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“I am glad I found dancing”
See Half Neck-break for how most followers skip two beats on this.
There are ways to prevent the halving. You can disguise it to stop them turning straight into your right hand.
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Noob move, but a great fill nevertheless. Leader will use this to give them time to think of the next move to do. Add pauses for effect.
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Keep facing forward and don't let go of the follower's arm too early.
Expert mode - leader stays on the track, and moves forward back.
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A non move or pre-move for something more elaborate. However, perfect for blues music.
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Make you own shuffle once arms are over. Two methods shown.
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Ideal move to express yourself.
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Variation with a shoulder pull push.
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Can go wrong if you see saw too early. Often goes wrong when lady tries to turn the wrong way.
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Often comes about unintentionally when follower doesn't see your hand.
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Aka the straight jacket.
Experts: Do it left handed and right handed.
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Can be done moving forward or on the spot.
Track: Clarx - Zig Zag (NoCopyrightSounds)
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One elbow in. Salsa then Jive demo.
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Two elbows in.
This is a close move - compared with Half-Pterodactyl.
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Left and right handed. Video includes a flick spin and spin me too.
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Into reverse gear.
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Turn forward and backwards if you please.
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Head. Shoulders. Chest. Hips. Knees.
I am trying to replicate what I felt with Georgina some years back. It felt exquisite through the arms. Ignoring what it looks like, it felt special. Of the tens of other ladies that I have done this roll with, nothing has come close to that sensation.
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Seen more often in Salsa than jive, but excellent as expressive move.
See end of video - you can do multi drops.
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Often used in slow/seductive section of a song.
Salsa, Blues Jive and Rock 'n' Roll style.
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Created by Max Jive through inspiration from a beginner moving out of place.
Slide, spin once or spin twice.
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How you get there doesn't matter. With hands on your shoulder let go and offer below.
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Basic fill move.
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Salsa and blues-jive demo.
In blues-jive one can play with the move in any way you see fit.
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Snowballing vs Octopus.
Same but different.
Snowballing = compact.
Octopus = travelling.
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Lots of things you can add to this.
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You may have to shout, "spin me".
"What?"
"Spin me.", "Oh spin you - never spun a man before."
(So many have danced for decades - and never spun a man.)
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Nice to dart in between others on the floor when a gap is available.
A Jive fusion example at the end.
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From standing start or catapult and stall.
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Forget about the naff lean with knees touching, this is the real thing. Me and Megan spent an age devising a balance like this with just one leg but were bedevilled by torsion issues. So, we plumped for this. Outside in light rain it was stunning looking up. This is highly dangerous on a dance floor. It might look easy, but one slight error will land you in A&E.
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A clear demonstration that if you learn true tension in your arms it works wonders. In this case a little too well.
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Ultra easy but nice to do from time to time. Follower need not know the steps beforehand - just copy along.
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Slow-mo of the tricky bit.
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Great dance floor at the rear of the pub.
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