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Double Sugar Tuck

Description: A simple variation that allows you to extend the middle of a pattern giving flexibility in the timing, thus allowing for more musicality.

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Hitch Ball Change

Description: This is a must-know for swing dancers of all levels.  A hitch ball change is an a method for dancing a triple rhythm with only 2 weight transfers.  It allows you to syncopate patterns to...

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4 Hand Connections

Description: This video explains the 4 possible hand connections in WCS along with how to get to each of them in the context of simple figures.  Knowing and using all 4 hand connections allows you to...

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Dips

Description: Dips are a fun way to really dress up your WCS.  They create a flashy element that allow you to hit breaks or phrase changes with impact.  This video gives a detailed explanation of both...

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Fun Whips

Description: A fun and easy whip variation suitable to all levels of WCS dancers that have a good understanding of the basic whip.

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Styled Under Arm Pass Variation

Description: An under arm pass variation for both leads and follows that can be used together or separately.  It’s an easy way to dress up the most basic figure.

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Straight Jacket to a Head Duck

Description: A fun variation that can add a lot of impact for accents in the music.  It has a few tricks to both the lead and follow that we cover in depth.  These techniques are applicable in a...

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Body Angle Styling Concept

Description: A simple concept that can be easily applied by WCS dancers of all levels to immediately elevate the look of their dancing.  This video explains the use of angles within the body in both...

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Telemark Whip

Description: This variation of a basic whip takes a traditional movement from ballroom dancing and incorporates it into your WCS.  From it, you can learn a lot about rotational connection and how to...

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Root Patterns

Description: This is a simple, yet effective, concept that will explain how to look at variations, making them easier to understand and execute for both leads and follows.

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Sugar Tuck to Drop

Description: This pattern is an easy and simple way to set up a drop. – Learn to safely execute a drop. – How a leader should use his body weight. – How a follow should carry her weight. – A smooth...

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Contrabody Definition and Use

Description: An explanation of the term “Contrabody” – Understand what the concept is. – Learn a drill to expand your range of motion. – Understand the application and benefits of using contra body...

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Outside turn to a hand change from a whip or a tuck

Description: A variation off a whip or a tuck. – Learn a simple variation with a hand change. – Extend the same pattern using a rock and go. – Syncopate the pattern to extend allowing for more...

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Open Variation of a Reverse Whip

A variation of a reverse whip from open position. – Learn how to adjust whip leads to accommodate open position. – Learn the basic 8 count version. – Video includes an extension of the same pattern.

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Variation of an Under Arm Pass

A variation of an under arm pass. – This variation can be initiated by the leader or follower. – As a follow, learn to change shaping and connection in an under arm pass. – Learn how to extend this...

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Basic Figures Out of Closed Position

How to use all basic figures out of a closed position – Learn how to use different exits to leave closed. – Learn how the leader adjusts his position to accommodate the follow. – These patterns allow...

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Syncopated Sugar Push and Tuck

This is a syncopated variation to a sugar push and sugar tuck. -A follower’s initiated syncopation to a sugar tuck with an optional extension. -Gives the follower an opportunity to influence the...

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Great Research Paper Topics

This week the Stonehenge puzzle sorted with a gardener is building media headlines, and it makes many people wonder why there is a gardener fixing a Stonehenge puzzle that eluded historians and...

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How to Make a Science Fair Research Paper

Instructors and connections are two things you need to be ready as a way to restore some impression of contentment and harmony in your life, to balance. It’s also wise to maintain your associations...

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What Are Factors in a Study Report

The DNA compound can be a beautifully design that is elegant. Learn how the sugar phosphate backbones, termed strands, help help the DNA molecule. Structure & Agreement Crick and Watson posted...

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