PTED: Posture, Tone, Energy, and Direction
Posture - “Translates Expression”
The lead must setup and display a posture that the follow and then match or mirror. Includes compression and leveraging in your posture.
Tone - “Locks Posture”
This is how much you engage your muscles. It is communicated mainly in the hands. This can hold and lock the posture of your follow. Both partners don’t have to match the tone, but they do have to communicate it. Follows should keep as much tone as they are given and relax everything when they are released.
