Count StudioWaltz, foxtrot, quickstep, Latin ballroom, swing in 6s and 8s, tango and line dance.
Waltz, foxtrot, quickstep and tango: slows and quicks. Ballroom on the blog
'1 2 3' with the rise and fall over the bar.
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Fast 3/4, rotating turns.
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Social 'slow slow quick quick' (6 beats, crossing bars). Ballroom figures use 'slow quick quick'.
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'Slow quick quick' with chassés and hops.
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'Slow slow quick quick slow' over two bars of 2/4. Tempo is in eighths (31-33 bars per minute).
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Rumba, samba, jive and paso doble counts. Latin ballroom on the blog
Count '2 3 4-1': quick, quick, slow, the slow taking 4 and 1.
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'1 a 2' bounce: the 'a' is the last quarter of the beat (3/4, 1/4, 1 timing).
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Ballroom count '1 2, 3 a 4, 3 a 4' (rock step, two chassés). Socially counted '1 2 3a4 5a6'.
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March in 2/4, one step per beat; choreography phrases on 8.
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East Coast, West Coast and Lindy hop: 6- and 8-counts. Swing on the blog
Triple, triple, rock step: '1&2 3&4 5 6'.
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Rock step first, as often taught to beginners: '1 2 3&4 5&6'.
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'1 2 3&4 5&6' with the anchor step on 5&6 (sugar push, passes).
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Whips: '1 2 3&4 5 6 7&8' with the anchor on 7&8.
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Swing out: rock step, triple, step step, triple ('1 2 3&4 5 6 7&8').
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6-count patterns: '1 2 3&4 5&6'.
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Kick-step Charleston on 8 counts, solo or partnered.
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Up-hold basic: three steps and a hold (lift) on 4 and 8.
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Tango, milonga and vals: the beat and the phrase. Argentine tango on the blog
8-count basic (salida). Tempo is the walking pulse.
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Traspié: 'quick quick slow' doubling the step on '1 & 2'.
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Danced mostly on the 1 of each bar, sometimes on 1 and 3.
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Two-step, walls of 32, 48 and 64, tags and restarts. Line and country on the blog
A 32-count wall: 4 eights, then the dance turns to the next wall. Tags and restarts go in a phrase sequence.
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A 48-count wall: 6 eights, then the dance turns to the next wall. Tags and restarts go in a phrase sequence.
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A 64-count wall: 8 eights, then the dance turns to the next wall. Tags and restarts go in a phrase sequence.
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'Quick quick slow slow' over 6 beats.
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'& 1 2 3': three-beat pattern over 4/4 music; the '&' at the end leads into the next 1.
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Twelve eighths in four dotted beats: '1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12', a step on each 1, 4, 7 and 10. Tempo is in eighths; the dotted beat runs at a third of it.
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