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West Coast Swing is a partner dance with roots in Lindy Hop, characterized by an elastic look that results from its extension-compression technique of partner connection and is danced primarily in a slotted area on the dance floor. The dance allows for both partners to improvise steps while dancing together, putting West Coast Swing in a short list of dances that emphasize improvisation.[1]
Typically the follower is led forward into new patterns traveling forward on counts "1" and "2" of each basic pattern, rather than rocking back. Traditional figures include 6-count and 8-count patterns of one of the four basic varieties: (1) Starter Step, (2) Side Pass, (3) Push Break / Sugar Push, (4) Whip.[2] The Anchor Step is a common ending pattern of many West Coast Swing figures.[3][4]
Alternatively the basic patterns in West Coast Swing are defined as: Push Break (or Sugar Push); Left Side Pass; Right Side Pass; Tuck Turn; and Whip. Virtually all other moves in West Coast Swing are variations of these basic patterns.
West Coast Swing has the leader using "body leads" versus the "arm leads" of East Coast Swing.[5]
- ^ McMains, Juliet (2006). Glamour addiction: inside the American ballroom dance industry (Wesleyan University Press ed.). Middletown, Conn: Wesleyan Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0-8195-6774-1.
The list includes salsa, Argentine tango, and shag.
- ^ "Basic Dance Guidelines". Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
- ^ Skippy Blair on Contemporary Social Dance. Skippy Blair. 1978. page 113. ISBN 0-932980-01-5
- ^ Sears, Harold F. "West Coast Swing Figure Patterns Two Count". rounddancing.net.
- ^ Online, West Coast Swing (2013-11-06). "Dancing within your frame (followers)". West Coast Swing Online. Retrieved 2023-06-16.