Ballroom Blitz #046

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Transcript

Ian: Hey random dancer on the internet. My name's Ian,

Lindsey: and my name's Lindsey,

Ian & Lindsey: and this is a Ballroom Blitz.

Lindsey: Hello again ballroom blitzers, and welcome back to the channel. Today we are going into the wonderful world of Quickstep. We're going to be having a look at a terribly useful and very easy move, it's called the Progressive Chasse.

Now, a lot of the moves that we learn first up in the Quickstep follow a pattern of a drive step followed by a Chasse, this one is the same. What I like about it is that the drive step comes from the follower not the leader. Let's have a look.

[Demonstration without music]

Lindsey: So you can see that first forward drive is by the follower, we then perform the Chasse by the end of it the leader is ready to do a drive step of their own and that drive step is always outside partner.

Ian: Okay leaders as Lindsey just said we have arrived at a position where we are backing Diagonal Center we have put the power step in their hands. We've asked them to drive forward on their left, which means we have to absorb power back on our right; that's what we do on step one. We then perform the Chasse turning around about a quarter with a Toe. Toe. Toe-Lower. on the last part of the Chasse and as Lindsey said the next step, the final step, the fifth step, of this figure must travel outside of partner; it's a heel, it will always be step one of whatever figure you put in next but that step one must proceed outside of partner. So a slow for the drive from the follower, a quick-quick-slow for the Chasse, and a slow step outside partner into whatever comes next.

Lindsey: So followers our first step is our major drive step, so that's on our left foot at our partner and out into the floor. We then rise up on our toes quick-quick-slow. We can expect to feel that tern that the leader is feeling, we need to go with it because it might be a little bit different each time, head to the left this is all in closed position, and we'll feel them drive past us on that final step, we've lowered we're ready for their drive backwards on the left.

[Demonstration with counts]

Lindsey: This is a really useful figure, it's following along with our sort of bass rhythm of the Quickstep, it moves really nicely, it gives the followers a good go forward so we get a nice drive step in, and it comes after a bunch of different figures so it's a very useful one to have in your back pocket.

[Demonstration with music]

Lindsey: So there you have it the Progressive Chasse a smooth cruisy move, very useful, can follow with the natural turn of the leader's choice so a great one to have. Try it out, keep commenting, remember to subscribe and we shall see you next time.