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Alphabetical Jazz Steps – Edition 3 (2017) with Chester Whitmore

04.09.2017 by Chris

After the first edition from 2009 with 37 solo jazz steps and the second revised edition from 2012 with 84 steps, Stuart Collins and his friends created a new clip with the help of Mister Chester Whitmore himself.

Here's the new clip: 68 steps with a lot of additional comments and insight from Chester.

Click on the timestamp to jump to a step:

  • 0:09 Apple Jack
  • 0:48 Black Bottom
  • 1:11 Boogie Back aka ‘Back it up'
  • 1:29 Boogie Forward
  • 1:35 Boogie Forward (clap behind)
  • 1:42 Boogie Step
  • 1:52 Box Step (original)
  • 2:24 Box Step (contemporary)
  • 2:40 Break (Shim Sham) aka ‘TOBA break'
  • 3:32 Break (Half break) aka ‘Tiger Rag break'
  • 3:57 Break-a-leg
  • 4:20 Cakewalk / Camelwalk (classic)
  • 4:45 Cakewalk / Camelwalk (modern)
  • 5:09 Camelwalk (backward)
  • 5:22 Cartwheel
  • 5:39 Charleston (1920s)
  • 5:53 Charleston (Jump)
  • 6:05 Charleston (Kansas City)
  • 6:18 Charleston (Squat)
  • 6:27 Cool Breeze (1953) aka ‘Grapevine'
  • 6:43 Cool Breeze (1970s)
  • 7:07 Crazy Legs
  • 7:29 Crossovers
  • 7:40 Cross step
  • 8:02 Eagle Slide
  • 8:44 Fall off the Log
  • 8:53 Fall off the Log (turning)
  • 9:01 Fishtails
  • 9:09 Gaze Afar
  • 9:16 Grinds
  • 9:44 Hallelujahs aka ‘Shouts'
  • 10:18 Heels (Digs)
  • 10:28 Heels (Russian wing)
  • 10:42 Hitchhiker
  • 11:03 Itches
  • 11:09 Jig Walks
  • 11:29 Knee Slaps
  • 11:35 Lockstep
  • 11:44 Lowdown
  • 12:18 Mess Around
  • 12:27 Mooch aka ‘Four Corners'
  • 12:51 Opposites aka ‘Push n Pull'
  • 13:13 Paddle Turn
  • 13:23 Pecks
  • 14:07 Pecks (Jackson 5)
  • 14:31 Ride the Pony
  • 14:46 Rocks
  • 15:05 Rusty Dusty
  • 15:19 Sailor Kicks
  • 15:35 Savoy Kicks
  • 16:05 Scarecrow
  • 16:11 Scissor Kicks
  • 16:21 Shim Sham
  • 17:01 Shish-ka-boom-ba
  • 17:11 Shoe Shine
  • 17:15 Shorty George
  • 17:23 Skate
  • 17:31 Skip up
  • 17:38 Slip Slops
  • 17:43 Spank the Baby
  • 17:48 Stomp off
  • 17:54 Struttin'
  • 18:07 Suzie Q
  • 18:17 Tabby the Cat
  • 19:05 Tacky Annie
  • 19:15 Tick Tocks
  • 19:23 Truckin'
  • 19:36 Turkey Trots

Filed Under: Dance, Featured, History/Culture Tagged With: Chester Whitmore, Jazz Steps, Solo Jazz, Stuart Collins

Marcia & Chris unterrichten bei Dance2bee in CH-Muhen, 10.-13.07.2017

20.06.2017 by Chris

dance2bee

Während der Sommer-Intensiv-Woche, organisiert durch die Tanzschule Dance2bee in Muhen AG, unterrichten Marcia Bodenmann & Christian Bossert Solo Jazz, Lindy Hop & Balboa.

Marcia Bodenmann   Christian Bossert

Sommerkurse: Solo Jazz, Lindy Hop & Balboa

Website: https://dance2bee.ch/sommerkurse/

Kursprogramm:

Solo Jazz mit Marcia

Erlerne eine tolle Choreo wie in den 20er Jahren.

Anmeldung auch ohne Partner möglich.

