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Welcome to Dance Vision USA's presentation of Advanced 2 American Style Waltz.
I'm Jim Moronto and this is my wife and partner Janelle.
Today we'll be working on some elements that make up an Advanced American Style Waltz.
Many of the figures that we'll be using must be entered with or exited from figures from
previous tapes.
So it will really help to be familiar with those figures.
Step number one, the Advanced Twinkle Connection.
This step is designed to get you from something that's open back to something that's closed
in a more advanced way.
Let's take a look at it.
We're starting in open position, almost facing the same way.
Let's call it a shadowing type action.
Both people are weighted on the left foot and the right leg is free.
Ready and one, two and three.
Let's take a look at the lady's part.
The lady's slightly ahead of the man, weight on the right foot.
She dances forward to the side and side, turning to her right, ending in a promenade position.
Once again from another angle.
Weight on the left foot, right foot is free and forward to the side and side, turning
to the right.
Now let's take a look at the footwork and heel toe, toe, toe heel.
Once again and heel toe, toe, toe heel.
Now let's take a look at that with music.
Ready and a one, two, three.
One more time.
Now let's have a look at the man's part.
The man would be starting slightly behind the lady.
Remember we've released to this open position and we want to get back to closed.
The man is on his left foot with the right foot free.
He dances forward, side, forward, side, ending in a promenade position.
Once again from another angle.
Right foot free gentlemen and forward, side, forward, side, in promenade, all turning to
the right over those four steps.
Now let's take a look at the footwork.
Right foot free and heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel in promenade.
Once again and heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Now with music.
Ready and one, two and three, once again.
Ready and one, two and three.
Now with our partner.
The important aspect of this step, although it looks simple, is the fact that we've both
ended on the same leg.
One of us must syncopate to make that connection happen so we can be in closed dance position.
This will be the man's job.
Ladies will dance even rhythm.
The man will syncopate.
We're both turning to the right so you'll find that arm styling and a stretching of
the sides is necessary to make the arms comfortably fit back into position.
Here we go with music.
Ready and one and two, three.
Once again, ready and.
Step number two, alternating underarm turns.
This step begins in promenade position.
The man gets to dance an underarm turn followed by the ladies underarm turn.
Let's have a look at it.
Beginning in promenade position.
Man on the left, lady on the right and one, two, three, two, two and three.
From another angle, right foot free guys.
Ladies left foot free and one, two, three, two, two and three.
Let's have a look at the ladies part.
Beginning in a promenade position.
State on the right foot, left foot free and forward, forward, forward, forward, side,
forward, back.
From another angle and forward, forward, forward, forward, side, forward, back and now the footwork.
Left foot free girls and heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Once again, left foot free ladies and heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe,
toe, heel.
Let's have a look at that figure with music.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two and three.
From another angle and one, two, three, two, two and three.
Now the man's part.
We're beginning in a promenade position guys.
We've released the hold from the ladies back.
So our only hand joined is the left to the ladies right.
We dance under our joined hands, forward, forward, forward, across, side, close, side.
Once again guys, the right foot is free.
We have joined hands, we're going to dance underneath them making a slight turn to our
left and forward, forward, forward, across, side, close, side.
Now the footwork.
Beginning with the right foot, we have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe,
toe, heel.
Another look.
Right foot free guys.
We have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Now with some music.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two and three.
From another angle.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two and three.
Let's have a look at this step with our partner.
Now the important aspect to understand of this figure, although it looks quite simple,
we've got these arms here that are joined when we enter the figure.
We must release them early enough so that as we move through we are unjoined.
Only the hands remain closed.
I like the men to swing their arm down towards their side so that they can not, you don't
want to bring the arm over because of the arms joined.
So bring it underneath and that directs you to your, a line of movement.
Let's have a look at this and one, two, three.
From this point, the lady is going to dance a traditional syncopated underarm turn.
Men, you're going to dance a chasse.
Because you're slightly ahead, we want to turn slightly to our left so that our front
is facing our lady.
One, two and three.
Now with some music.
Step number three, the Viennese underarm turn.
This step begins in promenade position diagonal to the center of the room and will end in
promenade position, diagonal wall.
Let's give it a try.
Beginning in promenade position, the weight's on the left for the man, the weight's on the
right for the lady.
