Brief descriptions of steps taught by
Richard Powers
One-Step Simply
walk in waltz pos, backing the lady, taking one step to each beat. Gent starts
fwd L, lady back R.
Back the Man Basic
One-Step with the lady walking forward (she steers).
Side Steps Step
sideways toward line-of-direction, then close the trailing foot. Repeat to the
same side.
Promenade Basic
One-Step, both walking forward, side-by-side, in promenade position.
Yale Walk A
One-Step in Yale (sidecar) position, holding your partner to one side or the
other.
Step Out From
the basic One-Step, sweep your partner to Yale position for a step, then back
to waltz position.
The Snake The
same as the Step Out, but swing from one Yale position to the opposite Yale
position.
Polka Skip While
doing the One-Step, insert a quick polka step now and then (step-close-step,
QQS timing).
Texas Twostep Walk
two steps backing the lady, then a quick polka skip (SSQQ timing).
Dog Trot A
faster One-Step in a brisk run
Boat Swing He
crosses L over R as she crosses R behind L, then back the lady 2 steps. Repeat,
opposite feet.
Pomander Walk Both One-Step forward
around each other in Yale Position. Walk around the other direction also.
Traveling Turns Continuous
pivots without hops. Each step is a half-turn, R toe between partner's toes.
Promenade Turnout Walk fwd in Promenade Position, then face partners and do two
steps of Traveling Turns.
Rocking Turn He stops with a fwd step L, then rocks back and forth R
and L, in place, turning CCW.
Double Hesitation Back the lady one step, stopping, rock back to place,
back the man one step, rock fwd to place.
Grapevine He
steps side L, crosses R in front of L, steps side L, crosses R behind L. She
crosses mirror or opposite.
Marcel Wave A grapevine where she
crosses in front as he crosses behind and vice versa, twisting to Yale
positions.
The Scissor Back
the lady with four steps in Yale position, then face partner to do four steps
of the Marcel Wave.
Grapevine Dip
With either of these grapevine steps, dip on the second and fourth
steps.
Zig-Zag Back
the lady 3 steps in left-hip Yale pos, twist to right-hip Yale on count 4.
Repeat opposite feet.
Serpentine Back
the lady, gent crossing each step over the other as she crosses each step
behind the other.
Glide A
simple chassˇ (galop) smoothly traveling sideways toward line-of-direction.
Four-Slide A
series of four chassˇs, each ending with a half-turn, like an extended polka.
Two-Step A
smooth turning polka (side-close-side) without a hop. A common variation in the
One-Step.
Anderson Turn Back the man in left Yale pos, then he
crosses L behind R and pivots CCW as she walks around him.
Copyright
© 1985,1994 Richard Powers