Featuring Corky & Shirley Ballas. Study one of the Basic figures of each dance
in Group form. This will enable you to create simplicity of action and
movement, and beautiful style and shape through the use of your feet and legs.
Then develop your dancing - simply and beautifully to a high competitive level
with the use of Advanced Groups.
CHA CHA CHA Group 1: (basic ideas) Hockey stick - Open hip twist with foot change - Split cuban break - Tandem spot turn - Foot change Group 2: (developed to advanced style) Overturned hockey stick - Foot change - Side-by-side turns - Type of split cuban break - Tandem turn - Foot rhythm and foot change Group 3: (basic ideas) Open Hip Twist - Alemana - Cross basic with Alemana turn - Cross basic with Spiral ending Group 4: (developed to advanced style) Lunge hip twist spiral overturned - Mambo cross body lead - Lady's crossing actions - Foot change - Running box - Foot rhythm - Foot change SAMBA Group 1: (basic ideas) Zig zag & spin - Travelling voltas - Spot voltas - Stationery samba walks Group 2: (developed to advanced style) Syncopated zig zag & spin - Slow volta - Volta turns to L side-by-side pos. - Batucada Group 3: (basic ideas) Promenade & Counter promenade runs - Shadow rocks - Travelling drop volta Group 4: (developed to advanced style) Type of cucarachas - Promenade run - 3 step run - Promenade run - 3 step run - Rocks - Volta spot turns RUMBA Group 1: (basic ideas) Alemana - 1-3 Advanced hip twist - Promenade walks - Cuban rock - 4-6 Alemana - Rope spinning Group 2: (developed to advanced style) R to R hand overturned Alemana - 1-3 Advanced hip twist - Type of Alemana - Switch to walks - Switch to sit line - Man's ronde - Type of Alemana - 1-3 Rope spinning to Lady's spin ending Group 3: (basic ideas) Sliding doors with spiral ending - Curl to Fan position Group 4: (developed to advanced style) Lunge check - Lady's quick hip twist - Type of sliding doors action - Slow curl action to runaway into lunge - Developed shape - Spin to fan position PASO DOBLE Group 1: (basic ideas) The twists - Opposition foot points Group 2: (developed to advanced style) 1-10 The Twists - Press line - Flamenco taps - Press line Group 3: (basic ideas) Basic movement elevation - Quick chasses - Promenade link Group 4: (developed to advanced style) Basic movement elevations - Three step turns - Flamenco action - Paso doble walks JIVE Group 1: (basic ideas) Change of places L to R with extra chasses - Link - Whip - Overturned fallaway throwaway - Chicken walks - 3-8 Fallaway Throwaway Group 2: (developed to advanced style) Change of palces L to R - Turns and extra chasses - Type of Fallaway throwaway - Type of circular chicken walks - Fallaway to Natural pivots Group 3: (basic ideas) Flicks into breaks - 3-8 Change of places R to L - Change of hands behind back - American spin Group 4: (developed to advanced style) Type of circular walks - Contra checks - Contra kick ball changes - Foot change - Flicks In the second part you can sit back and admire Corky and Shirley performing their fabulous show dancing Paso Doble, Samba, Cha cha, Jive and Rumba with lighting and costume changes. Presented by Geoffrey Hearn. Running time approx 60 min. Ref: HS017 Price £24.95 |