PSRDanceSadieHawkinsNotes101204

"Sadie Hawkins" Class

10.12.04

Closed Position and Charleston

Swingout from Closed

• 1, 2: A slightly-larger rock-step than usual

• 3 & 4: On your triple-step, you get planted in a faceoff position.

  • More specifically, the lead plants herself in front of you, and pulls you forward.
• 5-8: These steps are the same as the open basic.

Circle to Closed

• Start in open position.
• 1-4: As normal except the lead waits for you to approach and then catches you in a 'V' position -- that is, you are shoulder to shoulder, and your bodies are at an acute angle instead of facing off.

• 5-8: Continue in a clockwise circle 1

  • Cross in front -- right foot in front of left foot -- as you go.

Charleston

• On some rock step, the lead will let you angle back into a side-by-side position.
• Your left hand is on the lead's right shoulder.
• The lead's right hand is against your midsection
• The footwork is the same as the lead's, only mirrored.
• Can escape in a move similar to swingout from closed.

Face-to-Face Charleston (!)

• 1, 2: Rock-step as usual
• 3 & 4: You get planted in a faceoff position
• 5, 6: Left foot taps behind and returns
• 7, 8: Left foot goes forward and plants
• 1, 2: Right foot taps forward and returns
• 3, 4: Right foot goes backward and plants
• Loop the above 8-count an arbitrary number of times, until....
• 7 & 8: Left foot plants as you yourself are planted back into a closed position.
• Then, you can do a swingout from closed or something.

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.