Are you struggling with how to master a pattern in west coast swing? Are you thinking…. How do the pros come up with so many moves? Every dance, they create brand new movements. Is there a secret YouTube channel of All-Star tricks? No. In fact, what the pros do is the opposite of pattern stealing. … Read more
Like all dances, WCS is composed of several fundamental patterns. Unlike many other dances, west coast patterns can extend or break the “rules” that make the fundamental patterns work. This gives WCS an amazing degree of flexibility but also increases the chances of moves not working on the social floor. To understand why some moves … Read more
West Coast Swing for Beginners West Coast Swing for beginners can be intimidating. Underneath the infinite variety of WCS moves lay a small number of fundamental patterns. If you can learn to see the dance as variations on these fundamental patterns, it becomes incredibly easy to learn complicated movements. Different instructors will break the dance … Read more
In Part I of our West Coast Swing Basics, we classified WCS patterns into four broad categories: side passes, push breaks, whips, and four-count triple pairs. Why is it useful to classify patterns like this? Well, it turns out that the vast majority of WCS moves are variations on these fundamental patterns. So, if you … Read more