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A complete collection of ALL iDance lessons taught by Julee Mertz!
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Tandem 180 Turn - This lesson takes the tandem basic and applies to it 180 degrees of rotation, for floor craft, performance orientation, or just social dance variety. Breakdown includes handhold and orientation details for both partners and suggestions for smoothly inserting this step into your tandem basics. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem Dittos - This lesson teahces a technique of altering the timing in your tandem basics to allow for musical improvisation. Breakdown includes timing and connection details, plus tips for counting this improvisation and clearly implementing it in a social dance context. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem Half Moon - This easy and fun Charleston turning step is the basic foundation of a large number of variations. Breakdown includes timing and connection details for both partners, plus everything you need to know to implement this figure in between your other tandem basics. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem Half Whirly Combo - This lesson combines the techniques and some of the steps from Tandem Ladies' Double Inside Turn and Tandem Whirly Bird to create an extended figure which also makes interesting use of a change in partner orientation | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 4 |
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Tandem He Goes She Goes - This lesson works with the position, taught in the Tandem Switcheroo, which puts the leader in front, but embelishes it with a smooth turning combination for both partners. Breakdown includes handhold details and everything you need to cleanly insert this figure into your social Tandem Charleston. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Tandem Ladies Double Inside Turn - This lesson teaches a challenging but satisfying followers' turn which makes use of percise timing and tight connection. Breakdown includes some tricks for making this feel good and finish cleanly, as well as some common missteps to avoid. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Tandem Ladies Inside Turn - This lesson builds on the motion explained in Tandem Half Moon, and teaches you how to turn it cleanly into a full follows rotation. Breakdown includes tips for seamless integration with your tandem basics, plus timing and connection details for both partners. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem Push Out - This simple and easy tandem variation puts a nice accent into your basics. Breakdown includes some helpful timing tips for leads, styling details, and everything you need to know to put this figure into your social Charleston. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem Repeating 180 Turn - This fun and open-ended figure breaks up the Charleston rhythm, allowing for playful and dynamic timing. Breakdown includes a detailed orientation walk-through, and some connection tips to ensure clear communication getting in and out of this pattern. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Tandem Switcheroo - This lesson teaches both an entrance and exit to a leader-in-front tandem position. Breakdown includes footwork and orientation details for both partners, plus tips for avoiding some common errors. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Tandem Turnstyle - This lesson teaches a dynamic followers turn ready for use in your social Charleston. Breakdown includes everything you need to know to execute this figure reliably, plus a bonus followers' stylization. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem We Goes Turn - This lesson teaches a fun and easy turning variation for both lead and follow. Breakdown includes timing and orientation details for both partners, and essential timing tips for making a clean exit. This figure can also be used as an alternate ending for Tandem Windshield Wipers. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tandem Whirly Bird - This lesson teaches a hypnotic turning pattern ready for immediate use in your social Charleston or performance choreographies. Breakdown features a slow-motion walk-through of the arm movements and orientation details that give this figure it's flashy appeal. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Tandem Windshield Wipers - This lesson expands upon the Tandem Half Moon, turning it into an open-ended pattern ready for use in your social Charleston. Breakdown includes crucial timing tips for making this pattern feel good throughout the repetitions, plus a solid practical exit. | Partner Charleston | about | Michael Gamble, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tuck Turn Fundamentals - This lesson is a great introduction to and detailed study of one of the most common and important moves in Lindy Hop. The breakdown not only gives you the steps and explanation of forces at work in the Tuck Turn, but also explains each component of movement, so that you may understand it from the inside out. This lesson also gives you the tools to understand the key differences between a single and double turn in this context. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Apple Jack Tuck - This lesson teaches you to incorporate Apple Jacks into your tuck turns. Breakdown includes timing and footwork walk-through, crucial hand-positioning tips, and everything you need to know in order to lead and follow this figure cleanly and decisively. