In West Coast Swing, movement by the follower towards the leader results from an away, or leverage, connection. This partner exercise is designed to help both partners maintain that connection, and keep you staying back in leverage. Leverage, away connection analogy (car & trailer) Imagine a trailer connected to a car with a rope with … Read more
Looking to improve your balance in west coast swing? Beginning dancers tend to spend a lot of time dancing split weight. They don’t complete their weight transfers, and as a result feel off-balanced, slow, or stuck when dancing through a pattern. When dancers learn how to finish their weight transfers, however, the opposite problem can … Read more
In last week’s exercise, you learned how backward movement differs from forwards movement through the point and poke exercise. This week, you’ll practice switching between forward and backward motion. When dancing, you need to switch between moving forward and moving backward regularly, especially in a non-progressive dance like west coast swing. So, training yourself to … Read more
Learning to use the sending foot is crucial to controlling your center, creating power in your dancing, and connecting to the floor. In this drill, we’re going to practice using the sending foot in your core WCS patterns. Whenever beginners are taught to dance west coast swing, the instructor teaches the footwork based on which … Read more