PSRDanceTandemFeb242004

Dance Notes

Tandem Charleston

February 24, 2004

Peter attended a workshop on Tandem Charleston on February 24, 2004.

• Entrance

  • Start in right-hand cross hold.
  • 1 & 2: Rock step back (CCW) on left

  • 3 & 4: Kick left foot

    • On the three, block the follow with your right hand and send her back.
  • 5 & 6: Rock step back (CCW) on left

  • 7 & 8: Kick left foot

    • As you do this, get into Tandem Charleston position.

• Basic

  • Same footwork as Charleston
  • Keep a bounce in your footwork
  • As usual, swing your hands opposite to your footwork

  • Your hands support the follow's hands

    • Don't force the follow's hands up
    • Her hands should be at her center, but let her keep her hands where she wants them.
  • You should be hunched over a bit, but don't be creepy.

• Variation 1: Half-turn

  • 1 & 2: Same
  • 3 & 4: Bring your right hand to 270º 1, over the follow's head
  • 5: Kick right foot to 270º
  • 6: Bring right foot back

  • 7 & 8: Kick and step on right foot

    • Bring the right hand back to the normal position (again, over the follow's head).

• Variation 2: Full turn

  • 1 - 4: Same as Variation 1

  • 5 & 6: Right hand continues to lead

    • Kick right foot out to your right.
  • 7 & 8: Repeat 5 & 6, bringing the follow back into the normal position

• Variation 3: Sendout

  • 1 & 2: Same as basic, except you place your left hand on the lower left part of the follow's back.
  • 3: Same as basic, except give the follow a strong push forward with your left hand as you go forward.
  • 4: Follow goes away and back.

  • 5 & 6: Kick right foot out to the right

    • 5: Hit full extension in a right-hand cross-hold
    • 6: boing -- the follow comes back towards you

  • 7 & 8: Repeat kick

    • As you do this, the follow completes a rotation putting her back in the normal position.

• Exit to Skaters

  • 1: Step out and to the left on the left foot.

  • 2: Step together with the right foot.

    • Note that you end up on the follow's left
    • Also transfer your right hand to the follow's back
  • 3 - 8: Same footwork as Tandem Charleston, only in the new position

• Exit from Skaters

  • 1 & 2: Rock-step back/CCW

  • 3 & 4: Kick step left foot

    • Travel CW
    • End up traveling under the follow's right hand
    • Shift right hand slightly to accommodate the new hold
  • 5: Step right, start sending out (same as lindy basic)
  • 6: Step left (same as lindy basic)
  • 7 & 8: Triple-step right (same as lindy basic)

Footnotes

1 My own convention: the starting position for the swingout is 0º, and the angle increases in the CW direction.