A non move or pre-move for something more elaborate.

Arm over

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Make you own shuffle once arms are over.

Arm Over Double

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Lots of ways to do the same basic move.

Back to back

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Basic basket - beginner move.

Basket

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Basket to basket - a tracks move.

Basket Basket

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Simple Dip. One can dip lower than shown - if you really must.

Basket Dip

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A stable drop.

Basket Drop

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The best move to prep for the duplet move.

Basket to Duplet

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Pronounced: djiar as in Gyrate - turnout from standing start.

Basket Gyre

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For those that get leaded out or want to expand their minds. Adds a whole new dimension to dancing.

Basket Jet-Set Ali

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Basket as if she is leading you.

Basket Inverted

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Tricky to pull off without practice.

Basket Two Arm

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Follower gets a say.

Basket sabotage

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Get the waiting bit right and it is quite easy.

Basket Scintilla

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Basket sway with 3 different turn outs.

Basket Sway

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Works best with momentum.

Basket Turnout

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Simple move - maybe to fill time.

Behind and Step Back

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Spring, 'bowl', spin in front.

Catapult

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Put your hand centrally behind your back when ducking.

Catapult Duck

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Arm hook travelling from catapult.

Catapult Hook (Left handed)

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Add whatever you like after stall before spin.

Catapult Stall

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More eleborate return.

Catapult Return

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Easy element to add to a turn or pretzel for example.

Comb

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This looks quite easy, but can take a bit to master.

Copa

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Both taking a turn.

Copa-Copa

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Copa with a jolt bounce.

Copa Jounce

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Spin out from copa.

Copa Spin

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Some leg flourishes added to the copa move.

Copa Sweep

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May make follower a little dizzy so not overused.

Copa Wrap

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Leg over leg turn like a girl in the jewelry music box.

Copa Hallelujah

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Do it a few times for a bit of a workout.

Copa Lean

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Not everyone's cup of tea, but can be seen as stylish and fun.

Corkscrew

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An element of rueda.

Dame

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Rise you hand and allow the follower to dance across you.

Dance Across

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Add some elan.

Duplet

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Leaders start it, followers keep it going.

Do si do

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Simple addition to your routine.

Elbow Bump

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Rueda and Jive styles.

Enchufla Double

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A lesson in expression.

Fast expressive

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Used between moves to fill time. Gives leader a chance to think of next move.

Fill

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One of those I did once by chance with Megan then forgot how I did it. Re-discovered.

Flying

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Simple Dip - but get positioning right.

Frame Dip

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Perfectly reasonable to dance in frame to fill time.

Frame Fill

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You may have heard of the half-nelson - leader's arm behind.

Full Nelson

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We can show you how to stop this happening in the lessons. Some will junk one or two beats by doing the neck-break in a semi-fashion.

Half Neck-Break

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Can be done either side. Note the arm not held is best kept out of the way. Make sure you step to the side when you drop to reach behind.

Hand pass behind

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How to smooth swap your left to your right and vice versa.

Hand Swapping

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A little complex this one.

Hammerlock Duck

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Nice fill.

Hammerlock Fill

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Short cut to the hammerlock position.

Hammerlock Flick Lean

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Hand positioning plays a big part in making this work smoothly.

Hammerlock Inverted

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Will feel slightly awkward if not led carefully. Arms tuck in behind your backs.

Hammerlock Wheel

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The hammerlock - tragic version. Thanks to a lady (Everlyn) who's first attempt at the hammerlock was bad beyond belief. Later, I realised that it wa

Hammerlock Tragic

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See Boomerang page for explanation.

Half-Nelson Boomerang

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Nice easy duck under her arm move.

Half-Nelson Duck

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There are many elements to this so parts in the video are slowed down.

Half-Nelson Flourish

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Spin her behind you.

Half-Nelson Spin

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As half nelson spin but as if she is leading you.

Half-Nelson Turn

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Simple addition to the Hallelujah.

Hallelujah Lean

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An original move by MaxJive.

Hinge

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An easy fill move.

Hither and Thither

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An easy addition to the side push spin.

Hook 'n turn

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I turn, you-turn.

Figure 8

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Intro idea - work in progress for the start of Badlands. Note: This looks straightforward, it is straightforward, but the potential to topple is very great. A small lean creates a huge pull. (At that small angle I need to pull around 1/3rd of her body weight) If the angle increases another 10 degrees it exceeds half her body weight.

Intro Tee

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Walking move - step pattern travelling the track.

Jockey

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Flick to an element in the music.

Jungleland flick

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Naff compared with the triangle. This still requires some care and careful execution else you could tip.

