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20's Charleston Basic
- This lesson introduces the 1920's style Charleston in both a partnered and solo format. Breakdown includes details about getting those legs to twist, and getting your arms working right for solo Charleston. When connected, instruction emphasizes communication, timing, and styling.
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Vintage Dances
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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20's Butt Pop
- A big and humerous movement for use in your 20's Charleston. Breakdown includes details about communicating the pop, as well as an explanation of the crossover step used as the ending, and plenty of styling tips for both partners.
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Vintage Dances
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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Hand-to-hand Charleston
- This lesson covers one of the fundamental patterns for 1930's Charleston, a pattern that is essential for an enormous number of popular variations. Breakdown includes details for the leader's footwork cheat, tips on cleanly getting in and out, and plenty of connection and styling tips.
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Partner Charleston
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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2 |
$1.99
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Hot Foot Charleston
- This lesson takes your 20's Charleston Basic and takes it up a notch by applying a higher-energy styling over top of the existing footwork in both solo and partnered contexts. Breakdown includes transitioning between this and your 20's basics, styling details, and an in-depth look at how to bring this styling to life!
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Vintage Dances
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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Showboats
- This lesson teaches the side-by-side Charleston pattern known affectionately as Showboats (though other regional names may exist). Breakdown includes the must-know footwork cheat that allows this pattern to be possible, how to execute the pattern-change without disrupting the follower, and some good general advice about stylization and making it work socially.
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Partner Charleston
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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2 |
$1.99
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Showboat Suzies
- This lesson combines your basic Showboats with classic jazz Suzy-Q's and keeps it interesting by exploring a handful of variations. Breakdown includes crucial details for cleanly getting in and out in terms of footwork and communication, how to change sides, and how to vary the number of counts.
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Partner Charleston
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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Showboat Truckin'
- This lesson combines your basic Showboats with some classic jazz truckin' and how to keep it interesting by exploring a handful of variations. Breakdown includes tips for how to get the follower to feel the desire to keep moving on one foot without changing weight, and how to return to your basic Showboats.
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Partner Charleston
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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Traveling Charleston
- While this lesson explicity teaches at least two distinct figures, it is also a study of how they work such that you can apply it to a large number of your own timing variations. Breakdown includes how to effectively change directions, varying the length of your stride, an explanation of how following actually works in both basic Charleston and when applying variations, and tips for interspersing traveling steps with your more stationary steps.
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Partner Charleston
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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Charleston Hops
- This lesson will help you break out of your 30's Charleston mold without leaving the framework altogether. Breakdown includes explanation of using the hops both going forward and back, good clean hopping technique, how to avoid bad habits, and controlling the size of your hops.
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Partner Charleston
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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3 |
$1.99
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Faux Mink Stole
- This lesson details a nice turning combo for use in your 20's Charleston. Since it involves linking together several steps, much of the breakdown consists of a detailed walk-through of each component of the sequence with an emphasis on clear communication and consistent styling.
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Vintage Dances
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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Cheap Boyfriend
- This lesson provides an alternate ending to the Faux Mink Stole to add variety and surprise to your repertoire. Breakdown includes clean use of frame and maintaining solid tuck turn technique in 20's Charleston format.
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Vintage Dances
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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3 |
$1.99
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Attack of the Charleston
- This variation from side-by-side Charleston involves a dynamic lift for the follow, and details are given to help properly (a) set up the lift (b) execute the lift and (b) safely land out of it. Breakdown includes performance tips to be incoperated into styling.
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Partner Charleston
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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4 |
$1.99
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Charleston Shoot
- This lesson actually covers several steps and how to tie them together into a beautiful combo that briefly leaves the Charleston format for a nice stretch and explosive dip! Breakdown takes you moment-by-moment through each movement so that you undertand all of the parts before stringing together this snappy sequence.
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Partner Charleston
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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4 |
$1.99
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Headbanger
- Though this lesson is demonstrated in a Charleston context, it fits easily into your social Lindy Hop as well. Breakdown for this eye-popper includes separate timing details for leads and follows, explanation of the unqiue leading gesture that creates that staggered effect, and strong tips for cleanly getting out of it.
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Partner Charleston
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about
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Mike Roberts,
Laura Glaess
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$1.99
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