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Instructional Videos
Please don't take the dance terminology used by dance instructors as gospel. Different instructors use different terms and definitions. That makes it very difficult for the student when studying with different instructors. Who's right? Who knows? Good luck!!! Wouldn't it be nice if each dance instructor provided a dictionary of terms they use?
Instructional Videos
- Dance Vision - Paul Overton & Sharon Ashe
- Images In Motion - (B & S Video)
- Living Traditions - Frankie Manning & Erin Stevens
DanceVision
The following area just a few of the instructional videos offered by instructors Paul Overton & Sharon Ashe at DanceVision. Included in the following information are Step Pattern names and approximate tape counter locations on the videos. Phone numbers for DanceVision are (800)851-2813 or (702)365-6650.
Catalog of Tapes
- St. Louis Shag
- Lindy Hop - Beginning
- Lindy Hop - Intermediate I
- Lindy Hop - Intermediate II
- Lindy Hop - Advanced I
- Lindy Hop - Syncopations
- Back Charleston
- 1920's Charleston
St. Louis Shag
All of the St. Louis Shag step patterns can apply directly to Lindy Hop if you change the count used in this video to the count recommended by H. Leon Raper in his article St. Louis Shag - Updating the Count. Many of these Step Patterns are excellent for beginning Lindy Hop students to get their dancing speed up very quickly.
- 01:00 Kick Basic & Triple Basic
- 05:10 Solos Breakaway - Circular Kick Basic
- 07:10 Kick Break
- 10:45 Front & Back Kicks with Star Variation
- 17:00 Hand to Hand Kicks
- 22:00 Falling Off The Log Forward
- 26:30 Falling Off The Log Backward
- 31:30 Chugs to Bunny Hop
- 34:35 Quarter Turn
- 38:00 Sliding Doors
Lindy Hop - Beginning
- 01:30 Swingout
- 11:30 Circle
- 16:30 Charleston
- 21:20 Swing Out from Closed Position
- 26:40 Skip Up
- 30:20 Tuck Turn from Closed Position
- 36:00 Swing Out with Outside Turn
- 40:20 Hand to Hand Kicks
- 45:40 Heels
- 49:50 Glide To The Side
Lindy Hop - Intermediate I
- 01:00 Texas Tommy (AKA: Swing Out with Hand Change)
- 06:10 Tuck Turn from Open Position
- 11:30 Reverse Groucho
- 16:45 Traveling Jig Walks
- 21:00 Facing Charleston
- 29:15 Kick Through Charleston
- 34:03 Reverse Skip Up
- 41:45 Stop & Go Side Pass
- 47:25 Rock & Reverse
- 52:59 Swing Out with Pull Through
- 57:50 Dancing review of all Step Patterns
Lindy Hop - Intermediate II
- 01:05 Swing Out with Inside Turn
- 05:23 Face to Face Crossover Charleston
- 12:35 Jig Walks (6 beat Step Pattern)
- 16:50 Pecking
- 22:00 Yump
- 28:25 Boogie Back, Boogie Forward, Shorty George
- 36:11 Swing Out with Leader's Outside Turn
- 39:55 Side Pass with Inside Turn to Closed Position
- 44:40 8 count Wheel with Tuck Turn Exit
- 51:28 Crossover Charleston
- 58:55 Dancing review of all Step Patterns
Lindy Hop - Advanced I
- 01:05 Stop & Go Tuck Turn
- 06:00 Extended Skip Up
- 13:15 Sailor Step
- 19:40 The Chase
- 28:40 Charleston Bump
- 35:20 The Skate
- 42:35 Tuck Turn with London Bridge
