Side Slide

This move is a straightforward kicking variation from the Charleston Basic, which can easily be adapted into more of a Lindy Hop style by reducing the amount of swivelling motion in the first four beats. The second half of the pattern is a left-right mirror of the first half of the pattern.


left side view right side view facing view
1. S:KfL Start with the dancer's weight on their right foot. The dancer performs a kick forward with their left foot.
2. S:StL The dancer lifts their left foot next to their right foot, with the left knee bent.
3. S:KbL The dancer performs a kick backward with their left foot.
4. S:StL The dancer lifts their left foot next to their right foot, with the left knee bent.
5. S:0B The dancer lifts their left knee and uses the momentum of this to slide to the left on their right foot, raising both hands in the air.
6. S:CoL The dancer brings their left foot next to their right foot without putting weight on it.
7. S:0B The dancer lifts their left knee and uses the momentum of this to slide to the left on their right foot, raising both hands.
8. S:TL The dancer closes their left foot to their right foot.
1. S:KfR The dancer performs a kick forward with their right foot.
2. S:StR The dancer lifts their right foot next to their left foot, with the right knee bent.
3. S:KbR The dancer performs a kick backward with their right foot.
4. S:StR The dancer lifts their right foot next to their left foot, with the right knee bent.
5. S:0B The dancer lifts their right knee and uses the momentum of this to slide to the right on their left foot, raising both hands.
6. S:CoR The dancer brings their right foot next to their left foot without putting weight on it.
7. S:0B The dancer lifts their right knee and uses the momentum of this to slide to the right on their left foot, raising both hands.
8. S:TR The dancer closes their right foot to their left foot.
 
 

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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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