Tranky Doo fourth part
the fourth part of the Tranky Doo routine.
video coming soon
The steps in this video are:
- Shorty George [8 beats]
- Boogie Backs [8 beats]
- Shorty George [8 beats]
- Break [8 beats]
When this routine is danced, it is common that leaders and followers will alternate: the leaders do Shorty George while the followers do the Boogie Backs and vice versa.
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Shim Sham – full routine
Patrick and Natasha show the Shim Sham routine danced to the music (part 9 of the teaching sequence.).
The full Shim Sham routine danced to music. The moves are:
- shim sham step
- full break step
- pushes and cross overs
- tackey annie
- full break
- half break
- Then the whole routine is reapeted with freezes instead of the full breaks
- Shim Sham ends with boogie back, boogie forward and shorty george
- At the end usually people will start dancing socially with each other until the end of the song
Teachers: Patrick Szmidt and Natasha Ouimet
Youtube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/PatrickAndNatasha
The song this routine is often danced to is either “Tain’t What You Do” by Billy May or “The Shim Sham Song” by The Bill Elliott Swing Orchestra
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Jazz up your Lindy with breakaways
Mike and Nina show some interesting Jazz steps you can put in your partner dancing by breaking away from your partner.
Breakaways are a nice way to spice up your partner dancing and giving your follower space to do her own thing for a while.
The moves in this video are:
- a swingout with and outside turn free spin for the follower into a break away.
- boogie backs
- boogie fronts
- break away to the side (side by side position)
- knee slaps
- susie Q
- shorty geroge
- twists
- as welll as lots of other various jazz steps to do in a break away
Teachers: Mike Faltesek and Nina Gilkenson http://www.falty.com/Old%20Site/Home.html & http://www.andyandnina.com/
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