Rocking Spinning Mill
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Steps: jive (chasse
jive, lindy)
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Circle dance, change of
partners
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Music
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Our sailor has been to
We dance for the pleasure so you are free to select a
relaxed informal hold etc.
Start: big
circle of couples (all the dancers of the ballroom)
The dance
consists of 5 parts: big circle, couple dance, chain, couple dance with the new
partner, chain:
1 big circle clockwise and anti clockwise,
walking steps
2a jive basic steps followed by full reverse
turn
2b basic steps followed by Lady (L) turn
under arm out and back
3 chain (= grand right and left) to a new partner
(slow) walking steps; or jive bota foga
4a basic steps followed by Gent (G) changing
hands behind his back, L turns under arm home
4b basic steps followed by L american spin,
and basic steps
5 chain to a new partner
In learning the dance: only basic jive steps in 2 and
4.
Or your own free jive dance in 2 and 4 (with due
consideration of others and the integrity).
Circle only the first time for introduction, or rather
each time for relaxation and the integrity of the ball.
bar no
1-8 Big circle, holding hands,
walking steps: clockwise and anticlockwise, left and right pr bar.
9-10 2 jive basic steps, close hold.
11 Basic steps with ½ reverse turn
in the chasse.
12 ½ reverse turn as in 11, so now
it is a full reverse turn (left turn).
9-10 Again 2 basic jive steps in close
hold (which we have between all the figures).
11 G: basic step but after the
rock step part: L right turns out under G left + L right arms (for pulling in
the rock step).
13 In the same way L left turns
back under arms.
14-17 Chain, slow walk (left and right pr
takt) (until no 5, in right hand = new partner). OR: jive-botafoga (see below);
or slow side chasses left and right.
18-19 2 basic steps 2 hand hold, turn so G
faces wall for:
20 G-L changing place by G
changing hands behind G’s back: L right hand (rh) in G left hand (lh) rock step, then 1 chasse forward passing partner to left side G left ¼ turn while
changing L rh to G rh and then behind G back to G lh during next 1 chasse left turning further ¼, now
ready to pull in rock step.
21 G-L changing place back home: L
left turn under arm, G chasse over
with right turn to place.
18-19 2
basic steps.
20 L: american spin while G basic
step: rock step, chasse, then L fast full right turn, with or without L hand in
G hand.
22 1 basic step.
23-26 Chain to a new partner.
The dance is repeated from bar 1 with a circle. Or
from bar 9 with couple dance.
In couple dance 9-13 and 18-22 it can be chosen to
have only basic jive steps (with close hold, or 2 hand hold, or 1 hand hold)
and then eventually expand with dance figures.
G-D changing place by G changing hands behind back in
bar 20-21 can be substituted by a simple
fan (= throw away):
20 Rock step, L rh in G lh, then a small chasse on the spot G ¼ right turn L ¼ left turn so they both face
opposite line of dance, then chasse
away from partner.
21 Rock step with pull in hands, then chasses turning back into place to 2 hand hold.
Jive basic steps
and basic figure:
The count is 1,
2, 3 a 4, 5 a 6 in 1 bar, with rock step on 1, 2 and G side chasse to the left on 3 a 4 and G side chasse to the right on 5 a 6. Between 3 and 4 a
is close to 4. (Cha-cha-cha has chasse with & in the middle; it is
considered easier and less ”jumping”). Rock step (fall away rock): G: lf is
crossed behind rf 1, replace weight
to rf 2; L crosses rf behind lf and
follows G in side chasses. During rock step there may be pulling in the hands.
Rock jive:
Rock jive is danced with tap steps instead of chasses,
see the next dance. Chasses and tap steps are often mixed in jive (because the
chasses are so fast).
Bota foga:
Chain 14-17 can be omitted to get all the jive dance
figures with the same partner or chain can be substituted by bota foga (bota
fogo) chasses (see samba dance):
from 13: L turn home under G left arm:
14 L rh in G lh: G slowly chasse
to the left, L right chasse turns ½ right into her left and his right arm so
her back and left side is towards G, L now stand close to the right of G.
15 G chasse to right and L to left
under raised arms so that they stand apart side by side and can wave G rh and L
lh.
16 Then chasse back, under and
into arms, to L close right of G.
17 G chasse to the right, and L chasse
to the left turning left to face G in normal hold.
These
4 bars are in 4/4 so they have only chasses without rock steps.
Jive music is usually in 4/4 alla
breve. But I have chosen to make it 6/4 for the jive couple dance because the
jive dance is 6/4. The melody fits note by note with the dance steps. The
circle and chain part is 4/4.
Accordion: beats pr bar: 3 + 3 in 6/4, and 2 + 2 in
4/4.
These foxtrot figures can be seen nicely explained (in
English) by David Syncamore & Denise Weavers, Latin American Dancing for
beginners, 1984 (video Copenhagen Main Library).
(Their jive is appropriate for dancers past 35, and
for Danish folk dance style).