Montag- Donnerstag, 10.07. – 13.07.2017, 18:15 – 19:15 Uhr


Lindy Hop Beginner mit Marcia & Chris

Der Tanzstil aus den 30er Jahren welcher als Vorläufer von Boogie Woogie, Jive und Rock'n'Roll gilt! Gespickt von Charleston und Stepptanz – Elementen ein unglaublich schönes und befreites Tanzerlebnis!

Beginner-Kurs

Montag- Donnerstag, 10.07. – 13.07.2017, 19:30 – 20:30 Uhr


Balboa Intermediate mit Marcia & Chris

Balboa ist aufgrund der sehr engen Tanzhaltung vor allem ideal bei voller Tanzfläche und macht Tanzen auf schnelle Musik besonders leicht. Bereichert durch öffnende Figuren wie bei Boogie Woogie wird Balboa zum Bal-Swing und sehr abwechslungsreich.

Figuren & Technik für Tänzer/innen mit Basic-Kenntnissen.

Montag- Donnerstag, 10.07. – 13.07.2017, 20:40 – 21:40 Uhr


Tanzschule Dance2Bee
Tanzsaal Dance2Bee

Filed Under: Education, Featured Tagged With: Balboa, Christian Bossert, Lindy Hop, Marcia Bodenmann, Solo Jazz, Tanz-Unterricht, Workshop

WhatStep – Your Dance Move Assistant App: The Story

28.03.2016 by Chris

This is a guest post by my friend Roger Schmidlin. He created a dance move assistant app for your mobile called WhatStep. So, let's jump into it.

How It Began

WhatStep ScreenshotMy name is Roger Schmidlin and I have been Lindy Hoppin’ for over 20 years.

I even ran my own dancing school in Perth, Australia. On my path, I have been to lots of workshops and dancing classes.

But I had one big problem: I could not retain all these new learned moves in my head. I tried to write them down, but after a while I had no clue anymore what these notes meant.

I took videos, but they ended up in a big mess on my computer. I know that many dancers share the same problem.

So, I finally wanted to solve this. My mobile app WhatStep was born.

The Making Of

I started the development in March 2015. I was pretty naive then to think it would only take me a few weeks to get it done. There is so much that goes into an app.

My background is software engineering but I have never done any mobile apps. It was all new and exciting for me. My goal was to develop it for Android and iOS, so I used the development platform Xamarin.

TWhatStep Screenshot_2he most effort went into the development platform itself (which was in a beta state and had many bugs on its own), dealing with the new technology and publishing it to the stores.

After 6 months I had my first versions in the app stores. It was still buggy and in its very basic form. Because of user’s feedback, I was able to improve my app quite a bit and tailor it to the dance market.

At the moment I have about 600 installs on Android and just over 400 on iOS. Out of these are about 7% that actually purchase the app. 30% of my sales goes to the stores. And you have to use quite a bit of paid advertising in order for your app to be seen.

My demo video (see below) was totally seen about 30.000 times (Facebook and Youtube together).

Some people think you become rich with writing apps. The above numbers are for one year's work. You do the maths. The apps are available on Android and iOS.

WhatStep Screenshot

Here Is How WhatStep Works

  • Take your mobile phone to your classes and video at the end with WhatStep
  • Add personal notes to the video and give it a tag (Lindy Hop, Workshop, Frankie Manning)
  • Some schools do this already for you and will send you the complete recap collection via their newsletter
  • Watch your videos in slow motion or even frame by frame
  • You can also import video clips from Youtube. You can slow them down too
  • Once you have a cool video playlist, share your cloud videos with your friends
  • Check out my demo video to get a quick overview on how it works

Demo Video

The Future Of WhatStep

I put my heart and soul in this app to make it the best dance assistant app on this planet.

Many of you have already given me lots of feedback and ideas for more features.

I want the community to be part of this. Make it your app. I like WhatStep to move towards social interaction.

Features like endorsing friends, nominating moves and even having a move dictionary are on my list.

Get involved and join our Facebook Group.

WhatStepLogoMore to watch and read

  • Website: WhatStep.com
  • Facebook page
  • Write me an email: Roger@WhatStep.com

Thank you for your support and spreading WhatStep!
Roger

Update: Roger is not maintaining the apps anymore.

Filed Under: Featured, Swing News Tagged With: Android, App, iOS, Roger Schmidlin, WhatStep

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