Back Charleston with Follower Turn

This move starts like the Back Charleston Crossover, with the leader lifting the follower's right hand over her head to get her to turn left. Here, however, the leader continues the turning movement so that the follower rotates 360° anticlockwise during the course of the move, while the leader stays in place.

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1. B:PbL Start with the leader standing behind the follower, facing in the same direction, with the leader's left hand holding the follower's left hand and his right hand holding her right hand; both dancers have their weight on their right feet. Both the leader and the follower point backward with their left feet, moving their left hands forward and their right hands backwards.
2. B:StL Both the leader and the follower lift their left feet next to their right feet, with the left knee bent, returning their hands to their sides.
3. B:KfL M:KfL W:KfL1L The leader performs a kick forward with his left foot, letting go with his left hand and bringing his right hand up over the follower's head. The follower performs a kick forward with her left foot, turning slightly to her left.
4. B:TL M:TL W:eFL1L The leader closes his left foot to his right foot. The follower takes a step slightly forward on her left foot, continuing to turn slightly to her left.
5. B:KfR M:KfR W:KfR2L The leader performs a kick forward with his right foot. The follower performs a kick forward with her right foot, continuing to turn another 90° to her left.
6. B:StR M:StR W:StR2L The leader lifts his right foot next to his left foot, with the right knee bent. The follower lifts her right foot next to her left foot, with the right knee bent, continuing to turn another 90° to her left to complete her turn.
7. B:KbR M:KbR W:KbR2L The leader performs a kick backward with his right foot, taking the follower's left hand with his left hand again. The follower performs a kick backward with her right foot, continuing to turn another 90° to her left.
8. B:TR Both the leader and the follower close their right feet to their left feet, returning their hands to their sides.
 
 
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Welcome

Welcome to an incomplete book about Lindy Hop.

I wrote the text here five years ago, based on my notes from when I was originally learning Lindy Hop in the mid-1990s. My original plan was to take a large number of illustrative photographs, which would make the bare text much more comprehensible.

However, that was five years ago and I've not gotten as far as taking a single photograph. So rather than waiting any longer, I thought it worth releasing the text as-is, in case it's useful to anyone else.

I'd interested to hear any feedback, but unfortunately I can't promise to do much about it.

And maybe one day I'll get as far as illustrating the book, and creating the originally-intended printed version:

This book is dedicated to the memory of Frankie Manning (1914-2009), Ambassador of Lindy Hop.

David Drysdale
November 2012

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