BAM Spring Class 3
Download Dan Calloway’s Class Notes – BAM-20140217
Beginner Waltz: Basic Amalgamtion
Begin facing DW # of Bars
- Natural Turn (End facing DC) 2
- Right Foot Closed Change 1
- Reverse Turn (End facing DW) 2
- LF Closed Change 1
Three Differences between Natural and Reverse Turns
- Natural turns right, Reverse turns left
- Natural starts with leader’s RF (follower’s LF), Reverse starts with leader’s LF
- Natural starts facing DW (follower backing DW), and Reverse starts facing DC
Quickstep: Review the three figures.
Tango
Exercise Amalgamation: Two Closed Boxes, Two Open Boxes, counting QQS
Tango Routine (Begin facing DW):
- Two Walks, curving ¼ to L to face DC SS
- Reverse Turn, Lady Outside QQS QQS
End facing DW to restart.
Rumba/Cha Cha: Review New York/Hand to Hand amalgamation
Bronze Foxtrot [Buy The Ballroom Technique and as many Latin books as you can afford at USISTD.org.]
Figures 1-15 of Bronze Foxtrot routine (available as written routine and demonstrated on video at DanielCalloway.com)
This evening’s new choreography:
- Reverse Turn SQQ SQQ
- 1-4 Reverse Turn SQQS
- Basic Weave QQ QQ QQ
- Three Step SQQ
Foxtrot Technique
Basic Weave footwork
Leader: HT T T T T TH
Follower: TH T T T TH TH
Rumba/Cha Cha Technique
- Get on foot in ½ beat, then reserve second half of the beat for hip action. Fast feet, then slow hips.
- Keep both feet in contact with the floor at all times.
- Turn the “bottle” on most steps (turn the hips while leaving the shoulders unturned). On NY’s turn the “cap” (the torso). In NY’s the feet are in 4th position, turned out equally. As an exercise, touch your partner’s back hand with your back hand on NY’s.
Samba: Reverse Turn
- No foot swivel.
- Use subtle bounce action.
- Above all, show the timing distinctions: 1a2.
