Box Step

• 3/4 time
• Lead and Follow
• Left forward, right side, Left back
• rotate too

Grapevine

• waltz to swing
• 3/4
• step forward R, close
• R cross, L close, R cross back
• L open, R close

Foxtrot

• 1920s & used in Disco, Country
• L then R slow
• L step left R close (quick)
• Corner and promanade

Foxtrot (promanade, corner)

• P = L side, R side (facing L side)
• L side R close (facing partner)
• Corner = L forward, R touch then back
• L side (1/4 turn left) R close.

Put it together
Look to all the steps we've been playing with and try to add some to your own repetoire. Your goal is to expand your comfort zone so that you're not a wallflower.

Maculele

• NE Brazil
• Sticks replace machete
• 4/4 time
• right foot rooted, right hand strike on 4

Gumboot

• 2/4 time
• slaps part of a flam
• sr, R, L, sr, R, L
• slap both sides R, sbs L

Samba

• double bounce, weight on one, ball of foot on other
• L R L, R L R - hopping, weight on back leg, ladies pop hip
• B F B - front leg moves back, in-step towards centre line, feet low = fast
• men = legs further apart, ladies = legs closed (skirts?)
• Count = 1 2 3, front leg moves out and back

Krumping (basics)

• urban, recent
• Legs horse stance
• Stomps
• Chest pops
• Arms jabs and swings

Capoeira Angola
Slow
And
Low

We need to play the music though