakdowns 3 of 7: Sweeping Wrist Articulation

In a sweeping wrist articulation, a dancer layers together either flexion or extension of the wrist with movement of the wrist through space. We need the wrist sweep to build the more sophisticated circles and hand undulations that we’ll breakdown later in this series, and we also need it for fluid armwork: sweeping wrist articulations are the key component of the more sophisticated broken-line technique for transitioning between arm positions.

Back to Part 2: Isolated Outside Hand Circle
Onward to Part 4: Hand Circle Outside with a Moving Wrist