And we dance, one, two and three, two, two and three.
Once again, from another angle.
Right foot free for the guys, left foot free for the girls, one, two and three, two, two
and three.
Let's take a look at the lady's part.
Beginning in a promenade position, weight on the right foot with the left foot free.
She dances across, side, side, close, forward, side, forward, side.
Once again, left foot free, ladies, and across, side, side, close, forward, side, forward,
side.
Now the footwork.
Ladies left foot free, and heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Once again, ladies with the left foot free, and heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe,
toe, toe, toe heel.
Now with music.
One, two, and three, two, two, and three.
Once again, one, two, and three, two, two, and three.
Let's have a look at the man's part now.
Remember, we're beginning in a promenade position, we're closed at this point, and my right foot
is free.
I dance, one, two, and three, two, two, and three.
Giving the direction, we have across, forward, side, and cross, back, side, close, and to
the side.
Now let's take a look at that footwork.
We have heel-toe, toe-toe, toe-heel, toe-heel, toe-toe, toe-heel.
One more time.
Right foot free, gentlemen.
Heel-toe, toe-toe, toe-heel, toe-heel, toe-toe, toe-heel.
Now with some music.
Ready and one, two, and three, two, two, and three.
Once again, right foot free, guys.
Ready and one, two, and three, two, two, and three.
Now with our partner, the important aspect of this step is the syncopated V and E cross
from promenade.
The right foot is free for the guys, the left foot is free for the girls.
The feeling must be is that you allow the lady to pass you essentially from your right
to your left side, making a small left turn.
Remember guys, you're on the inside, so the lady has a great deal of distance to travel.
Once we get to that point where we've crossed, it's very important to move away from the
lady strongly, guys, at this point, because we're releasing hold, and she needs space
to underarm turn.
Move away strongly, and she'll have plenty of room to turn.
Let's take a look at it.
Step number four, develop and check.
This figure goes down the line of dance and promenade position with a nice chasse, has
an excellent leg line for the lady, and a lovely check and left turn.
Let's take a look at it.
Beginning in a promenade position closed, we dance through for a chasse, one, two, and
three.
We dance across, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three.
Once again from another angle.
Beginning in a promenade position, weight on the left for the man, on the right for
the girl, and one, two, and three, one, two, three, one, two, three, one, two, three.
Let's take a look at the lady's part.
Beginning in a promenade position, the left foot is free, and across, side, close, side,
across, develop, hey, and turn, back checking, forward recovering, side, and forward, slip
pivoting.
Once again, and across, side, close, side, across, develop, hey, and recover, back, forward
recovering, forward, and forward, slip pivoting.
Now the footwork, ladies.
With the left foot, we begin, heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, lift, back on a
flat foot to the toe of the right, recover toe of left, toe of right, and toe heel of
the left.
Once again.
Left foot free, girls, we have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, lift the right
leg, flat on the left, toe of the right, toe of the left, toe of the right, and toe heel
of the left on the slip pivot, preparing for any reverse turning figure.
Now with some music.
One, two, and three, one, two, down three, one, two, three, one, hold two, slip three.
Once again, and a one, two, and three, one, kick two, recover three, one, two, three,
one, hold two, slip three.
Now let's take a look at the man's part.
Gentlemen, we're beginning in a promenade position, our right leg is free, we dance
a promenade chasse, across, side, close, side, across, elevate holding the position, bend
into the knee and dance across, recover, turn the shoulders to the right, back to the left,
back to the right, and we've recovered to our finished position in the slip pivot.
Once again.
From promenade position, gentlemen, the right leg is free, across, side, close, side, across,
and elevate, bend the knee and across, we step back, back turning to the right, back
turning to the left, and that's the slip pivot finishing.
Now the footwork.
Right foot free, we have heel-toe, toe, toe, toe-heel, heel with a flat foot, across with
the heel, back with the toe, lower to the heel, rise to the toe, toe of the left, toe-heel
of the right.
Once again, and heel-toe, toe, toe, toe-heel, heel to a flat foot, heel, back to the toe,
heel to the toe, toe of the left, toe-heel of the right.
Now with some music, and 1, 2, and 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3.
One more time, here we go, right foot free, 1, 2, and 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1,
2.
