The concept behind a Callback is instead of letting the follower complete their traveling turn, leaders redirect her into walking back along the slot returning her back to the starting point. There are many moves that involve direction changes such as the Copa. It’s important that a follower not over commit into a turn so that she can effectively follow re-directions. Practicing Callbacks will help you improve in this area.
TIP: Followers make sure you move along the slot for this move
Advanced Beginner Partnerwork Lesson 6 – Touch & Go + Combo Continued
There are different ways to perform a Double spin. We’ll start this combo with a variation known as a Touch & Go. Then we will apply everything that you’ve learned before from lessons 1 through 5 and put it all together! This combination now includes the following skills: Touch & Go Spin – Copa – Basket – Walkaround
The Walkaround will be the first move we teach you where two partners do not move along a line. Instead, it is exactly as the name suggests; the two partners walk around in a circle.
TIP: Leaders, the footwork for a Walkaround is the same as the footwork for a Basket.
TIP. Remember to end a Walkaround in the same direction as when you started.
The Basket/Butterfly is a move where the leader moves around the girl. The two dancers are briefly trading places with one another. The footwork for the followers is essentially a modified basic step with a cross over On2.
Strike a pose for the Copa! Think of this move as a quick direction change. The leader brings the follower towards him into a pose on the 1 and then quickly directs the follower away from him for the rest of the bar (A bar is a measure of music and consists of 8 counts.). The Copa is a move that happens suddenly but not with out warning. Remember leaders to always prepare the follower for the Copa with an open break on the 5 – 6 – 7.
Lets get creative! Come up with one or two combos of your own using the 8 basics. Upload a video of yourself and share it with us. We would love to see what you come up with!
Lets learn our next combo using only the 8 basic moves from the beginner level. This will help you better understand the options that exist for leading and following the basics.
Lets learn our next combo using only the 8 basic moves from the beginner level. This will help you better understand the options that exist for leading and following the basics.
We will need a lot of practice in order to master our 8 basics. You’ve learned your first combo already, let’s learn another!
Think of each move in your 8 basics like a Lego piece that can be combined with any other Lego piece. There’s a lot that you can do with just these 8 moves. Mathematically, the number of possible permutations for just 8 items would be 40,320. That’s a lot of different arrangements! For followers, this means it’s important to learn to understand the signals and improve reaction time rather than learning the routines. Following is not the same as memorizing choreography. On the dance floor, these moves could come in any order.
