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HERE ARE SOME STEPS YOU WILL BE DOING AT VARIOUS LEVELS


This is not completely comprehensive, but it will give students a general idea.

Introductory:

  • step, touch to R and L
  • basic to the R and L
  • rocking chair R and L
  • V step
  • K step
  • heel, step
  • step, turn 1/8, 1/4, and 1/2 in both directions
  • hustle walk
  • conga walk
  • step, point
  • hold
  • scuff
  • brush
  • toe struts R and L (forward and back)
  • heel struts R and L
  • half a K with a 1/4 turn R
  • hitch
    

Transitional (beginner 1 and beginner 2):

  • basic with a 1/4 turn L and R
  • two 1/2 turns option in place of a rocking chair
  • combination step, turns 1/4 and 1/2 making a 3/4 turn
  • rock turn 1/4 and 1/2 in both directions
  • heel V step
  • charleston
  • vine with a 1/2 turn
  • rolling vine
  • ronde
  • skate
  • sailor step
  • side triple/chasse
  • lindy (combination side triple and a back rock, recover)
  • dip
  • shoop
  • vine R and L
  • straight or syncopated extended vine or weave
  • a vine with a 1/4 turn R and L
  • chasse 1/4 R and L
  • single toe fan
  • double toe fan
  • heel split
  • knee pop
  • rumba box
  • reverse rumba box
  • mambo turn 1/4 and 1/2 in both directions
  • stationary jazz box with and without a cross
  • jazz triangle
  • samba
  • crossing triple
  • phrased (multi-part) dances
  • hinge turn in 1/4 and 1/2 increments in both directions
  • lunge
  • press
  • scissor step
  • Monterey turns 1/4 in both directions
  • turning jazz box with and without a cross
  • stationary toe strut jazz box
  • turning toe strut jazz box
  • triple steps forward and back
  • tag (extra steps to fit additional beats of music)
  • restart (dropping part of a pattern to accommodate missing beats of music)

Improver/mixed levels:

At this level you will do dances using all the introductory and transitional beginner steps, and will learn and practice additional rhythms and turns in both directions with either foot in straight and syncopated timing.

  • anchor step
  • boogie walk
  • chasse turn ¼ and ½
  • cross unwind full and ½
  • cross, side, sailor
  • kick-ball-point R & L
  • kick-ball-side rock-recover
  • English cross
  • figure eight full turn and variations R & L
  • heel grind stationary and turning
  • heel jacks
  • hitch-ball-slide
  • reverse touch, unwind ½
  • rolling vine
  • ronde
  • sugar foot
  • swivet
  • turning triple full and ½
  • twist turn
  • vaudeville

Improver level dancers should be able to execute a step, turn, a chase turn, a hinge turn, a mambo 1/2 turn, a triple 1/2 turn, and a triple full turn easily and smoothly in both directions.

At this level, dances will use various rhythms and tempos such as samba, tango, swing, two-step, waltz, rolling 8, West Coast and East Coast swing, rumba, etc., reflecting different timing and styling. Dances at this level could be up to 64 counts and may be phrased into multiple parts. 




Challenge / Intermediate / Advanced

At these levels, you will learn/do some of the more advanced steps, turns, and rhythms, straight and syncopated, and with either foot. These include hinge turns, spiral turns, 1/2 and full monterey turns, turning sailors and coasters (with and without a cross), Charleston hops, multiple turning triples, reverse turns, rolling turns, bota fogos, voltas, pencil turns, dancing on angles, fall-aways in either direction, wizards, scoots, Shorty George, etc.

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