Lesson Pack: "Ben and Melina's Lindy Favorites"

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Lesson Style Instructors Level Price
Fake Swing Out - This lesson will test your follower's anticipation habits, as it involves a tricky variation that is hardly fair, but sure to get a laugh, and it's ready for you to insert right away into your social dancing. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 1

$1.99

Gear Turn - This lesson takes a detailed look at a must-know turn that shows you how to combine a follow's pop turn with a leader's left turn to create a gear-like effect. Breakdown includes footwork details for both partners, tips on efficient and clean leading, and styling suggestions for making this otherwise steady pattern more expressive. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 2

$1.99

Heel Stand - This lesson teaches a sharp and versatile footwork styling that can be integrated into a countless number of basic figures. Breakdown includes timing details for both partners, and many demonstrations of how this gesture can be applied to other situations including while turning, with repetition, with timing changes, and more! Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 2

$1.99

Double Lock Slide - This lesson teaches a dynamic combo that makes bold and decisive use of slides. Breakdown includes good locking technique that is applicable to a variety of dance styles, footwork and timing details for both partners, tips for communicating the lock and slide motion, and how both partners can use each other to get through the figure cleanly and together. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 3

$1.99

Heel Slide - This lesson teaches an applied heel slide both as an independant movement, as a a component of a transitional swing figure. Breakdown includes drills for practicing and building your heel slide technique, a bonus styling variation, an optional syncopated ending, and everything you need to incorperate this slide into a closed-position partnered context. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 3

$1.99

Roller Coaster Circle - This dynamic leader-showcasing figure adds a little juice to a Lindy Circle with a big leader's leg styling. Breakdown includes the crucial moment where the leader's body position must change in order to properly set up the momentum, tips for adapting this figure to music of different tempos, and an explanation of how a follower's footwork can be most usefully adapted to fit the shape. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 3

$1.99

Texas Tommy Split Stand - This lesson teaches a big accented style step for use at the end of a Texas Tommy. Breakdown includes some great advice for breaking troublesome Texas Tommy habits, an explanation of split stand technique, and all the footwork and timing details you need to use this as an alternate ending to your Texas Tommy. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 3

$1.99

The Tickle Dip - With our without the tickle, this lesson teaches you a big and useful dip, and all the techniques needed to keep it safe and strong. Breakdown includes multiple suggestions for entrances, useful handhold and body positioning details that will make the communication clearer and the connection smoother, and everything you need to know to establish the balance and control needed to execute this dip safely with a trusted partner. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 3

$1.99

Back Alley - This lesson teaches a variation on a pop turn which sets up a fluid direction change behind the back. Breakdown includes footwork and timing details for both partners, and explanation of the key moments of connection that make this gesture make sense, and a suggested ending. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 3

$1.99

Windmill Jump Turn - This lesson teaches an accented and traveling tuck turn that is as demanding as it is performance-worthy. Breakdown includes some troublesome bad habits to avoid, tips for follower's turning technique, options for using multiple turns, and advice for acheiving a solid landing. Lindy Hop | about Ben Morris, Melina Ramirez 4

$1.99