Advanced Step, Combo 3

Here's the final combo of my last Advanced class. This combo was a lot of fun, and you can change out the repeater knee at the beginning for any repeater you want.



Choreography:

Repeater Knee (8)
Turnstep into Elvis, x2 (8)
Full-circle turnstep (8)
Stomp Across (syncopated option shown in video) (8)

Have fun!

Advanced Step Routine, Combo 2, June 24, 2008

Here's Combo 2. No shortage of syncopation around here!

Have fun!

Dana




Choreography:

Up-Up, Swivel & Switch, Box on the floor (8)
Reverse Flye Over, Drag home (6)
Kick-Ball-Change up, Ball-Change Up, Exit (6)
Rhythm V-Slide, mambo (6)
Rock on Top, Down & swivel (6)

Advanced Step Combo 1, June 24, 2008

Here's Combo 1 of my most recent Advanced class. This combo has a lot of fast feet at the beginning, and I kept telling my class that they'd be better off on a lower step. They had fun with this one, though.

Have fun!

Dana

At long last, the breakdown for Combo 3!!

I know, I know... It's about time, Dana! Honestly! On Sunday I dug in and taped all those routines that I spoke about before. Now, I just have to produce them and post them, so get ready for a bunch of new routines at all levels of Step! Woo Hoo!

So, here you go. Thanks for being patient!

*Quote from my daughter when she was about 4 years old: "I don't like patience! Patience takes too long!"

Enjoy!
Dana

Breakdown for Combo 3, again! and other stuff...

I have received a few requests for this breakdown, so I dutifully taped the breakdown today. Look for it in a few days. How long is "a few days," you ask? I have no idea! I'm spending my day (it seems) creating a new Advanced class for tomorrow (with its breakdown). I taped a bunch more routines today, too: 1 easy intermediate, 1 hard intermediate, and one advanced, so stay tuned! Thanks for all the nice comments.

Keeping Step Alive!

Dana

Breakdown for Combo 3

Hi guys,

Well, I went to work on the breakdown video for Combo 3 of that Advanced Step class from May 2, and UGH! Now I KNOW I was tired when I was taping that one!! It was the 6th video I'd taped that day, and my brain was obviously not in gear anymore! As I was reviewing the video, I realized that I had left out a few layers, and during taping I had stopped and restarted so many times due to flubs and mis-steps that the editing would have been horrendous. If I hadn't left out layers, then I'd go ahead and post the video anyhow... but I don't want to post a breakdown video with layers left out.

So, if you really want to see how I broke down that last combo, send me a note, and I will make a point of re-doing the video (preferably while my brain is completely functional). Otherwise, I'll probably just move on to the next videos. I teach 3 different levels of Step every week, so I already have 3 more routines to tape, and (like always) it's just a matter finding the time to get them taped, produced, and posted.

Take care!
Dana

Breakdown of Combo 2 from Advanced Step Routine of May 2, 2008

Here's the breakdown video for Combo 2 of my Advanced Step routine from May 2, 2008. I have almost completed the breakdown video for Combo 3, so look for that one shortly! ~Dana

SJ's Intermediate Step, May 27, 2008

I'm a bit late in posting this routine on my blog... I guess in the flurry of new videos, it got lost in the shuffle somehow. Too bad, because this is a fun routine! I hope you enjoy it as much as my classes did!



Choreography:

Tick-Tock & Drag, x2 (16)
Pivot & chasse (4)
2 lunges (8)
Cut the corner (4)
7-knee Repeater (16)
Abduct (4)
V-Step (4)
Split Basic (8)

Charleston kick (8)
Revolving Door (8)
1 Knee, 1 Elvis (4)
Shuffle up, Cross on Top, exit (6)
Double Knee (6)
1 Knee (or shuffle down board) into 3 sets of Double Squats (14)
Rock back on the floor (2)
Rock on Top, down & Box chasse (8)
Repeater knee (8)

Hangover (4)
Stall across, step down, stomp & exit (8)
1 Kick (4)
3 Hamstrings on top (8)
L-Step (8)

Have Fun!!!

Breakdown of Combo 1 from Advanced Step routine of May 2, 2008

I have finally found time to produce the first video of the breakdowns of that May 2, 2008 Advanced step routine. Actually, this was one of my favorite routines of all time! I hope that this is useful to you and that your classes enjoy the choreography as much as my classes did. I'll try to get the other 2 breakdown videos produced and posted for you real soon! They're all videoed -- I just have to have time to put in the words! Take care and keep stepping!

Dana