Ballroom Beginner Fast track week 5 & Beginners Practice

November 5, 2005

Waltz

Left corner turn
1 L foot forward
2 R foot to forward R as the coulple turns counterclockwise about 1/3 as a unit
3 L foot together
1 R foot backward
2 L foot to back L as the couple turns counterclockwise 1/3 as a unit
3 R foot together

THAT WAS IT!!! Everything else was a rehash of last week or so. Only one new thing for 90 minutes! Of course, this does mean we get plenty of chance to refine and improve a very limited set of moves we've learned thus far.

On the bright side, I figured out a way to use Lock-step for Quickstep without getting into a corner.
Start from near the center of the room with plenty of room to your left (using the long part of the hall) when initiating lock-step. At the end of the lock-step, step back with R foot on 1 and do the chasse.

During the PRACTICE session, they introduced a new step for Cha Cha Cha (why???).

Cha Cha Cha
forward and back
2 L foot forward
3 weight on R foot
4,5 L foot cross behind R foot and chasse
6 R foot backward
7 weight on L foot
8,1 R foot cross in front of L foot as chasse

Followers can be lead to make a full pivot clockwise turn on 6,7 (lead starts during chasse).

Taking things from Salsa, leaders can do a pivot clockwise turn on 2,3.

Waltz is or can be a very funny dance. I'm not sure if this is the correct way but some people seemed to dance it almost as if waltz was ... Bachata!

I can't believe they stopped doing any new things for Foxtrot. Maybe they won't be introducing anything new for Waltz and Cha Cha Cha for Beginners.

There's no Beginners practice next week.