Best of 2008 Intermediate Step Class

At the end of 2008, I was really ready for a new routine, but also was hoping to give my classes a new class starting in the new year. I didn't have a lot of time, so I thought I'd try a "best of" class where I picked out some of my favorite moves and combinations from all of my 2008 classes. This is the routine I came up with. Actually, the first combo started out as something old, but then I figured out a way to make it new, and I liked it, so I kept it. My classes have really enjoyed this routine, so I ended up keeping it and will be trading it out this week for something new. I hope your classes like this, or parts of it, too.

Dana



Choreography:

Mambo off the end (4)
Stall across (4)
Step down & shuffle up, shuffle down into a Box on the floor (8)
L-Step (8)
Tap Wide, x2 (8)
Over & Toes Repeater (8)
Split Basic (8)
Repeater Knee into an Elvis (8)
Cut the corner (4)
Glute Flye Over (4)

1 Knee, 1 Squat off the end (4)
Tick-Tock, Cross on top, exit & Stomp (8)
Knee Lift Over, x2 (8)* see notes below
Hamstring exit (4)*
Drag, Box, Cha-cha (8)

Revolving Door (8)
L-Stomp with a pivot (8)
Shuffle & Tango (8)
Knees, x2 (8)

*Note: in the video, I did the syncopated version of this, which uses only 6 counts. To make up the extra 2 counts, I did a 2-hamstring repeater to exit. Both ways work -- it just depends on if your class likes syncopation.

Advanced Step

As promised, here is a new Advanced Step routine. The notes are below the video.
Hope you can use something! Enjoy!

Dana


Choreography:

Up, Up, Switch Feet x2 (4)
Step down & pivot (3)
Shuffle down the step, twist on top (5)
Spin or walk to home side (4)
Up & Lunge for 2, exit front (8)
Drag into a Tango (8)

Reverse Flye Over, Drag-Ball Change-Stomp (8)
Tick-Tock & Shuffle to the front (8)
"Rhythm Over" and stomp or pivot (8)
Revolving Door (8)

Repeater Knee (8) *see notes below
"1 and 6" (8)
Mambo off the end (4)
Shuffle up, Shuffle down (4)
Across & stomp (4)
Box (4)

*I got this repeater from a video on YouTube. I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't remember whose video it was. :-(

Breakdown of Combo 3 from Intermediate Step 12/23/08

Finally, here is the breakdown for Combo 3. I think it's self-explanatory. Drop me a note if you have questions!! Advanced Step coming soon......

Breakdown of Combo 2 from Intermediate Step 12/23/08

And, here is the breakdown I used for Combo 2. This one's a lot shorter because the combo is only 32 counts instead of 64 as in Combo 1. Have fun!!!!

Dana

Breakdown of Combo 1 from Intermediate Step 12/23/08

Happy New Year!

Well, my classes at the gym are changing slightly with the new year. I've been teaching an Intermediate class on Sundays and Wednesdays, and an Advanced class on Mondays. My "Easy Intermediate" routines were the ones I was teaching on Wednesdays, which I did because our gym didn't have any "beginner" level Step classes and I wanted those people to have a place to go.

Starting this week, I will be teaching a Beginner Step class. So, my "Easy Intermediate" routines will now be "Beginner" but I will attempt to provide some options on some of the moves to give it a bit of "intermediate" flair.

And, with that administrative junk out of the way, here's the first of the breakdown videos from my most recent Intermediate step class. This is the first time that I've taped the entire breakdown for the whole class for an intermediate routine. I hope you can use something from this!

Dana