East Coast Swing-Sweetheart

May 30, 2024 Lancaster Community Center. American Rhythm East Coast Swing bronze level. Thank you Hemali for demo assist and Pat for the video. We started with a throw out, handshake hold and finished with the sweetheart. Lesson was taught by Jym Cole of Sunstrike Dancesport.

[@JosephLinkin]

How does the rollower know she is supposed to switch feet and rock step on her left foot? I do a similar move but the follower rock steps on her right foot. Cross in front with a triple step and rock step on her left. Cross back and then out.

[@sunstrikedancesportjymcole]

Do you mean after the handshake hold, back rock, then one chasse?

[@JosephLinkin]

@@sunstrikedancesportjymcole Yes. From right to right. There is 4 beats of the music for her to end up beside you where she should do a rock step with her right foot. 2 beats for the rock step. then 2 beats to get to your other side where she does a rock step with her left. The follower has to get back to your right to get out. You can't get out from a left foot bak step. I can see in the video your partner holding a sep to change feet. On a separate note I like to change hands in a more subtle way. Doing an underhand turn or a right side pass and bring the followers right hand down into my right hand. The follower doesn't even know I changed hands. A waist turn is another option.

[@sunstrikedancesportjymcole]

The point of the lesson was to get the students to brainstorm different ideas on how to end the step. There a multitude of variations in swing.

[@JosephLinkin]

@@sunstrikedancesportjymcole I'm not sure what you meant. My "separate note" was talking about how to get a right to right at the beginning of the move. I completely agree that there are many ways to get into a right to right as well as many ways to get out of a cuddle. Ten different instructors will give you nine different ways to do it.

[@sunstrikedancesportjymcole]

Exactly. What we decided to to do was a back rock to an American spin variation to a left chasse