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Close Embrace - This lesson is a complete introduction to slow blues dancing, based on a detailed study of the close embrace position. Breakdown includes everything both leads and follows need to know to ground yourselves into the fundamentals of this dance so you can begin to savor the joys of slow, controlled movement to great music! | Blues | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Blues Rhythms - This lesson is a detailed exposition of some of the most important rhythmic possibilities is slow blues dancing. The breakdown presents you with three distinct options so that you can truly improvise, and gives you all the tools to communicate rhythm changes and keep it feeling great for both partners. | Blues | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Blues Traveling - This lesson is a study of all of the key techniques involved in making your blues dancing move across the floor with power and control. Both leaders and followers will find here a treasure vault of resources to help you hone your fundamental movement quality and communication ability - a must for taking your blues dance to the next level. | Blues | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Pivot Turn Dip - This lesson teaches a relatively simple, yet powerful and essentially useful dip, followed by an optional pivot turn. These two steps together add a level of dynamics to your blues dancing that, once you master, you'll wonder how you ever did without. Plenty of great tips here for both partners to keep this movement solid and feeling good. | Blues | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Charleston Hit Five - This lesson teaches you to modify your basic Charleston with a simple but powerfully useful accent! Breakdown includes tips for maintaining balance during freezes, and tips for both partners to allow for the clear communication of this kind of embellishment. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Charleston Kick Behind - This lesson teaches a simple way to vary the texture and shape of your basic side-by-side Charleston that you can put to immediate use! Breakdown focuses on how the connection works during this figure, emphasizing particular body positioning details which make the lead unmistakable. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Charleston Repeater - This lesson teaches you a simple but powerful way to modify your basic side-by-side Charleston by repeating a segment of the basic in an open-ended fashion. Breakdown focuses on how the crucial information passes from lead to follow, and how the follow can make herself receptive to such leads. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Charleston Skip Up Mix Up - This lesson will open your mind to social dancing possibilities within Charleston by teaching you to combine a Charleston Basicwith a Skip Up, forcing you to dissect the two patterns. Breakdown includes several timing possibilities and the crucial body positioning details which allow the transitions between steps to be clearly understood by both partners. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Charleston Slide - This lesson teaches an easy but powerful way to break up the texture of your social Charleston by making use of a basic slide. Breakdown includes footwork and timing details for both partners, tips for setting up a clear preparatory movement, and body positioning suggestions for both leads and follows that will help this figure feel as smooth and natural as possible. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Circle to Charleston - This lesson is part of a series designed to improve the quality and flow of your social Lindy Hop by focusing on some very common transitions. The breakdown explores how both partners can best maintain solid technique throughout these essential patterns, and delves into concepts you will want to apply to all of your social dancing. This lesson focuses on the transition from open position Lindy Hop to side-by-side Charleston. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Double Tuck Kick Through - This lesson teaches a dynamic and fascinating variation on a basic Tuck Turn which incorporates a second tuck and subsequent footwork change. Breakdown focuses on the key connection moments which give this figure its decisively springy feel, and all the technique you need to make it happen for you on the social dance floor. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Dynamic Opposite Kicks - This lesson builds upon the Opposite Kicks, teaching you to incorporate a deep twist, which will bring a smile to your partner's face. Breakdown includes the crucial leaders' cheat which allows this variation to be clearly led, practice drills for leading and following, and vital body and muscle awareness suggestions for followers. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Expanding Tuck - This lesson builds on the basic tuck turn by incorporating a deep stretch and redirection. Breakdown focuses on the crucial moments of communication that make this figure feel so nice for both partners, and how this alteration in movement affects the footwork. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Johnny Skip Up - This extended figure combines a basic Skip Up with a Johnny's Drop for use in your side-by-side Charleston. Breakdown includes timing and footwork details for both partners, suggestions for creating a feel-good skip up technique, and general tips for leading and understanding variations in this position. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Kick Cross Slide - This lesson teaches a simple variation on your side-by-side Charleston that you will find yourself using again and again! Breakdown includes footwork walk-throughs for both partners, tips for setting this movement up clearly and making every gesture an unmistakable lead, and suggestions for how followers can most effectively use their body to be receptive to this kind of communication. