Advanced Step, 3/14/2010, Final Product!

All right. Now we get to the good stuff! Here is how the 3 combos get pulled together.

After breaking down all of the combos, practice them on the right and left leads. Then weave them together as taught. While weaving, be sure to tell the class which moves are the "filler" moves (see choreography notes below). When you think they are ready, start from the top and take out the filler moves, jumping directly to the next combo's first move. This condenses the routine down from 96 counts to 64.

I love this way of teaching Advanced Step because when you take out the filler, and assuming you've double checked approach angles and how many counts each move takes, your final run throughs have a completely different feel because once you hit Combo 2, the moves are now occurring on different beats of the musical phrase from the way the class has practiced them so far in class. It's almost like doing a completely different routine, except that everyone is familiar with all the moves. And, everything feels much faster, even though it really isn't.

So, here's the final choreography:

"1-3-7" (10)
Knee-ball-change over, x2 (6)
Reverse up, Rock back, ball-change-kick (8)
Hamstring, x2 (4) -- filler move
Up & Switch feet on top, exit into tango (9)
Double stomp & spin into a straddle (5)
Drag & Pivot (6)
Stomp Across, box (8)
1 Basic (4) -- filler move
Kick & Rock (5)
Up-up, HOLD, Double switch on top & exit (7)
4-knee repeater, x2 (20) -- filler move

Have fun with it!