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EntertainmentBallroom Dancing 101: How to Ballroom Dance

How to Do a Jive Windmill Step

Transcript

Aaron: Hey guys. It’s Aaron.

Christina: And I’m Christina.

Aaron: And we’re professional dance instructors coming at you today from New York City. Today we’re going to be talking a little bit more about our Jive Series. What we’re going to be doing today specifically is talking about a little step we like to call the windmill.

For starters what we’re going to be doing is taking a two hand hold. Now this time we’re going to switch it up and go palm to palm. This way we have a little bit more leverage guys, so as to lead the lady with. Starting this with our basic action and one, two, three and four, five and six, rock step. Opening ourselves up gentlemen so as to lead the lady past as we bring the arm up an over, shaping for the lady. Triple step, triple step, rock step. One two three, one two three, rock step.

Guys, one more thing to pay attention here with this windmill action and shaping with our body, Swing and Jive being upper body dances. We want to take a look at this together. So as we come to one, two, again, gentlemen we’re going to really elongate and our right side and also indicate for the lady as well, as we bring our right and left arm respectively up and over like a windmill. Rock step. One, two, three, one two three, rock step, one two three, one two three, rock step. Now let’s add that with some music.


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How to Do a Mambo Hammerlock Turn

How to Do Mambo Swivels

How to Do a Mambo Sombrero

How to Do a Mambo Open Box

How to Do Mambo Crossover Breaks

How to Do a Mambo Change of Place Step

How to Do a Mambo Cross Body Lead

How to Do a Mambo Ladies Underarm Turn

How to Do a Mambo Forward & Back Basic Step

How to Do a Rumba Shoulder Check

How to Do Rumba Outside Partner Breaks

How to Do a Rumba Extended Box

How to Do a Rumba Underarm Turn with Cuban Walk

How to Do a Rumba Cross Body Lead

How to Do a Rumba Opening Out Step

How to Do a Rumba Open Break with Underarm Turn

How to Do Rumba Crossover Breaks

How to Do a Rumba Ladies Underarm Turn

How to Do a Rumba Box Step

How to Do a Jive Whip Step

How to Do a Jive Mooch Step

How to Do a Jive Windmill Step

How to Do a Jive Rolling Off the Arm Step

How to Do a Foxtrot Sway Step

How to Do a Foxtrot Promenade Step with Ladies Underarm Turn

How to Do a Foxtrot Promenade Step

How to Do a Foxtrot Corner Step

How to Do Basic Foxtrot Steps

How to Waltz Face to Face

How to Do a Waltz Progressive Step

How to Do a Waltz Ladies Underarm Turn

How to Do the Waltz Balance Step

How to Do the Waltz Box Step

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