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Tags: Dancing, Swing, Course, 2022

Class - Fall 2022 Couple Dancing: Introductory Swing by Richard Powers

Resources

• Library of Dance - https://www.libraryofdance.org/

Notes

• 6 classes
• Order of leading swing figures — 1. Which direction is lead going? 2. Is it under an arm?
• Basic Steps
  • 4-Count
  • 6-Count - Double bounce (slow-slow-quick-quick)
  • tripe step — (triple-step:triple step: rock step)
  • turning basic
  • rock-step first (Bugg in Sweden)
• Basic Turns
  • Follow's Underarm Turn
  • Loop (Inside) Turn
  • Waist Slide
  • Come Back Together
  • Butterfly
• Binary Choices
  • Your partner can go by your left or right side.
  • Dancers can turn clockwise or counterclockwise.
  • The Follow can go under or the Lead can.
  • High hand or low hand.
  • Take one hand or both hands.
• Figures
  • Dishrag
  • Sunburst
  • Double Underarm turns
  • Double Dishrag
  • Behind-the-back hand change
  • Wheel
    • Cradle
    • DENEY TERRIO'S DOUBLE UNWIND: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZc5bADoRlc