Now with our partner.
Now we dance a chasse in promenade position.
This is no great difficulty, 1, 2, and 3.
Here we must step strongly across our own bodies, gentlemen, and then lift through the
center of our body to get the lady to do her developpe, across and lift.
We bend into our right knee, rotating our shoulders and step across for the contra-check.
We recover, turn our shoulders to the right for the slip pivot, and allow that to unwind
naturally turning to the left.
And now we can finish with any reverse turning figure.
Let's try that with music.
Step number 5, flip and spin.
This step begins in a promenade position and can be repeated more than once, 2, 3, 4 times
depending on where you want to fit it in the room.
We're going to show it once with an open natural and open impetus ending.
Let's take a look at it.
Beginning in promenade position, the joined hands have been released, we still have a
hold around the back.
We dance 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3.
Once again from another angle.
In promenade position, the joined hands are released and 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4,
2, 3.
Let's have a look at the ladies part.
Beginning in an open promenade position, the joined hands are free and forward, side, and
forward, forward, side, and side, forward, forward, forward, forward, side, and side
ending in a promenade position.
Once again from another angle and forward, side, and forward, forward, side, and side,
forward, forward, forward, forward, side, and to the side.
Now let's look at the footwork.
Beginning with the left foot free ladies and heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe,
heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, heel.
Once again, very straightforward footwork ladies left foot free and heel, toe, toe,
toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe, toe, heel.
Now with music and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three, four, two, three.
Once again from another angle and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, and four, two,
three.
Let's have a look at the man's part now.
Gentlemen, we're in a promenade position open meaning we've released this hand but we still
have the joined hands.
We're going to dance across the front of the lady for one, two, three.
We let her go by across, side, and forward.
We dance across, side, and back, back, close and rise and to the side.
Once again gentlemen, right foot is free.
We have across, side, and side, forward, forward, forward, across, side, and back, back, close,
and to the side.
Now the footwork.
Right foot free gentlemen.
We have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, heel,
toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, heel.
Once again and heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe,
heel, toe, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe, toe, heel.
Now let's try that with some music.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three, four, two, three.
One more time guys, right foot free.
Ready and a one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three, four, two, three.
Now with our partner.
Now we started in an open position, meaning our joined hands are free at this point.
Now we must try to do this early, actually before we get to this third step, before we
start our right foot, we should be open.
We have our inside leg free, but the arms join.
Now this is important guys, because we're going to use that to cup the lady's back as
we dance around her, almost as if we're encircling her body with our arms, giving the lady a
guide and the figure a nice shape.
So the lady has that turn inside the arm position that we're creating.
So we dance across her, fold our arms and open our arms.
And now we allow that same thing to happen, allowing the lady to go to our right arm.
So we're always cupping the lady's back.
We could repeat this.
And we chose to end it with an open natural turn and the open impetus.
Let's take a look at that with music and we'll do it twice.
Ready and.
And our open natural.
Step number six, the advanced hand to hand.
This step begins with the open side lock as shown to you in the previous tape.
We'll also show the ending to utilize the advanced twinkle connection.
Step one of this same tape.
Let's try it.
Beginning in a side by side position, man's got the left joined with the lady's right.
We dance one and two, three, one and two and three.
Once again.
Now I'll count the ladies timing and one and two, three, one and two and three and.
Now the ladies part.
Beginning in the side by side position, right leg free for the lady.
She dances across, side, back and side, forward, side, forward, side, forward, side.
And that can be over rotated slightly once again.
Right foot free for the ladies and across, side, back, side, forward, side, forward,
side, forward, side.
Ending slightly overturned with the right leg free.
Now the footwork and heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Once again and heel toe, toe, toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Now with music.
Ready and one and two, three, one and two and three and.
Once again and one and two, three, one and two and three and.
Now the man's part.
Remember guys, we've danced an open side lock to get to this position.
We are side by side.
Our left hand is holding the ladies right.
Our left leg is free.
We dance a type of grapevine across, side, back and to the side.
Now we dance forward, side, forward, side, forward, ending with the right leg free.
Once again from another angle.
Side by side position guys.
The left foot is free.
We dance across, side, back behind and to the side.
We dance across, side, forward, side, forward, ending on the left foot.
