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Basic step exercises

Lindy Hop basic steps and variations

In this video we go over our Lindy basic steps and some of its basic variations like kick ball change and swivels.

Practice each step and variation as long as you start feeling comfortable with it even in your sleep. You can try also implementing those variations in your partner dancing.

Timestamps:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 00:09 Basic 8-count with triple steps
  • 00:52 Butterfly / half turns
  • 01:38 Spin / full turns
  • 03:06 Demo / Mixing it all together
  • 03:44 Swivels
  • 05:58 Kick ball change
  • 08:28 Demo / Practicing swivels and kick ball changes
  • 09:30 Basic Charleston
  • 10:40 Hand to hand Charleston
  • 11:16 Airplane Charleston
  • 12:04 Bonus: Examples of some airplane moves
  • 12:52 Demo / Charleston solo practice
  • 13:24 Closing words

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