PSRBalboaNotes110704a

Austin Balboa Weekend

11.7.04

Crabwalks

Crabwalk

• 1-3: As normal

• 4: Step down on your left foot.

  • This should include a clear transfer of weight.

• 5: Step forward on your right foot.

  • Note that this step is straight forward (as opposed to grapevine-y).
  • This step should take your chest and hips with it (as opposed to leaning/pelvissing in some weird direction).

• 6: Step to the left on your left foot.

  • Note that, as long as you are moving to the left, your left foot will move along a very straight lateral line.
• 7: Step back on your right foot.
• 8: Step left on your left foot.
• 1: Step forward on your right foot.
• 2: Step left on your left foot.
• 3: Step backward on your right foot.
• 4: Step together with your left foot.
• Now, we can go back the direction we came.
• 5: Step backward on your left foot.

• 6: Step right on your right foot.

  • Again, as long as you are moving to the right, your right foot will move along a very straight lateral line.
• 7: Step forward on your left foot.
• 8: Step right on your right foot.
• 1: Step backward on your left foot.
• 2: Step right on your right foot.
• 3: Transfer weight to your left foot.
• 4: Hold.
• To 'escape' this setup, you can just complete the basic with steps 5-8.

Crabwalk with a Pivot

• 3: As you step back on your right foot, pivot ever-so-slightly counterclockwise. 1
• 4: As you step together on your left foot, pivot a full 90º counterclockwise.

• 5: Step backward on your right foot.

  • As you do this, turn another 90º counterclockwise.
  • Now you are starting another plain leftward crabwalk.
• Note that the pivot doesn't have to go the full 180º -- it can go various angles.

Footnotes

1 Throughout these notes, "clockwise," "counterclockwise" and any angles or turns are, by convention, as described by someone looking down on the dance floor from above.