The right leg is free to dance into the advanced twinkle connection.
Let's look at the footwork now.
Left foot free guys.
We have heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
We have heel toe, toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Once again.
Left foot beginning and heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Heel toe, toe, toe, toe, toe heel.
Now let's try that with a bit of music, shall we?
Ready and one and two, three, one and two and three.
Once again from a different direction.
Ready and one and two, three, one and two and three.
Now with our partner.
The important aspect of this figure is the double spin.
Remember gentlemen, to utilize the advanced twinkle connection, we're using one less
syncopation than the ladies to have our right leg free.
If we wanted to use the basic twinkle connection, we would just add one more syncopation.
As we dance the grapevine of this figure, we want to keep it low in the legs and connect
our partner to use type of a bracing movement.
So we dance one and two.
We're still down at this part.
Now we rise for the last lilt.
Once again we have a feeling of down, down, up, down.
Let's try that with music.
Ready and one and two, three, one and two and three.
Once again and one and two, three, one and two and three.
Step number seven, the open throwaway.
We've taken a throwaway oversway and shown you a way to make it more American style oriented
with a big open line.
We've chosen a telemark entry and a promenade exit.
Let's have a look at it.
Beginning in a closed position, we dance one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Once again from another angle and a one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Let's take a look at the ladies part.
In closed position, weight on left, right foot is free and back, close and forward.
We go turn and back, point the left, turn to the right, close and rise and side.
Once again and back, close and forward turning, point the left and turn, close left to right
and side out on the right foot.
Now the footwork and toe heel, heel toe, toe heel.
Point the toe of the left and toe, toe heel.
Once again and toe heel, heel toe, toe heel, point toe of left and toe, toe heel.
Now with music.
One, two, three and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three from the other
angle and a one, two, three, two, hold two, three, three, two, three.
Now let's take a look at the man's part.
Standing on our right foot, we're in a closed position.
We dance forward to the side and back, turning, shaping, recover to the right foot, rise and
in promenade position.
Once again, we dance forward turning left, side and back turning to the left.
Point the right, shape to the right again, rise, close right to left and side.
In promenade position.
Now let's take a look at footwork.
From here, the left foot is free.
We have heel toe, toe heel, toe flat, point the toe of the right.
We rise on the toe of the left, toe of right, toe heel of left.
Once again, left foot free gentlemen, heel toe, toe heel, toe heel.
Toe of right, rise to toe of left, toe of right, toe heel.
Now with some music.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, out three.
Once again, left foot free guys.
Ready and a one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Now with our partner.
The main feature of this figure is the shaping action.
We dance the first three steps of the telemark, one, two, three.
We dance into the throwaway over sway, rotating our bodies left.
Now to get this open line we want to let our hands stay on the ladies back and over shape
it to our right, stretching our left side.
Ladies stretch your right and bring your hands over your head.
Guys use the hands to manipulate the ladies back to bring her to her left foot and out
in promenade.
So a strong manipulation of the ladies back with your hands and fingertips will make this
step successful.
An extremely over shaped position of the man's left side and the ladies right will also help
Let's take a look at it with music.
Once again.
Step number eight, pivots.
We've chosen to show this to you from a basic twinkle moving to promenade and exiting in
promenade.
Let's take a look at it.
Beginning in a closed position, weight on the right foot for the man, left for the girl.
We dance a one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Once again from another angle and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Let's take a look at the ladies part.
Beginning in a closed position, weight on the left foot, the right foot is free.
She dances back, side and side, forward, forward, side, forward, side and side.
Once again and back, side and side, forward, forward, side, forward, side and side.
Now look at the footwork and toe heel, toe, toe heel, heel toe, heel toe, toe, toe, toe,
toe heel.
Once again and toe heel, toe, toe heel, heel toe, heel toe, toe, heel toe, toe, toe heel.
Now with some music.
And a one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, out three.
Once again and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Now look at the man's part.
Remember gentlemen, we're beginning in a closed position, the weight's on the right foot.
We dance forward to the side and side.
We dance across, side and forward, side, forward and side.
Once again.
Closed position, left foot free and forward to the side and side.
Across, side, forward, side, forward, side.
Now footwork.
Starting with the left, heel toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, heel toe, toe, heel toe,
toe heel.