- 47:50 Walkin' My Baby Back Home
- 54:00 Stop & Go Wrap with Leader's Kick Turn
- 58:15 Side Byu Side Flying Charleston with Kick Through Exit
- 1:07:00 Dancing review of all Step Patterns
Lindy Hop - Syncopations
- 01:20 Kick Away
- 06:25 Follower's Triple & Twist, Leader's Cross & Step
- 11:30 Follower's Back Step & Hook Triple, Leader's Cross & Step
- 15:55 Sissors (16 beat Step Pattern)
- 21:10 Back Hops (Flying Lindy Techniques)
- 25:15 Voltas to Stomp (16 beat Step Pattern)
- 30:50 Leader's & Follower's Break
- 34:35 Follower's Cross & Twist, Leader's Crazy Legs
- 40:00 Kick & Cross
- 44:30 Tap Break
- 48:00 Dancing review of all Step Patterns
Back Charleston
- 01:20 Basic Charleston Review
- 01:40 Back Charleston Movement
- 03:40 Hands (Opposite to Feet)
- 04:20 Shoulders (With Hands)
- 05:24 Back Charleston to Music
- 05:50 Basic Entry (Swing Out with Hand Change)
- 06:35 Leader's Footwork
- 07:40 Follower's Footwork
- 08:50 Demo to Count
- 12:05 Basic Exit
- 12:40 Leader's Footwork
- 13:50 Follower's Footwork
- 17:40 Review to Music
- 18:20 Follower's Trun, Tandem Turn
- 18:55 Back Charleston
- 19:00 Turn
- 20:00 Back Charleston with Follower's Turn
- 21:55 Back Charleston with Tandem Turn
- 23:00 Full Pattern to Music
- 24:00 Kick Across
- 25:50 Technique
- 27:25 Review to Music
- 28:00 Double Kick
- 31:00 Traveling Double Kick
- 32:10 Technique
- 32:45 Review to Music (Double Kick & Traveling Double Kick)
- 33:35 Crossover Charleston (Starting from Back Charleston)
- 34:15 Leader's Footwork
- 34:50 Follower's Footwork
- 37:45 Demo with Counts
- 40:45 Review to Music
- 41:45 Come Arounds
- 44:50 Review to Music
- 45:30 Yo Yo Charleston
- 48:50 Review to Music
- 49:20 Russian Kick (Air Step)
- 50:35 Leader's Footwork
- 51:45 Follower's Footwork
- 55:30 Review to Music
- 56:25 Review of all Step Patterns to Music
- 57:20 End of Tape
1920's Charleston
The following Step Patterns have been combined into a Dance Routine Amalgamation.
- 01:15 Charleston Basic
- 07:05 Forward & Back Charleston Walks
- 09:25 Integration into Dance Routine
- 11:13 Basic Charleston with Kick
- 12:30 Integration into Dance Routine
- 13:40 Dance Routine to music
- 14:40 Squat Charleston
- 16:50 Arms
- 17:15 Dance Routine to Count
- 18:15 Dance Routine to music
- 19:35 Knee Switches
- 21:20 Integration into Dance Routine
- 22:00 Dance Routine to music
- 23:25 Black Bottom
- 25:55 Integrate into Dance Routine
- 26:55 Dance Routine to music
- 28:30 Spank The Baby
- 31:15 Integrate into Dance Routine
- 31:55 Dance Routine to music
- 33:45 High Low Kicks
- 36:00 Integrate into Dance Routine
- 36:50 Dance Routine to music
- 38:45 Charleston Turns
- 43:00 Integrate into Dance Routine
- 43:55 Dance Routine to music
- 46:00 Scarecrow
- 49:20 Dance Routine to music
- 53:40 End of tape
Other Dance Information
Living Traditions
The following are just a few of the instructional videos offered by instructors Frankie Manning & Erin Stevens through Living Traditions, 2442 N.W. Market St., Suite 168, Seattle, WA 98107, Phone (206)781-1238.
