Bonjour for Bastille Day
Balmain (Unity Hall Hotel)
14 Jul 2010
Level 1- For Bastille Day
- Jono was dressed with French style and we even had French music during class and a baguette (;-) to finish off our class.
Side by side charleston basic- rock step kick step double kick step.
Jig walks with a big kick- Rock step little kick (inwards), little kick (outwards), big kick (inwards)- Leads paddle her back to lead her, and leads kick goes over the follow's kick.
Travelling jig walks- Rock step kick in, kick out, kick in and TURN, rock step kick in , kick out , kick in and TURN.
The Baguette!! (specially created for you tonight by Jono and Brock:-)
1st half: Rock step down up (whilst dragging back foot to front foot and lifting front knee) down up down,
And up (with whole body and arms), and down, and up "Baguette!"
and 1 2 and 3, 4 and 5, 6 7 &8
Level 2- Special Musicality class!
First idea- To listen to the 'feel' of the song and make your movements appropriate to that feel- is it slow and groovy, smooth, jiggy, bouncy, energetic, etc..etc.
Second idea- To choose a 'dance' that fits the music well- eg. 20's charleston, 40's charleston, 8 beat, 6 beat with kick lands or 6 beat with triple steps, blues, balboa etc.
Third idea- Within the song, to listen to the phrases and do interesting things on the 'hits'.. Eg. three basic charlestons and a tap slide on the fourth 8. Or 3 basic 8 beats and a dip, or 4 6 beats with kick lands and jig walks with a big kick.. Making sure to listen to the music and try to dance to the parts in the song that invite you to!!
Thanks for giving all this a go and coming on a bit of a musical dancing journey.. It really adds a whole new layer to your dancing when you are dancing musically:-)
Next week: Charleston continues in Level 1 and in Level 2 we are going to learn some 'transitions!'.
Brock and Jono
