Standard routines or sequences you use

[elisedance]

Run run run...catch me if you can...then run some more and then scatters 

love the technical jargon..

[elisedance]

Waltz, side one:
natural turn, turning lock, pivot, turning lock closed impetus, weave, lock, contracheck, something into pp, hover corte
[I'm trying to do this from memory!]

[SwingWaltz]

Run run run...catch me if you can...then run some more and then scatters 

love the technical jargon..

Thank you! 

[SwingWaltz]

then post some of your's to get us started

Let's see.....Waltz

Prep step, half natural, spin turn, turning lock, chasse in promenade position, fallaway slip pivot, double reverse spin, over spin into oversway, collect into hover corte, collect into promenade, passing natural, outside spin, natural pivots (lots and lost of pivots), running weave, tumble turn, throwaway oversway, collect into promenade, fallaway whisk, left whisk, standing spin, natural weave and start again. 

[elisedance]

SW - I could dance that with you...
Are you looking for a partner?
We're a good height match - well, if I danced on my knees perhaps...

[ZPomeroy]

Our new waltz routine so far is: starting in the right corner, pret step, half natural, over turned spin turn to face the left corner, running chasse, left step forward then 2 natural pivots, back running chasse to promenade, 2 steps forward on counts 1 & then side step and foot behind (not sure of the name of this sequence), step forward on right then lock, fallaway slip pivot, viennese cross, hover corte for 6 counts, same foot lunge with weave ending.

That's it so far, its quite nice when its done well

Zac

[albanaich]

Do you not think that the pattern would look a bit silly if you danced it to this piece of musc?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOGEFNtQoK8

Or this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvS-XZzyBE

Both are Waltz in 3/4 time. . . . . . .

[ZPomeroy]

Yes it would, because firstly their both 6/8 timing which is Viennese waltz and not modern waltz and secondly that both those pieces do not follow a strict metronome beat, or anything close to a strict beat for that matter. So, yes dancing a modern waltz to a Viennese track with no strict metronome timing in sight would look a bit silly...

[elisedance]

Our new waltz routine so far is: starting in the right corner, pret step, half natural, over turned spin turn to face the left corner, running chasse, left step forward then 2 natural pivots, back running chasse to promenade, 2 steps forward on counts 1 & then side step and foot behind (not sure of the name of this sequence), step forward on right then lock, fallaway slip pivot, viennese cross, hover corte for 6 counts, same foot lunge with weave ending.
Zac

Sounds neat - we've been trying to figure out what to do after a lock-chasse (it sort of stops) - perhaps we could do a FASP out as you are...

[ZPomeroy]

The FASP does open up a lot of opportunities to go into many different lines ect.

Zac

[catsmeow]

I would like to detail the steps of our foxtrot but I dont know the names of all the steps yet. My partner likely knows .

[elisedance]

I would like to detail the steps of our foxtrot but I dont know the names of all the steps yet. My partner likely knows .

have a go!  Its the best way to learn too.
I think its more often that the guy knows the names better since he has to lead them - but I'm sure its not always like that (er, I can do most of it but not all I think - yes, I should try to write them out too..)

[QPO]

our foxtrot, is a prep step, feather to feather ending, to a chasse to a feather ending, to a feather then three in line, into a curve (change of direction) to a feather , feather ending to a three in line to a lunge... Ok that is one side. not sure if I got all the names correctly

[elisedance]

I'm sure I couldn't hold a feather to that

I think we call a 'three in line' a 'three step'... must be the same thing

[ZPomeroy]

I think we call a 'three in line' a 'three step'... must be the same thing

I call it a three step as well

Zac