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- Hey guys, I'm Aaron. - And I'm Kristina.
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We're professional ballroom dance instructors coming at you today from New York City.
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And today we're gonna be talking about a little dance we call "the Swing".
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Also, what we refer to in the ballroom world as "East Coast Swing".
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So what we're gonna be doing is starting taking a look at the basic action.
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So gentlemen, let's take apart our footwork.
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What we're doing, guys, is we're always starting with our left leg.
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And what we're going to be starting this dance with is what we call a link step or a rock step.
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Taking our left leg and rocking it behind.
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One, two.
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And then following this up with a triple step action going side, together, side.
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And then repeating that with our right leg to our right, side, together, side.
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And then following that up again, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step.
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Now Kristina is going to demonstrate the ladies' part.
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Alright. So, ladies, we are going to start with our right foot in the rock step.
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So we're going to take our right foot and step behind, replace. That's our one, two.
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And then slide to the right, three and four, five and six.
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Again, one, two, three and four, five and six.
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Now we're going to talk a little bit about the different hand holds we're going to be using in the swing.
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For starters, we're going to be using a bit of a modified hold here from what we're used to in most of our ballroom dances
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where gentlemen, we're actually going to place our thumb on top of the lady's hand and bring it down to about waist level.
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Here, we're also going to be slightly turned out as this dance has a lot of rotational action that we're going to see right away as we rock step, Okay?
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Now there are several other types of holds as well.
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We're also going to be using a double hand hold, a single hand hold, and an open position
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as well as a handshake hold that you'll see will get us into several more of our advanced patterns.
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Now let's take a look at that basic action again together, one more time.
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And, one, two, three and four, five and six.
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One, two, three and four, five and six. One, two.
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And now let's try that with music.