Important on the footwork, so pay attention to this part.
We have heel toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, heel toe, toe, heel toe, toe heel.
With music.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, out two and three.
Once again, left foot free.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two, three, three, two, three.
Let's take a look at it with our partner now.
Now pivots are often a difficult figure for most people.
We've chosen to show them from a promenade entry.
We dance our twinkle ending in promenade.
Now the man must move aggressively across the lady at this point without the feeling
of squeezing her back.
He must vacate space so the lady can feel it.
So he dances strongly across her and then moves in a sideways feeling underneath his
left elbow, thereby creating a hinge on which his body will swing open so the lady can pass.
If we don't accomplish that across movement, getting to our left side, the lady can't come
forward.
So guys, it's important to move strongly across the girl.
One, two, three, across side.
Now the ladies must make that same consideration for the man on the second part of the pivot.
So from the promenade position, the man's gotten to his left and he's made room for
the lady.
She's danced forward strongly.
Now we dance forward strongly between her feet and she gets to her left foot making
a hinge and in a promenade position.
When we do it in that manner, we can get around each other comfortably.
Let's try it with some music.
Step number nine, syncopated natural in shadow position.
Now we're utilizing an entry from the previous tape, advanced one, the chasse to shadow position.
But we won't show you that figure, we'll just pick it up from there.
Beginning in shadow position, weight on the left foot, the right foot is free.
We dance and one, two, three, two, two and three, three, two and three, four, two and
three, five, two and three.
Once again, weight on the left for both, right foot free and one, two, three, two, two and
three, three, two and three, four, two and three, five, two and three.
Let's take a look at the lady's part.
Lady beginning in shadow position with the weight on the left foot.
She dances, forward, forward, forward, forward, forward side, back, back, side, back, forward,
forward, forward side, back, forward, back, side and back.
Once again...
And the right foot is free for forward, forward, forward, forward, forward, side, back, back,
side, side, forward, forward, forward, side, back, back, forward, side, forward, back.
Once again now with footwork.
The right foot is free ladies.
We have heel toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
One more time on footwork.
And heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Now with music, please.
Everybody on the left foot, right foot free, ladies.
Ready, and one, two, three, two, two, and three,
three, three, two, and three, four, two, and three,
five, two, and three, and.
One more time.
Ready, and one, two, three, two, two, and three,
three, two, and three, four, two, and three,
five, two, and three, and.
Now let's take a look at the man's part.
Remember, we've danced a chasse to shadow
to get to this position.
Standing on our left with the right foot free
in shadow position.
The man dances forward, forward, forward.
Forward, forward, side, back, back, side, close, side.
Once again, wait on the left.
The right foot is free in shadow position.
Forward, forward, forward.
Forward, forward, side, back.
Back, side, close, side.
Forward, forward, side, back.
Back, side, close, and to the side.
Ending, facing your partner yet open.
Now let's take a look at the footwork.
Beginning with the right foot, gentlemen,
we have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
One more time on footwork.
Right foot free, we begin.
Heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Now with music.
Right foot free, ready, and.
One, two, three.
Two, two, and three.
Three, two, and three.
Four, two, and three.
Five, two, and three.
Once again.
Right foot free, gentlemen.
Ready, and.
One, two, three.
Two, two, and three.
Three, two, and three.
Four, two, and three.
Five, two, and three.
Now with our partner. The important aspect of this action is the underarm turn and the
syncopated natural action. So we start on our right and this is quite straightforward
dancing forward, forward, forward. At this point we're making a strong right turn in
shadow position. The lady being on the inside on the first part has to go a bit smaller
so the man can go more strongly around her. One, two, and three. At this point the man
must get out of the lady's way because she's going backwards and she can't see him. She's
got to move back but he's got to move strongly back out of the way. Turning to his right
allowing the lady to do a syncopated underarm turn to her right. One, two, and three. Keeping
that movement small to allow the lady to return to shadow. Now we repeat the syncopated natural
portion. One, two, and three. At this point we can release the right hand hold guys and
the turn of our body will indicate to the lady we want to end the figure. We release
the left hand after step one and the lady adds an extra syncopation to get back on the
opposite foot. One, two, and three. An additional end for the girl and we can connect with a
twinkle connection. Let's take a look at that to music. Step number ten. Double turn
and spin. This step will begin from a twinkle to promenade. End with a standing spin and
then you may have to do a twinkle connection to get back together again. Let's take a look
at it. Beginning in closed position. The man's weight is on the right foot. The lady's on
the left with the right foot preparing to move back and a one, two, three, two, two,
and three. Three, two, three. Four, two, three. Five, two, and three. And six, two, and three.
