Learn Swing / Jive Dance Pt.2 - Latin partner dancing basics for beginners

[Music] all right ladies what's gonna happen is we're gonna dance two basics to start all right so we dance right foot back rock step first basic triple step rock step second basic triple step now from here we're gonna dance rock replace triple step and during the next trip we're going to turn all the way around to the right triple step rock step let's do it slowly we have right foot back just that part rock step turn to the right triple step rock step so as we're dancing our rotation we're keeping that triple step triple step rhythm all right again right foot back and a rock step triple step triple step rock step good and when you're rocking there make sure you finish that rock at the end of the turn all right let's do it again this time i want you to say with me out loud rock step triple step triple step we have five six ready go rock step triple step triple step rock step you all did it give yourselves a round of applause i watched your faces go from here to absolute sheer terror okay let's do it again sometimes the steps look difficult in the beginning you give yourself a chance to do them a few times and it will work i promise we have five six ready go rock step turn to the right triple step rock step good let's do that a little bit faster here we have five six ready go rock step turn to the right triple step rock step good and again a little bit faster now five six ready go rock step turn to the right triple step rock step ladies if you step away gentlemen come on in all right now guys there's good news and there's bad news which do you want first no there's no bad news i'm kidding all right you actually don't have to do anything different with your feet at all at all hey all right but you do have to lead the girl okay so let's just go over our basic step again guys we're dancing rock step one two three one two three rock step so the feet remain exactly the same okay how do we lead the girl just like we did in cha cha-cha all right gentlemen to lead the girl for the underarm turn you're gonna dance rock step release with the right she goes under the left rock step let's do that slowly ready and rock step release with the right under the left rock step so she's going under your left arm okay sonia may i with a partner it's going to look something like this and that's my two basics first rock step first basic trip we'll step drop second basic and we dance rock step triple step triple step rock step round of applause for sonia [Applause] we're gonna go through this slowly until you feel comfortable with it all right so take your time excellent now sonia and i will dance this in front of you for this time so in case you need to cheat you can look up front all right we have five six ready go rock step face six step one two three rock step one two three not yet here we go now one two three one two three stop right there everybody got it the first time okay now one quick thing about the lead guys when the girl finishes her rotation you're gonna stay in what's called open facing position okay don't try to grab the girl at the end of turn a lot of you did this and then you went right back in there okay so again it's rock step turn the girl release the hold okay again bring that hand down at the end of the turn otherwise the girl's going to think that she has to turn again all right here we go we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock under the arm one two three stop right there and again we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock and under the arm one two three rock step close but no cigar as they say ladies when you're dancing your rotation here make sure that you keep doing one two three one two three during the turn if you're just dancing step step you're gonna lose your rhythm there all right so it's one two three one two three and rock bob bennett here we go we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three good one two three one two three rock step one two three one two three rock step everybody got it that's what i'm talking about now what i want you to do is add another basic onto the end of this amalgamation okay so we now have rock step basic once rock step basic twice rock step under she goes one two three rock step and we're gonna dance our basic again rock step okay let's try that slowly please from the beginning we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock step under the arm one two three rock step face six step one two three rock step excellent excellent questions let's try it again a little bit faster this time we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock and a one two three one two three rock step yes give yourselves a round of applause very good okay now a comment about the size of your steps if i'm dancing my basic step and i take large steps on my chasse and the music is fast i'm going to have trouble keeping up with the music right the smaller your steps the quicker you'll be able to move so you want to make sure that you're keeping the steps rock step small and compact small and compact rock step let's do that again and let's think about keeping that really small and compact especially on the rock step so we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three small step one two three one two three small under the arm rock step one two three one two three rock step excellent and one more time a little bit faster please again five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock under the arm one two three rock one two three one two three rock excellent we're there [Music] have the ladies stay where you are please gentlemen step away so girls we've just danced rock step one two three one two three and the right foot was free for the next rock correct okay what i want you to do from here is take four walks back so we're gonna dance walk walk walk walk we're gonna add just that much on okay let's try that again we have right foot back walk walk walk walk and real small compact steps you don't want to be ice skating across the floor again five six ready go walk walk walk walk excellent okay ladies take a break for a sec gentlemen your part we've just danced our link we've brought the girl in rock step triple step triple step now which foot is free the left exactly so we're gonna take four walks back as well guys we're gonna go walk walk walk walk all right let's do that again from the link rock step one two three one two three walk walk walk walk right and when you're walking backwards don't try to walk with the toes pointing this way just walk back as you normally would if you walk backwards normally a bit