Swing dance lessons for beginners with Brian Fortuna

[Music] we ready to learn the swing alright so what's gonna happen is Sonia and I are gonna take you through the basic steps in the swing and we're gonna build this routine so that at the end of the class you're gonna be able to go out and dance the swing are you excited so may I have all of the ladies across the floor please facing the front excellent alright so what's gonna happen ladies is we're gonna start with the weight on the left foot and we're gonna ask the right foot back into a rock step so watch first we have Rock step you want to make sure that when you're dancing this rock you're changing weight so it's right and then left let's do that slowly we have em Rock step and again Rock step excellent now which foot is free right foot correct so what's going to happen from here ladies is you're gonna dance what's called a chasse to the right it's gonna be three weight transfers and we're gonna dance one two three all right let's do that slowly from the rock step we have Rock step one two three excellent where as you're waiting on the right so the left foot is free we're now gonna dance another chasse to the left one two three let's do that now one two three and now we repeat by rocking back we're to get on the right foot Rock step and again one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step excellent ladies make sure when you're rocking back that you're changing weight if you just put that right foot back there you're gonna be on the wrong foot for the next bit we go again ready and a rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step excellent now when you're dancing your Chasse or your side close side you'll find that the swing music can vary in its tempo and sometimes it can be faster and sometimes it can be slower in order to keep up with the speed of the music you want to keep the weight poised on the balls of the feet so it's a mistake to go rock step one two three one two three Rock step plus is rough on your knees so you have Rock step balls of the feet balls of the feet Rock step and one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three and a little bit faster one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three very good alright guys come on in so again guys the girls are traditionally starting with the right foot we're traditionally starting with our left very good all right gentleman we're gonna be rocking backward as well so we danced left foot back Rock step let's do that nice and slow a few times we have Rock step and again Rock step and one more time Rock free is where's your weight that's on the right good everybody's getting nervous about answering that now so from here guys we're gonna dance a chasse to the left or a side close side so we danced left foot to the side one two three and where's the weight now it's on the left the right foot is free and we're gonna chasse back the other direction one two three and then rock backward on the left foot once again for Rock step and again we have left foot back Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step we have triple step triple step Rock one two three one two three Rock step excellent let's do that again and this time I want you to say out loud with me guys Rock step one two three one two three we have five six ready go Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three change weight one two three one two three change weight one two three one two three change the weight one two three one two three Rock kick kick back change now that's for later All Right girls come on across and let's face the gentleman what we want to do is try the girls and the guys at the same time slowly all right if you're having trouble finding the rhythm say it out loud with me verbalize it if you verbalize it it's gonna help you to learn it five six ready go Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step in a little bit faster one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three take more time on the rock take your time one two three one two three take your time one two three one two three take your time one two three one two three we're getting to keep going keep going one two three one two three Rock step good one two three one two three Rock one two three one two three Rock one two three keep going then I'm banner alright we're swinging well done all right let me teach you a little bit about swing hold because the way that you hold the girl in swing is a little bit different than you'd hold her in some of the other dances okay again the gentleman's hands gonna wrap around the lady's back she's gonna rest her hand on the man gentleman's gonna offer the lady her hand this time palm up lady palm down he grabbed like so all right so everyone can see that and this is your swing hold when I'm ready to start and I'm ready the girl to give to give the girl to rock and give her a small push with this hand a small push right don't send her across the universe and we dance Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock one two three one two three Rock step okay alright so we have five six five six ready go round step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three looking good now guys the left hand when you're dancing your basic make sure that you hold that low Rock step keep that hand low because if you start to raise the hand the girl's gonna think she has to do I was fabulous the girl's gonna think she has to turn in kay so make sure that you're keeping that hand nice and low let's try that again with the counts we have five six five six ready go Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock one two three one two three and a little bit faster one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three Rock step one two three one two three good are we ready for music come on Stine all my notes in the app are we making music there we go who's it got [Music] six ready go [Music] very good and keep going once you drink [Music] [Music] all right [Music]

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Keywords: swing dance lessons for beginners, jive lessons for beginners, swing dance steps, swing dance tutorial

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Length: 10min 9sec (609 seconds)

Published: Tue Feb 11 2014