Basic rocks:
In rock forward, the dancer steps forward, usually with his left foot, with full weight transfer then transfers the weight to the back foot while keeping it in place. In rock back, the lead steps backwards with his right foot, with full weight transfer then transfers the weight back to the front foot while keeping it in place. With any music, going through the movement is easy for any person and anyone can rock.
In some dances such as East Coast Swing, the partners rock from opposite feet in opposite directions, both are doing rock back. During the basic step sequence: "rock step, triple step, triple step". In other dances the rocks are done from opposite feet, but in the same direction, as when the leader rocks back, the follower rocks forward. Turning rocks In some dances - Tango, Argentine tango - the rock step is used to change the direction of travel. In such cases a one or both steps the dancer may perform a certain amount of pivot turn.
In Lindy Hop, the turning rock step is also known as a rotational rock step, due to the rotation of the body's center to change direction or prep for a move. The degree of rotation in the turning rock step varies with how far the dancer wants to change direction. When used as a prep for a move, the degree of rotation depends on how much must be built up in the connection between the dancers in order to properly execute the move.
Rock step vs break step
Sometimes the terms rock step and break step are used interchangeably, - Forward Rock and Forward Break. The stylistic difference is that in the rock step the emphasis is in the rocking action during the step, while the term break carries the meaning of the change of the direction into the opposite, - the forward break changes the direction of the movement from forward to backward. Most social dancers just rock whenever they want - to the music they like and have a ball doing it. And the ladies on this island are just about the best when it comes to following. In social dancing, they are the stars of the show.
“In Social Dancing there maybe a some truth that there's a little bit of a loser
In rock forward, the dancer steps forward, usually with his left foot, with full weight transfer then transfers the weight to the back foot while keeping it in place. In rock back, the lead steps backwards with his right foot, with full weight transfer then transfers the weight back to the front foot while keeping it in place. With any music, going through the movement is easy for any person and anyone can rock.
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In some dances such as East Coast Swing, the partners rock from opposite feet in opposite directions, both are doing rock back. During the basic step sequence: "rock step, triple step, triple step". In other dances the rocks are done from opposite feet, but in the same direction, as when the leader rocks back, the follower rocks forward. Turning rocks In some dances - Tango, Argentine tango - the rock step is used to change the direction of travel. In such cases a one or both steps the dancer may perform a certain amount of pivot turn.
"Hukilau Song" by Don Ho
In Lindy Hop, the turning rock step is also known as a rotational rock step, due to the rotation of the body's center to change direction or prep for a move. The degree of rotation in the turning rock step varies with how far the dancer wants to change direction. When used as a prep for a move, the degree of rotation depends on how much must be built up in the connection between the dancers in order to properly execute the move.
"Morning Dew" by Melveen Leed
Rock step vs break step
Sometimes the terms rock step and break step are used interchangeably, - Forward Rock and Forward Break. The stylistic difference is that in the rock step the emphasis is in the rocking action during the step, while the term break carries the meaning of the change of the direction into the opposite, - the forward break changes the direction of the movement from forward to backward. Most social dancers just rock whenever they want - to the music they like and have a ball doing it. And the ladies on this island are just about the best when it comes to following. In social dancing, they are the stars of the show.
“In Social Dancing there maybe a some truth that there's a little bit of a loser
in all of us. Being happy isn't having everything in your life be perfect."
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