Vocabulary of 37 American vernacular jazz solo movements. Intended to be a quick reference of name to the vanilla movement. Variations are part of this dance - whats in this video is not the only way to do these steps.
Recorded at LaB of Philadelphia! Stuart Collins demonstrating after Philly’s Tuesday dance at LaB.
Here’s whats shown:
0:05
Apple Jacks
Black Bottom
Break-a-leg
Boogie Back
Boogie Forward
0:36
Box Step
Cakewalk
Charelston (20s)
Charelston (vanilla)
Crazy Legs
1:11
Drunken Sailor
Eagle Slide
Fall off the log
Fishtails
Half Break
1:52
Hallelujah (aka Praise Allah)
Hitch Hiker
Itches
Jump Charelston
Mess Around
2:31
Naomi Skank
Pecks
Rusty Dusty
Rocks
Scarecrow
3:18
Shimmy
Grimmy
Shim Sham Step
Shish-ka-boom-ba
Skip up
3:55
Spank the Baby
Struttin’
Struttin’ (with inside turn)
Suzy Q
Tack