The Flying Charleston Break involves three repetitions of a movement known as the Flying Charleston.
This movement is similar to the Back Charleston, but it travels sideways with a turn to the right.
The Flying Charleston itself requires space to be performed effectively; two dancers performing it while
facing each other means that the break as a whole needs a lot of floor space.
The move overall looks best when the dancers adjust their positions on the dance floor to maximize the visual
effect. The dancers are travelling anticlockwise around a large circle on the floor, and they are
facing each other or facing directly away from each other after each eight-beat subsequence.
In the sequence given, this movement is set up as follows.
- On the first eight beats, the dancers start facing each other, then travel 90° around the large
circle, each turning 90° right so that they end facing away from each other.
- On the second eight beats, the dancers start facing away from each other, then travel 180° around
the large circle, each turning 180° right so that they again end facing away from each other.
- On the third eight beats, the dancers start facing away from each other, then travel 90° around the
large circle, each turning 90° right so that they end up facing each other, back in the position that
they started the move.
The final eight-beat sequence varies depending on which version of the break is performed.
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1. B:KxR Start from an open position; both dancers have their weight on their left feet. Both the leader and the follower perform a kick with their right feet across and in front of their other feet, then sweep the leg smoothly back, keeping the leg straight.
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2. B:0B Both the leader and the follower continue the sweep with their right leg across from left to right.
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3. B:SR Both the leader and the follower take a step to the side on their right feet.
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4. B:SlSR Both the leader and the follower slide along the floor to the side on their right feet, while starting to swing their straight left left from left to right.
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5. B:BL2L Both the leader and the follower take a step backward on their left feet, turning 90° to their left. (On the second repeat, the dancers turn 180° right).
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6. B:RR Both the leader and the follower replace their weight on their right feet.
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7. B:KxL Both the leader and the follower perform a kick with their left feet across and in front of their other feet.
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8. B:FL Both the leader and the follower take a step forward on their left feet.
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1. M:PsR W:PsL The leader points to the side with his right foot, bending the left knee and clicking the fingers of right hand down by the left knee. The follower points to the side with her left foot, mirroring.
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3. M:TR W:PsR The leader closes his right foot to his left foot and slides his left foot out to the left, bending the right knee and clicking the fingers of right hand. The follower points to the side with her right foot, mirroring.
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5. M:TL W:PsL The leader closes his left foot to his right foot and slides his right hand out to the right, bending left knee and clicking. The follower points to the side with her left foot, mirroring.
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7. M:TR2R W:TL2L The leader closes his right foot to his left foot, lifting the left knee and clicking the fingers of the right hand in the air. The leader also offers his left hand to the follower. The follower closes her left foot to her right foot, mirroring the leader. The follower also takes the leader's left hand with her right hand.
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