All forms of dance share several standard foot positions. This article will describe the standard foot positions and explain where they turn up in west coast swing, and you never know when this information might come in handy! First Foot Position In first foot position, the two feet are next to each other. Like all … Read more
West coast swing is characterized by an extremely smooth quality of movement. In WCS, the dancers appear to glide across the floor; there is no bounce in the upper body. Rolling through your feet in west coast swing is one of the essential techniques that creates the smooth movement! Good foot articulation not only makes … Read more
Because west coast swing encourages footwork variations, inevitably you will end up on the wrong foot. The goal of this drill is to be comfortable dancing on the wrong foot at any point in a pattern. If you know how to finish the pattern off from the wrong foot, it becomes much easier to confidently … Read more
One of the keys to tight-looking, clean, and fast footwork is keeping the footwork small. Dancing with your feet far apart makes it easy to end up in ugly split-weight positions, and it also makes it extremely difficult to perform the footwork at high tempos. A good guideline is to keep your feet underneath your … Read more
Being able to do controlled footwork requires a relatively great deal of ankle strength. Unless you spend lots of time on your tiptoes reaching for something on a shelf, your ankle muscles aren’t asked to support your weight for more than a split second. That level of supporting strength, however, is required in west coast … Read more
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