One more time from another angle. And left foot free for the guys, right foot free for
the girls. And one, two, three, two, two, and three. Three, two, three. Four, two, three.
Five, two, and three. And six, two, and three. Let's take a look at the lady's part. Beginning
in a closed position. Her weight is on her left foot with the right foot free. She dances
back, side, forward, forward, back, forward, back, forward, side, and forward, forward,
side, and forward, forward, forward, forward, forward, forward, side, forward, back. Once
again from another angle. Right foot free ladies. And back, side, forward, forward,
back, forward, back. Forward, side, forward, forward, side, forward, forward, forward,
forward, forward, forward, forward, side, forward, back. Now the footwork. And toe heel,
toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, toe, toe heel, heel, toe, toe, toe heel, heel, toe, toe
heel toe toe toe toe toe heel heel toe toe toe heel. Once again, from
another angle now. Beginning with the right foot ladies we have toe heel toe
toe heel heel toe toe toe heel heel toe toe toe heel heel toe toe heel heel
Heel toe, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Now with some music.
Ready and one, two, three, two, two and three, three, two, three, four, two, three, five,
two and three, and six, two and three.
Once again one, two, three, two, two and three, three, two, three, four, two, three, five
and two and three, six, two and three.
Let's take a look at the man's part.
Beginning in a closed position, weight on the right foot.
We dance one, two, three to promenade.
We dance one, hold two, three, shaping to the lady.
We turn to the left, one, two, three.
We turn to the right, one, two, three.
We turn to the left, one, two, three for the standing spin, paddling, turning and then
back one, two and three.
Once again from another angle and we dance forward, forward to the side, across, hold,
hold.
Turn one, two and away.
Now we turn forward, forward, forward.
We dance forward to our partner for the standing spin.
That's a paddle turn guys.
Now we do back, side, close, side, ending facing our partner, apart yet parallel.
Now let's take a look at the footwork and we have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe,
hold on a flat foot, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
We dance heel, toe, toe, toe, heel and this is a heel.
Now we're paddling on the ball of the right foot using the ball of the left foot as the
lady spins around us.
We lower, we dance, toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Once again guys, starting with the left foot we have heel, toe, toe, toe, heel, heel, toe,
flat as we wait for the lady to spin away.
We dance with the left foot, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
We turn to the right, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
We dance forward, heel, right heel, paddling on the ball of the right foot using the ball
of the left to paddle turn us around.
Now we move backwards, toe, heel, toe, toe, toe, heel.
Let's try that with some music.
Ready and 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5, 2, and 3, and 6, 2, and 3.
Once again, ready and 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5, 2, and 3, and 6, 2, and
3.
Let's try that with our partner now.
Now the important aspects of this figure are primarily the turns away and back towards
your partner.
So we're sending our girl out.
She's dancing a syncopated turn.
We send her across and wait for her.
When we see that she's joined us to turn away, we will then at that moment move away.
The simplicity of the figure and the people moving at the same time are the effect we're
trying to achieve.
We're both going to do a walk around turn to our left, 1, 2, 3.
Again focusing back on our partner, we're facing right side forward to right side forward.
We're now going to turn to our right making those three steps and then focusing on our
partner again, 1, 2, 3.
Now we should be in a slightly right side forward position again.
The man's going to take two steps forward beginning his paddle turn.
Although the weight is on the right foot completely, we will use the left leg to just enable us
to get around.
So the lady's power is not 100% moving us but let's say about 80% spinning us around
and 5, 2, and 3 and we lower, move strongly away from the girl to allow her to move by.
We can now end with a twinkle connection to fulfill the figure.
Let's try that with some music.
Thank you for joining us for Dance Vision USA's presentation of Advanced to American
Waltz.
We've enjoyed presenting this to you today and we look forward to seeing you once again
on many more Dance Vision USA videos.
Happy dancing.
Thank you.