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Opposite Kicks - This lesson builds upon the Charleston Repeater with a tricky and interesting step that fits right into your social Charleston. Breakdown includes footwork and movement details for both partners, tips for progressing into this figure in a socially lead-able organic way, crucial bad habits for followers to avoid, and enough variations to keep your creative side satisfied for a long time! | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Outside Turn to Side Rock - This lesson is part of a series designed to improve the quality and flow of your social Lindy Hop by focusing on some very common transitions. The breakdown explores how both partners can best maintain solid technique throughout these essential patterns, and delves into concepts you will want to apply to all of your social dancing. This lesson focuses on the transition from any outside turn to any move beginning with a sideways rockstep. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Side by Side Charleston - This lesson is a complete introduction to 1930's style side-by-side Charleston, a step for which you can find countless variations and which is a vital part of your Lindy Hop repertoire! Breakdown includes footwork and timing for both partners, connection details not to be missed, and a deep exploration of how this dance is traditionally styled. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Side Line Roll - This lesson builds upon the Side Line Outside Turn, using those skills to create the more challenging barrel-roll shape. Breakdown includes slow-motion walk-throughs, essential barrel-roll connection technique, common bad habits to avoid, and a special way of counting that will make demanding steps like this one easier to execute. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Side Line Outside Turn - This lesson builds upon the Side Line Tuck to create a connected and gorgeous outside turn. Breakdown includes hand connection details, common bad habits for both partners to avoid, tips for maintaining good technique during turns for followers, and an extra variation that incorporates a double turn. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Side Line Skip Up - This lesson combines Lindy Hop and Charleston patterns while changing the direction of the dance to introduce new social dancing possibilities into your repertoire! Breakdown includes an explanation of the relationship between certain body shapes and partner connection, tips for quality kicking technique, and everything you need in order to get cleanly in and out of this step socially. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Side Line Tuck - This lesson teaches you to change the line of the dance in the context of an open position tuck turn, adding a new dimension to your social dance repertoire! Breakdown includes an explanation of open position tuck technique, tips for combining directional and rotational forces, and suggestions for building good turning technique for both partners. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Side Rock Charleston Scoot - This lesson builds upon the ideas presented in Side Rock Charleston and goes further to produce a double rockstep and traveling syncopation sure to make your partner smile. Breakdown includes drills for leading and following clean multiple side rocks, an explanation of scoot technique, and tips for putting these pieces together into a complete lead-able riff. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Side Rock Charleston - This lesson teaches an easy but surprising and interesting variation on your basic side-by-side Charleston. Breakdown includes how to create a clear preparatory step, body awareness and following tips for the ladies, and some easy to avoid bad habits to be aware of to make bring this fun variation into your social dancing right away! | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Skip Up Flip Flop - This lesson teaches you a figure that will broaden your understanding of the Skip Up by showing you how to make it open-ended and how to make it change sides. Breakdown teaches you how to execute this figure as a simple eight count combo, but also breaks down the pieces so you can modify the timing at will. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Skip Up Roll Away - This lesson teaches a classic, must-know figure to jazz up your social Charleston repertoire and break up that rhythm! Breakdown includes tips for counting this step, an explanation of roll-away technique, and crucial hand and arm positioning details for both lead and follow. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Skip Up - This lesson introduces you to a classic, must-know figure that will soon become a major ingredient in your social Charleston and Lindy Hop! Breakdown includes footwork, timing, and body positioning details for both partners, tips for maintaining balance, and a thorough explanation of how the connection works for you in this pattern. | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Suzie Skip Up - This lesson teaches you to combine the classic Jazz step Suzie Q with a classic Charleston step Skip Up! Breakdown includes tips for altering your partner orientation to better set-up this figure, an explanation of how the leader's frame affects the shape of the follower's movement, and suggestions for both partners on how to best lead and follow the jazz step without compromising the look of the Suzie Q! | Partner Charleston | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Swing Out to Cross Hand Rock - This lesson is part of a series designed to improve the quality and flow of your social Lindy Hop by focusing on some very common transitions. The breakdown explores how both partners can best maintain solid technique throughout these essential patterns, and delves into concepts you will want to apply to all of your social dancing. This lesson focuses on the transition from open position swingouts to cross-hand position. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Texas Tommy 5 Count with Pop - This lesson teaches a snappy and challenging Texas Tommy variation that works on several skills at once, while giving you a great figure to spice up your social dancing. Breakdown includes crucial timing tips that make this lead possible, some vital follower technique that keeps this move feeling good, and styling details for both partners. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Texas Tommy Break - This lesson teaches a fundamental, must-know variation for social Lindy Hop that puts an accent into your Texas Tommy. Breakdown includes some important technical reminders about your Texas Tommy, how the break version differs from the original in both feel and aesthetic, a common bad habit to avoid, and a discussion of how breaks work so that you might apply this concept to other figures. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Texas Tommy Double Turn - This lesson teaches you to add an extra turn to your Texas Tommy while staying within the eight count framework. Breakdown includes how the leader can best make this feel comfortable even with followers who do it very differently, an explanation of how momentum works in this context, and tips for making sure you are developing both good turning habits and good Texas Tommy habits! | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Texas Tommy Hip Catch - This lesson teaches you to add a surprising leader's turn to your Texas Tommy without psyching out your follower! Breakdown includes the critical connection and timing details which make this move make sense socially, an explanation of how followers can best be sensitive to this kind of figure, plus a bonus footwork variation to change the texture. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Texas Tommy to Closed - This lesson teaches you to alter your Texas Tommy in a surprising way which ends by bringing your follower into closed position. Breakdown includes an explanation of how the lead has to temporarily become a follower, how the follow can avoid a common error that tends to sabotage this figure, and everything else you need to know to make this move feel great on the social dance floor. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Texas Tommy - This lesson is a complete study of a fundamental, must-know figure in social Lindy Hop. Breakdown walks you through every moment of the figure so that you can develop good habits early on, as this is the basis for countless variations. After studying the techniques explained in this lesson, you can execute this truly classic step with confidence and control. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tuck and Keep - This lesson teaches a surprising, feel-good modification of a tuck turn in social Lindy Hop! Breakdown includes important technical reminders for the followers, handhold and orientation details for both partners, and an explanation on how the not-so-obvious rotation in this figure actually works. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 3 |
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Tuck and Sweep - This jam-packed lesson begins by teaching a lovely follower's variation on a basic tuck turn, including how the two-way communication works during that variation, and then moves on to discuss how a leader can choose to respond in kind. This kind of conversational dancing is built on a foundation of several interacting techniques, all of which are discussed herein. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 4 |
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Tuck Around the Back - This lesson teaches you to modify your basic tuck turn by making use of an unexpected direction change. Breakdown includes an explanation of how momentum works in the context of this figure, the critical handhold and orientation details that allow this move to stay connected, some bad habits you'll want to avoid, and two alternate ending options. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Tuck to Closed - This lesson teaches a simple, must-know modification to your basic tuck turn which allows you to end in closed position. Breakdown includes a step-by-step walk-through of the figure, some useful turning technique for followers, an explanation of the relationship of hips to traveling movement, and two alternate endings to chose from. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 1 |
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Twisted Tuck - This lesson teaches you to add a new level of expression to your tuck turns by playing with the amount of rotation. Breakdown includes tips for starting this in different way and how that affects the second half, a discussion of how the leader combines traveling with cross-body movement to most clearly direct the follower, and what a follower must to to allow her body to be receptive to this type of movement. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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Underarm Turn To Swing Out - This lesson is part of a series designed to improve the quality and flow of your social Lindy Hop by focusing on some very common transitions. The breakdown explores how both partners can best maintain solid technique throughout these essential patterns, and delves into concepts you will want to apply to all of your social dancing. This lesson focuses on the transition from an underarm inside turn back into swingout mode. | Lindy Hop | about | Bill Borgida, Julee Mertz | 2 |
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