The Long-Legged Charleston Break is performed with both dancers facing in the same direction, with the
follower positioned on the leader's right hand side with a slight gap between them. As with other breaks,
this one is indicated verbally in advance, and the leader enters the sequence by adapting the Back Charleston Entry: he pulls the follower more towards himself, and out to his right hand side (and he moves slightly to
his left to make room for her).
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1. B:PbL Start from an open position; 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, bent forward at the waist.
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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.
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3. B:KfL Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their left feet, moving their right hands forward and their left hands backwards.
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4. B:TL Both the leader and the follower close their left feet to their right feet, returning their hands to their sides.
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5. B:KfR Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their right feet, moving their left hands forward and their right hands backwards.
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6. B:StR Both the leader and the follower lift their right feet next to their left feet, with the right knee bent, returning their hands to their sides.
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7. B:KbR Both the leader and the follower perform a kick backward with their right feet, moving their right hands forward and their left hands backwards. The follower should be careful not to kick backwards too far or too vigorously, just in case the leader is not kicking backwards at the same time.
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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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1. B:PbL Both the leader and the follower point backward with their left feet.
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2. B:StL Both the leader and the follower lift their left feet next to their right feet, with the left knee bent.
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3. B:KfL Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their left feet.
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4. B:FL Both the leader and the follower take a step forward on their left feet.
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5. B:KfR4L Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their right feet, turning 180° to their left, raising both arms in the air and straightening their body.
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6. B:StR Both the leader and the follower lift their right feet next to their left feet, with the right knee bent, lowering both arms.
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7. B:KfR2L Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their right feet, turning 90° to their left, raising both arms in the air and straightening their body.
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8. B:StR Both the leader and the follower lift their right feet next to their left feet, with the right knee bent, lowering both arms.
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9. B:KfR2L Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their right feet, turning 90° to their left, raising both arms in the air and straightening their body.
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10. B:TR Both the leader and the follower close their right feet to their left feet, lowering both arms.
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1. B:PbL Both the leader and the follower point backward with their left feet.
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2. B:StL Both the leader and the follower lift their left feet next to their right feet, with the left knee bent.
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3. B:KfL Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their left feet.
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4. B:FL Both the leader and the follower take a step forward on their left feet.
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5. B:KfR Both the leader and the follower perform a kick forward with their right feet.
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6. B:RR Both the leader and the follower replace their weight on their right feet and kick forward with their left foot at the same time.
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7. B:RL Both the leader and the follower replace their weight on their left feet and kick forward with their right foot at the same time.
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8. B:RR Both the leader and the follower replace their weight on their right feet and kick forward with their left foot at the same time.
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1. B:XL Both the leader and the follower take a step with their left feet across and in front of their other feet.
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2. B:KbR Both the leader and the follower perform a kick backward with their right feet.
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3. B:SlBL Both the leader and the follower slide along the floor backward on their left feet.
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4. B:RR Both the leader and the follower replace their weight on their right feet.
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5. B:TaHL Both the leader and the follower tap with their left feet back and behind their other feet.
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7. B:XL Both the leader and the follower take a step with their left feet across and in front of their other feet.
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1. B:0B Both the leader and the follower turn to the right with their weight on both feet, uncrossing then recrossing their legs as they do so. The leader turns slightly more and the follower turns slightly less than 360° so that they end up facing each other.
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3. B:0B Both the leader and the follower shimmy as they face each other, and continue to do so until the end of the 8-count phrase.
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