Tuesday, July 28, 2020

VIDEOS FOR DANCING AT HOME

This is the same information as in the pdf which is linked in the more recent 'Videos for dancing at home' post.

Given that the COVID-19 shutdown is going on longer than expected, I am making a bunch of videos so that folks can dance at home if they want. I will update this post as more are available. The nice thing is you can do this whenever you want, rewind the video if you didn't understand the steps the first time, do the whole teach as often as you need, or just play the dancing videos (most of which start with a walkthrough; all include cueing) in the order you want. 

I started off making two dancing videos per dance, one with the music slowed down, the other full (or almost) speed. Then I discovered you can slow down videos using the YouTube settings. For instructions with pictures of how to do this:

There is now a Quick Content Guide at the end of this document, so you can quickly see what’s been added. Before the Quick Content Guide are links to thorough teaches by other people of dances we’ve done.

Basic steps instruction videos
Starting right from scratch, for the total beginner, these videos work through the common line dance steps.
Basic Steps 1: walks forward and back, touches, holds, charleston, k-step, switches
Basic Steps 2: jazz box (+ with 1/4 turn), hip bumps, toe/heel struts
Basic Steps 3: moving to side: basic, vine (+ with 1/4 turn)
Basic Steps 4: rocks, rocking chair, mambo, nightclub
Basic Steps 5: triples: shuffle, lindy
Basic Steps 6: turns: pivot 1/4 & 1/2, pivot 1/4 cross, chase
Basic Steps 7: waltz steps: basic, twinkle, weave, balance, point, waltz with 1/4 turn
Basic Steps 8: coaster step, rumba box
        To learn a Monterey 1/4 turn, see the Gin & Tonic teach
        To learn a shuffle 1/2 turn, see the You Look Good teach

Taught in Level 1 and to use with Basic Step instruction videos
The Continental – choreographer unknown    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1)
Ah Si! - choreographed by Rita Masur    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,2)
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough

Mamma Maria – choreographed by Frank Trace    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,3)
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough
Itsy Bitsy Spider – choreographed by John Dembiec    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,3)
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough
Simply Mambo – choreographed by Val Myers and Deana Randle    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,4,5)
Music used: Papa Love Mambo by Perry Como
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough

Lyin’ To My Heart – choreographed by Yvonne Krause-Schenck     (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,2,5)
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough
Rita’s Waltz – choreographed by Jo Thompson Szymanski    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,7) Music used: Tennessee Waltz by Anne Murray
Teach with 1/4 turn (in the intro I misspeak and say the 3/4 turn is to the left, but it’s to the right)

First Waltz – choreographed by Dee Musk (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,7) Teach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_7iTpQixgE Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HrXekW1Lcw Copperknob https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/first-waltz-ID55094.aspx  
Sundance Shuffle (modified) – choreographer unknown    (Absolute Beginner) (after Basics 1,2,3,5)
My modifications: replace last 8 counts with 16 counts of: vine right, vine left with 1/4 turn, hip bumps RRLLRLRL
Music used: Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough
Stealing the Best – choreographed by Rosie Multari    (Beginner) (after Basics 1,3,5,6)
Dance @100% with 1 wall walkthrough
Other dances, alphabetically, and where they’ve been taught
- the Zoom M/Th class is an easier, mixed-level class, the Zoom Fri class is harder

A Kind of Hush – choreographed by Juliet Lam    (Beginner) (after Basics 1,6,8)    Level 2
Dance Monkey – choreographed by Alison Johnstone     (Beginner)    Level 2 and Zoom M/Th

Down the Road Apiece – choreographed by Frank Trace    (Beginner) (after Basics 1,6)    Level 2 and Zoom M/Th 
Dance @92% and 97%

Gin & Tonic – choreographed by Kate Sala and Robbie McGowan Hickie     (Beginner)    Level 2 and Zoom M/Th
Teach (includes teach of a Monterey 1/4 turn)
Gypsy Queen – choreographed by Hazel Pace      (Improver)    Level 3 and Zoom M/Th/Fr
I Close My Eyes – choreographed by Hazel Pace     (High Beginner)    Level 2&3 and Zoom M/Th/Fr

Lonely Drum – choreographed by Darren Mitchell     (Improver)   Level 3 and Zoom M/Th

My Love Runs Out – choreographed by Regina Cheung     (low intermediate)    Zoom M/Th

One Margarita Two – choreographed by Kathleen VanBuskirk     (Beginner)    Zoom M/Th
Three restarts have been added (with permission of choreographer): 
             walls 3 and 4 after 24 counts, wall 7 after 20 counts.
Playing With Fire – choreographed by Craig Bennett    (Intermediate)    Zoom Fr
Stripes – choreographed by Peter Jones and Anna Lockwood     (Beginner)    Zoom M/Th

Sweet Attraction – choreographed by Kate Sala, Shelly Guichard and Dee Musk (Intermediate) Zoom Fri Teach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfCPB4esVG8    Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o6d9I9doQo Copperknob https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/sweet-attraction-ID139688.aspx  

The Evening News Waltz – choreographed by Double Trouble (Improver) Levels 2 & 3 and Zoom M/Th Teach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAD8k6p8ytM Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHvQi4dC484 Copperknob https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/the-evening-news-waltz-ID120665.aspx

We Only Live Once – choreographed by Anna Korsgaard & Kirsthen Hansen    (Beginner)
Dance @90% and 97%

When You Smile – choreographed by Jose Miguel Belloque Vane (Beginner) Level 2 and Zoom M/Th Teach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTIH_fKe3yY Dance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgRCB4CjmuY Copperknob https://www.copperknob.co.uk/stepsheets/when-you-smile-ID136199.aspx  
You Look Good -  choreographed by Rick Dominguez     (High Beginner)    Level 2 and Zoom M/Th
Teach (includes teach of a shuffle 1/2 turn)




QUICK CONTENT GUIDE

Date Level Dance
Posted
Jul 22 B     A Kind of Hush
Jul 31 AB     Ah Si!
Aug 19 B     Dance Monkey
Jul 14 B     Down the Road Apiece
Aug 17 AB     First Waltz
Aug 4 B     Gin & Tonic
Aug 4 Imp     Gypsy Queen
Aug 4 Imp     I Close My Eyes
Jul 21 AB     Itsy Bitsy Spider
Jul 26 Imp     Lonely Drum
Aug 4 AB     Lyin’ To My Heat
Jul 29 AB     Mamma Maria
Aug 4 Imp     My Love Runs Out
Aug 19 B     Oh Carol
Aug 4 B     One Margarita Two
Jul 26 Int     Playing With Fire
Jul 22 AB     Rita’s Waltz 1/4
Jul 22 Imp     Rita’s Waltz 3/4
Jul 22 AB     Simply Mambo
Jul 20 B     Stealing the Best
Aug 4 B     Stripes
Jul 25 AB     Sundance Shuffle (modified)
Aug 17 Int     Sweet Attraction
Jul 17 AB     The Continental
Aug 19 Imp     The Evening News Waltz
Jul 18 B     We Only Live Once
Aug 19 B     When You Smile
Aug 4 B     You Look Good

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