Knees to Knees Lean

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Credit to Alistair who can't do a single dance without putting this in.

The knee

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Use when you are getting warm and follower has energy to spare. Leader can lean back and stay on the spot and follower will cover a quarter mile in a few moments.

Lazy Octopus

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Can be used mid dance or at the end. Make sure you put your leg out - else a tumble will ensue.

Lean

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This turned out harder than I thought.

Lean number 7

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Easier option than the fall forward.

Lean to

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Simple lift - fairly stable.

Lift Back to Back

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Good exercise in leader control and follower movement.

London Calling

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Easy easy easy, yet lots, shall we say, feign lead and follow.

Mambo (Modern Jive)

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One of the most difficult moves that looks very simple.

Mambo (Salsa)

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Ultra easy. Often used to swap hands or to get right over left / left over right for Copa etc.

Man's Turn

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See Half Neck-break for how most followers skip two beats on this.

Neck Break

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Full nelson fill move. Credit to Kat for producing this fill move.

Nelson Fill

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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.

Octopus

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Keep facing forward and don't let go of the follower's arm too early.

Orbit

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Ideal move to express yourself.

Overhead Twirl

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See saw, over her head, over your head.

Overhead Twirl Plus

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Similar to travelling return. Both shown on video.

Pass Under

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Used in a range of dance genres.

Passe

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Often comes about unintentionally when follower doesn't see your hand.

Pretzel Subterfuge

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Aka the straight jacket.

Pretzel Wrap

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Basic pretzel.

Pretzel

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Can be done moving forward or on the spot.

Promenade

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One elbow in. Salsa then Jive demo.

Half-pterodactyl

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Two elbows in.

Pterodactyl

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Prostrate.

Puja

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The return to undizzy the follower. Video includes Travelling return too.

Return

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Simple turn in and tug.

Rib Chaser

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Pure confidence test.

ROBOT

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Turn forward, or backwards if you please

Round the world

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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.

Roll

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Seen more often in Salsa than jive, but excellent as expressive move.

Salsa Curtsy

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Often used in slow/seductive section of a song.

Sashay

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Nice drop to end a dance. Leg often looks better when not raised high.

Seatbelt Drop

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Created by Max Jive through inspiration from a beginner moving out of place.

Shotput

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Can be done slow or as fast as you can.

Shoulder Swing

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How you get there doesn't matter. With hands on your shoulder let go and offer below.

Shoulder Release

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Basic fill move.

Side to side

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Salsa and blues-jive demo.

Siete

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Created by Max Jive for special occasions - or just when you feel like it.

Maxjive Slingshot

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Snowballing vs Octopus. Same but different.

Snowball

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Lots of things you can add to this.

Sombrero

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Best done slowly.

Sombrero Complicado

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You may have to shout, Spin Me. What? Spin Me. Oh spin you - never spun a man before.

Spin Me

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Just don't.

Spasmo

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Palm to palm with required tension.

Push Spin

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Simple flick and she spins.

Flick Spin

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Holding with left, swap hands and throw.

Throw Spin

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Easy but follower needs to lock arm. See Spin Tension on Dance Exercises page.

Standard Spin

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Go into reverse gear.

Sabotage (Flying)

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Move to use when side by side.

Swiss Roll

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Nice to dart in between others on the floor when a gap is available.

Tango in front behind steps

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Briefly in basket - take shoulders and ladies open your arms wide when pushed forward.

Titanic (Basket)

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From standing start or catapult and stall.

All Together Now

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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.

Triangle

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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.

True Tension

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Rich's favourite move.

Turn Behind

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Lots of elements. Keep hold of her left hand during the turn out.

Twist and Sweep

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Stylish move to a key element in a song perhaps.

Twizzle

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Ultra easy but nice to do from time to time. Follower need not know the steps beforehand - just copy along.

Two-Step

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Double crossed hands demo of the two hand spin.

Two-Handed Spin

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Slow-mo shown of the tricky bit.

Tunnel

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A nice addition to the tunnel. See Tunnel for basic elements. Catapult to face, tunnel thrice, turn behind.

Tunnel Turnout

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Tricky move to execute.

Whisk

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Gentle tug down and outwards a little invites wrap in.

Wrap

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Beginner move

Yo-Yo

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Basic demo here - you can jazz up when you have it nailed.

Yo-Yo Clock

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Simple spin from yo-yo

Yo-Yo Spin

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Smooth variant of the standard yo-yo

Yo-Yo Turn

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Zen dancing - no rules as such. Cooling down for a few minutes. Try one of you moving left hand, the other the right hand.

Zen

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