Catalog of Tapes
- Savoy Style Lindy Hop 1
- Savoy Style Lindy Hop 2
- Savoy Style Lindy Hop 3
- Swingin' At The Savoy - The Frankie Manning Story
Savoy Style Lindy Hop 1
- ........ Swing Out from Open Position
- 17:45 Lindy Circle
- 20:00 Swing Out from Closed Position
- 23:45 Review of previous Step Patterns
- 25:00 Preview of following Step Patterns
- 25:45 Jockey
- 26:15 Charleston
- 29:00 Heels
- 33:00 Kick Away
- 36:30 Review of all Step Patterns
- 39:00 End of tape
Savoy Style Lindy Hop 2
- 01:00 Frankie Manning reminising dancing
- 04:30 Section I
- 05:00 Preview of following Step Patterns
- 05:30 Options on the Basic (Styling)
- 06:04 Follower's Styling
- ...... Leader's Styling
- 08:45 Pecking
- 13:45 Double Turn
- 15:15 Review of previous Step Patterns
- 16:30 Handshake Behind the Back
- 20:15 Hand to Hand Charleston
- 22:50 Mini Dip
- 29:35 Glide To The Side with Shake Time
- 33:30 Slip Slop
- 36:35 Around The World with Points
Savoy Style Lindy Hop 3
- 05:00 Sissors
- 11:15 Rock Step
- 14:20 Review of previous Step Patterns
- Sailor Step (composed of several steps)
- 15:30 Push Around
- 18:15 Kick Around
- 20:10 Setup for Next Step
- 21:00 Heels into Sailor Step
- 21:40 Exit
- 24:30 Review with counts
- 26:45 Dancing review of Step Pattern
- 27:30 Double Turn (Setup for Charleston)
- 29:30 Charleston (Shadow Position)
- 30:45 Back Charleston with Turn
- 33:15 Exit
- 34:30 Review with counts
- 36:00 Dancing review of previous Step Patterns
- 37:30 Handshake Behind The Back
- 38:45 Flying Charleston
- 43:00 Low Down
- 45:00 Thye Slap & Shoulder Rock
- 46:15 Pimp Walk & Fish Tail
- 52:30 Review of all Step Patterns
Swingin' At The Savoy - The Frankie Manning Story
- 05:45 Rhythm Hotshots
- 07:45 Steven Mitchell & Erin Stevens
- 08:15 Ryan Francois & Julie Oram
- 09:30 ???? smooth, good speed
- 10:26 Rhythm Hotshots (aerials, good slow motion examples)
- 19:00 Frankie Manning dancing at his 80th birthday party
- 20:40 Still black & white photographs of Savoy dancers in the 1930s.
Images In Motion (B & S Video)
Turns, Balance & Body Flight - Dave Getty & Monique Rouleau
- 02:00 Foot Positions
- 05:15 Stepping & Center
- 12:00 Body Flight
- 13:40 Weave
- 16:30 Turn Technique
- 22:30 Progressive Turns
- 23:00 Spotting
- 26:00 Stationary Turns
- 26:15 Spotting
- 27:00 Types of Turns
- 28:15 On Point
- 29:15 Pivot Turn
- 30:00 Expansion & Contraction
- 32:20 Chaine' Turn
- 34:25 Spotting
- 35:15 Focus
- 36:15 Spiral Turn
- 37:10 Uses of Turns
- 38:15 Contra Body Movememt (CBM) & Contra Body Movement Position (CBMP)
- 39:00 End of Progressive Turns
- 39:15 Stationary Turns
- 40:01 Spin
- 41:50 Paddle Turn - Military Turn
- 42:50 Twist Turns
- 44:40 Review of Turns
- 47:35 Turn Grid
- 49:20 Both Dancers Turning At The Same Time
- 51:00 Dancers Facing Same Direction, Turning Same Direction - Same Foot
- 51:40 Dancers Facing Same Direction, Turning Opposite Direction - Opposite Foot
- 52:40 Dancers Facing Opposite Direction, Turning Same Direction - Opposite Foot
- 54:40 Dancers Facing Opposite Direction, Turning Opposite Direction - Same Foot
- 55:25 Turn Styles
- 55:40 Egg Beaters - Same Foot
- 56:25 Review of instructional material
- 57:25 End of Tape
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