faster this time fine six five six ready go rock step triple step triple step walk walk walk walk excellent okay ladies come on in now if sonia and i were to do this from the link it would look like this okay we have rock step one two three one two three walk walk walk walk all right let's try that very slowly with a partner from the link please what we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three walk walk give yourselves a round of applause very good so when you're when you're dancing your link okay we have rock step during the first triple we're coming together by the second triple we've come together and then we dance walk walk walk walk okay now guys how do you lead the girl to go into those backward walks move your body that direction she'll go with you okay so here's what we're gonna do we're gonna add the basic on sonia and i will demonstrate that slowly we have rock step base six step triple step rock step we do our link and we go one two three four here we go all together we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three okay here's what we want to try to do guys try this from the beginning put the whole thing together okay so i'll demonstrate once so you have an idea of what we're doing we have rock step base six step one two three rock step basic step one two three rock step the girl goes under here's our basic we bring the girl in and we dance walk walk walk walk okay let's try this nice and slow from the beginning please we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock under the arm we have a basic step and now the link and walk walk walk walk excellent give yourselves a round of applause looking good [Applause] what i want to do is try this from the beginning and then i want to freeze at the end all right so one more time from the beginning with the counts we have five six five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock one two three one two three walk walk walk walk excellent [Music] ladies we're going to add the last step in our amalgamation here all right so we've just danced walk walk walk walk all right which foot is free excellent now what we're going to do is we're going to dance tap step tap step tap step tap step right let's do that nice and slow right foot forward and tap tap tap tap excellent and one more time ready go tap tap tap tap now which foot is free the right foot and guess what we can do we can start from the beginning and we go back to our basic let's pick up from the four walks back starting with the right foot we have ready go walk walk walk walk tap once tap twice tap thrice tap rice fried rice and then we go back to our rock okay gentlemen you'll have an idea of what you're going to be doing in a second i think but we'll get to that one more time ladies from the walks back we have ready and a walk walk walk walk tap tap tap tap right so when you're dancing your taps you want to make sure that you're not switching weight just put the foot there point it point it point it okay let's do that again we have five six ready go back back back back once twice three four excellent gentlemen your turn all right guys so where have we left off right we've just danced our walk walk walk walk right from here we dance with our left foot tap close tap close tap close tap close and you want to really try to have a jazzy feeling with that if you can uh [Music] we're ready for broadway all right let's go again from the four walks back so we have five six ready go walk walk walk walk tap tap tap tap and that's it we're ready to start again from the beginning five six ready go okay so with a partner it should look something like this if we pick up from our four walks back we dance walk walk walk walk tap tap tap tap and now we can dance our basic step and we can start our amalgamation all over again under the arm basic link oh quack yes okay ladies i want you to move across and i want you to take a partner and try this very slowly from the beginning five six ready go rock step one two three one two three rock one two three one two three rock onto the arm one two three one two three rock bring her in walk it back whoa whoa whoa here we go tap tap tap tap freeze and give yourselves a round of applause that's exceptional very good to give you a little side note um in swing you're dancing a triple step triple step if you find that that's too difficult for you you have the option of dancing a rock step walk walk rock step walk walk rock step walk walk rock step walk walk rock step walk walk okay so you have that option of replacing the chasse or the triple step with a single step okay just to give you guys that information so that when you do go out if the music gets too fast because a lot of times you'll get a song where the music's way too fast for you to be able to fit in a triple you can dance this same material with that single step timing cabish all right from the beginning with music please here we go [Music] five six ready go rock set one two three [Music] nicely done guys very nicely done [Applause] good and let's go one more time ready [Music] five six five six ready go [Music] and give yourselves a round of applause very nicely done guys if you're feeling comfortable with your beginner steps in swing here are a few moves that you can try that are a little bit more advanced we're going to pick up from our tap tap tap tap so we have one two three four from here we're going to dance another underarm turn to the right rock step one two three one two three at the end of that underarm turn to the right we're going to switch to a right to right handshake position how you doing how you doing and from here we dance an underarm turn to the left rock step looping the arm over the head and rock step straight through that amalgamation will look like this again we're picking up from the four taps we have tap tap tap tap under the arm switch the hand over the head and rock step if you're looking to adapt your swing for that special day your wedding here's a few moves that you can do to make it a little bit more romantic if we pick up from our right to right turn that we did in the intermediate level you'll dance rock step loop over the head rock step bring the girl in and now we dance grind it out rock step grind it out rock step dip so your wedding swing should look something like this use the rest of your amalgamation and pick up from the right to right turn that we did in the intermediate level you dance rock step over the head triple step rock step bring her in grind it out grind it out and dip [Music] you

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Length: 23min 21sec (1401 seconds)

Published: Thu Aug 12 2021