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These are the online resources available. We also have all these moves available on DVD currently.

Elements of Swing
  • Rock Step
  • Single time step
  • Walk Walk
  • Step
  • Kick Step
  • Replace Step
  • Anchored Step
  • Travelling

8-count Movements
  • Inside Turn
  • Outside Turn
  • Reverse Swing-Out
  • Dinner Roll
  • Inside Out Basic
  • Inside Turn On 1
  • Reverse Jerk
  • The Basket
  • Open Basket
  • Guy Turn Basket
  • Whirligig
  • Slips outs
  • Suprise Arm Grab
  • Swing Out to 1920's Charleston (Pop transition)
  • Soul Slide

Styling the 8 Count

Closed To Open
  • Double Spin
  • Guy Swing Out
  • Guy Swing Out Variation
  • J-hook
  • Angela's Apache
  • Lasso
  • Nicholas Brothers Transition

Excercises
  • Stopping
  • Momentum Pass
  • Feeling Centers
  • Frame Matching
  • Connecting on a scale
  • Creating Frame with Shoulders
  • Following with eyes Closed
  • Rubber Band Bellies
  • Accent Girl
  • Charleston Breaks
  • Continuous 1-2
  • The Bow
  • Spins and Balances

6 Count Movements

Open To Closed
  • 8 Count Circle
  • 6 Count Circle
  • Angela's Circle
  • 4 count drop-out
  • Double Spin In
  • Reverse spin and pull-back
  • The Windmill turn

Closed To Tandem
  • S-turn
  • Double Spin
  • Boing Boing
  • Close Shoulder Grab
  • Grab and Reverse

Closed to Closed
  • Waltz
  • Graucho
  • Under arm turn
  • Frankie skips
  • Charleston Paddle to the left
  • Grapevine

Rhythm Changes

Apache Stuff
  • Basic Apache Turn
  • Apache with Extra turn
  • Reverse Apache
  • Apache to Skaters
  • Roll To Closed
  • Monster Move
  • Apache With Guys Turn
  • She goes He goes turn (6 count)
  • Skater's turn (around the body)

Travelling Charleston
Side-by-Side Charleston

Tandem Charleston
  • Basic Tandem
  • Frankie Points In Tandem
  • Winshield wiper
  • Girl Turn
  • Both Turn
  • Switchblade Charleston
  • Roll Right, and Roll left
  • Guy moves in from
  • Girl moves in front
  • Trade sides
  • Trade sides with turn
  • First Stop
  • Jump up to Drunken Charleston

1920's Charleston

Open To Tandem

Lolly Kick Variations
  • Basic
  • Kick and Slide
  • Link

Tandem To Open


Jig Walk
  • Basic Jig Walk
  • Close Jigs
  • Low Jigs vs High Jigs
  • Insid Turn
  • Outside turn
  • Jig Flip

Blues Rhythms
  • Drags
  • Strut
  • Mooch
  • Slow Drag
  • Fishtail
  • Hip Rolls
  • Latin Rolls
  • Snake Hips
  • NightClub Step

Slow Movements
  • Kickout to Ocho
  • Shase Kick Off
  • Passby and wrap-up

"Unclassifiable Lindy"

Hand-to-hand Charleston
  • Pancake entrance from apache
  • Fast Turn to Hand-To-Hand
  • How to get in from tandem Charleston
  • The intentional miss
  • Breaks steps
  • Grapevines
  • Styling options
  • Delay kicks
  • Money grabber turn
  • Intentional misses
  • Power turn

Other Charleston
  • Elbow Grab
  • Charleston Swing Out
  • Charleston Swing Out Variations
  • Dalmo Charleston
  • One Legged Charleston
  • Chase Charleston
  • The Chainsaw
  • Squat Charleston
  • Face to Face Jump Charleston
  • The Sake

 

 






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