Basic Movements Definitions Part 2

No.42 – 51

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	42. Extend
	People Involved	8 dancers
	START	1/4 tag formation only
	END	parallel waves
Movement	Dancers in the wave release hands and step forward to the couple they are facing and join hands in a right hand wave. If the wave is left handed, dancers extend to a left hand wave. Note: Centers in the wave remain centers in the new waves and ends in the wave end as ends in the new waves.

 

	43. Wheel and Deal
	People Involved	4 dancers
	START	2-faced line or 1 faced line
	END	facing couple or tandem couple
Movement	(a) WHEEL AND DEAL (from a line of four). The left hand couple only takes a step forward. The couples wheel (180｡) toward the center of the line with the center dancer of each couple acting as the pivot point about which the couples turn. The couple that started on the right half of the line wheels in front of the other couple. Both couples end facing the same direction with the original left hand couple standing behind the original right hand couple. (b) WHEEL AND DEAL (from a two-faced line): Each couple steps straight ahead one step. Each couple then wheels (180｡) toward the center of the line with the center dancer of each couple acting as the pivot point about which the couples turn. Couples end facing each other.

 

	44. Double Pass Thru
	People Involved	4 or 8 dancers
	START	double pass thru formation (could be singlefile)
	END	completed double pass thru formation
Movement	Dancers move forward, passing right shoulders with two other dancers to finish facing away from the center of the set in a completed double pass thru formation.

 

 

	. . 45. First Couple Go Left / Right Next Couple Go Left / Right
	People Involved	8 dancers
	START	completed double pass thru
	END	lines facing in
Movement	under construction

 

	. . 46. Zoom
	People Involved	4 dancers
	START	any type of box (2 x 2)
	END	2 x 2
Movement	From one couple following another, each dancer in the lead couple separates away from his partner and walks around a full circle (360｡) to end in the position of the dancer who was directly behind him. Meanwhile, each trailing dancer steps directly forward into the vacated position of the lead dancer. Every dancer ends facing in the same direction he started. From a setup where one dancer is following another, the lead dancer walks away from the center of the square and around in a full circle (360｡) to the position of the dancer who was directly behind him. Meanwhile, the trailing dancer steps directly forward into the position vacated by the lead dancer.

 

	. . 47. Flutterwheel Family
	People Involved	4 dancers
	START	facing couple
	END	facing couple
Movement	(a) FLUTTERWHEEL: The right hand dancers go in to the center and turn by the right forearm. As they move adjacent to the opposite dancer, they reach out with the free (left) hand and, taking the right hand of the opposite dancer, each continues on around to the original right hand dancer’s starting position, releasing arms in the center and turning as a couple to face the center. (b) REVERSE FLUTTERWHEEL: Generally the same as flutterwheel except that the two left-hand dancers start with a left forearm turn and pick up the opposite dancers to return to their (the left hand dancer’s) starting position.

 

	. . 48. Sweep a Quarter
	People Involved	4 dancers
	START	facing couples in a circling movement (right or left)
	END	facing couple
Movement	Dancers continue the circling movement one quarter (90｡) in the direction of their body flow.

 

	49. Trade By
	People Involved	8 dancers
	START	trade-by or any formation in which two couples are facing each other and the other couples are facing out
	END	from trade-by, 8-chain thru formation
Movement	The couples facing each other pass thru, the couples facing out do a partner trade to face in.

 

	. . 50. Touch 1/4
	People Involved	2 dancers
	START	facing dancers
	END	right-hand mini wave
Movement	Dancers touch and without stopping turn one quarter (90｡) by the right.

 

	. . 51. Ferris Wheel
	People Involved	8 dancers
	START	parallel 2-faced lines
	END	double pass thru formation
Movement	The couples facing out wheel and deal to become the outside couples in a double pass thru formation. Meanwhile, the couples facing in step straight ahead to momentarily form a two-faced line in the center. Without stopping, they wheel and deal in that line to end as the center couples in a double pass thru formation.