Information for Swing Dance Beginners
 
Here you can find ...
technical information on
more and more Swing Dance Moves,
as well as information on
General Topics in Swing Dancing.

(up to) 6-Count Lindy, East Coast Swing

The Swing Move Step Sheets are sorted hierarchically: 1. Roughly by the type of dance. You selected (up to) 6-Count Lindy, East Coast Swing. 2. Below, by the initial and final partner position, sorted alphabetically first by initial, then by final.     See also Swing Dance Topics - Partner Positions. 3. Finally, by the amount and sense of the total partner "revolution",     i.e. how they turn horizontally around each other (i.e. mutually, not about his/her own axis).     These categories are sorted as follows: No overall revolution, up to 1/2 CW (clockwise),     up to 1 CW, up to 1/2 CCW (counter-clockwise), up to 1 CCW,     an finally more than 1 (CW or CCW), or one over the other (if partner A jumps over, or slides     through the legs of, partner B).

Closed V >> Closed V

Closed V >> Open LR

Open 2 hands >> Open 2 hands

Open 2 hands >> Open LR

Open LR >> Closed V

Open LR >> Open 2 hands

Open LR >> Open LR

Open LR >> Open RR

8-Count (and more) Lindy

The Swing Move Step Sheets are sorted hierarchically: 1. Roughly by the type of dance. You selected 8-Count (and more) Lindy. 2. Below, by the initial and final partner position (plus extra entry for swingout stylings), sorted     alphabetically first by initial, then by final.     See also Swing Dance Topics - Partner Positions. 3. Finally, by the amount and sense of the total partner "revolution",     i.e. how they turn horizontally around each other (mutually, not about his/her own axis).     These categories are sorted as follows: No overall revolution, up to 1/2 CW (clockwise),     up to 1 CW, up to 1/2 CCW (counter-clockwise), up to 1 CCW,     an finally more than 1 (CW or CCW), or one over the other (if partner A jumps over, or slides     through the legs of, partner B).

Closed V >> Closed V

Closed V >> Open LR

Open 2 hands >> Open LR

Open LR >> Closed Std

Open LR >> Closed V

Open LR >> Open LR

Open RR >> Closed Std

Open RR >> Open LR

Open RR >> Open RR

Swingout Stylings

Balboa, Bal Swing

The Swing Move Step Sheets are sorted hierarchically: 1. Roughly by the type of dance. You selected Balboa, Bal Swing. 2. Below, by the initial and final partner position, sorted alphabetically first by initial, then by final.     See also Swing Dance Topics - Partner Positions. 3. Finally, by the amount and sense of the total partner "revolution",     i.e. how they turn horizontally around each other (mutually, not about his/her own axis).     These categories are sorted as follows: No overall revolution, up to 1/2 CW (clockwise),     up to 1 CW, up to 1/2 CCW (counter-clockwise), up to 1 CCW,     an finally more than 1 (CW or CCW), or one over the other (if partner A jumps over, or slides     through the legs of, partner B).

Balboa Basic >> Balboa Basic

20s + 30s Charleston

The Swing Move Step Sheets are sorted hierarchically: 1. Roughly by the type of dance. You selected 20s + 30s Charleston. 2. Below, by the initial and final partner position, sorted alphabetically first by initial, then by final.     See also Swing Dance Topics - Partner Positions. 3. Finally, by the amount and sense of the total partner "revolution",     i.e. how they turn horizontally around each other (mutually, not about his/her own axis).     These categories are sorted as follows: No overall revolution, up to 1/2 CW (clockwise),     up to 1 CW, up to 1/2 CCW (counter-clockwise), up to 1 CCW,     an finally more than 1 (CW or CCW), or one over the other (if partner A jumps over, or slides     through the legs of, partner B).

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Closed Std >> Closed Std

Closed Std >> Side by Side

Hand in Hand >> Hand in Hand

Hand in Hand >> Side by Side

Side by Side >> Closed Std

Side by Side >> Hand in Hand

Side by Side >> Side by Side

Solo/Jazz Steps

The Swing Move Step Sheets are sorted hierarchically: 1. Roughly by the type of dance. You selected Solo/Jazz Steps. 2. Below, by the the number of counts over which the move extends. 3. Finally, by the amount of rotation about your own axis.

Full Choreografies and shorter sequences

Title Pattern