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Chicken Walks
Chicken walks is a dance move that is most frequently used in swing (dance), swing dances, such as East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing and Jive (dance), jive. Sometimes they can be seen incorporated in Samba (Brazilian dance), samba (where they are known as "plaits"). The chicken walks steps are similar from both feet. The basic way of performing chicken walks may be described as follows. Initial position: knees slightly bent, weight on one, say, left foot. *On count 1, slide the moving (right) foot straight forward without weight, while turning hips and shoulders to the right (kind of contra body movement). The right toe is in contact with the floor all the time. *On count 2, transfer the weight onto the right foot (keeping knees bent), at the same time do the same what was described on count 1, but with opposite feet. *Repeat The basic chicken walks may be styled into a great variety of moves: *the dancer may lean backwards; *the walks may be done with kind of Charleston (dance) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Move
Dance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each other. However, more complex movements are influenced by musicality and lyrical relevance to express emotions or refer to a message. Dance moves tend to emphasize the concepts of lead and follow and connection. In most cases, dance moves by themselves are independent of musicality, which is the appropriateness of a move to the music (for a notable exception, see Bharatanatyam). Generally, they are memorized in sets of eight counts. Also there are two different movements: concrete and abstract. These two movements show time, space, relationship, quality and focus. For example, relationship could describe the movement of two or more different dancers. The names of moves may be somewhat arbitrary and vary from person to person and city to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |