What I Still Want to Say! gives Standard ballroom dancers an engineering-informed perspective on familiar movement ideas. Anton Novak draws on a long competitive dance career and his mechanical-engineering background to examine how terms used in the studio can acquire more precise meanings. The book uses written explanations, pictures and graphics to develop that perspective.
The contents move from the soles of the feet and friction to a tribometer, the step, leg swing and drive. Later topics include energy constancy, the centre of gravity line, contact zones and poses. This combination makes the material relevant to dancers and teachers who want to think more carefully about how movement is described, alongside their practical training.
Its visual material also has a particular character: the photographs come from competition dancing by Vasily Kirin and Ekaterina Prozorova. They illustrate the author’s explanations through movement captured at an event. Novak presents insights and principles rather than a sequence of step instructions or a graded figure syllabus.
Partner-related discussion and shorter guides sit beside the mechanics-focused topics. The book offers a thoughtful written reference for readers who enjoy analysing Standard ballroom movement and comparing explanatory ideas with what they observe in dancing. The complete contents below follow the sequence printed in the publisher’s sample.
Book Contents
- Preface — p. 5
- Soles of Feet — p. 7
- Friction — p. 10
- Tribometer — p. 14
- Step — p. 17
- Leg Swing — p. 20
- Quick — p. 22
- Drive — p. 25
- Energy Constancy — p. 31
- Center of Gravity Line — p. 33
- Contact Zones — p. 37
- Poses — p. 41
- Him and Her — p. 44
- Dialogue — p. 46
- Happy — p. 51
- International — p. 56
- Short Guides — p. 62
- Just Call Us Vasily and Kati — p. 64
- Thanks for Translations — p. 66
- Acknowledgements — p. 68
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