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You didn't have audio when you watched it? He said it was a very basic variation just to get the hang of it. He said there are many other ways to do the dance but this is focused on just the very basic. I think you missed that somehow.
that's his wife, Nicola. they are adorable, and great teachers in person, too. she once did a two-step lesson with her newborn strapped to her chest in a baby carrier =]
what has always frustrated me with this dance is how the main step seems to repeat itself after 3 beats (2 eighth notes, followed by two quarters) while almost every mainstream country song is in 4/4.
You are correct that the music is in 4/4. The means there are 4 quarter notes or beats per measure. But the dance measure is 6/4, that is, 6 quarter notes or beats per phrase (my term to help you understand). Put another way, each phrase is 1 1/2 measures. You repeat the phrase so you take 3 measures to get back to where you started. Total 12 beats. If you learn fox trot, swing, polka, or other 4/4 dance, it is the same. Even triple time swing is based on 4/4 even though the beat is more complex. The phrases do not match the measures. You dance to the beats, not the measures. Hope this helps.
alfredoking14 As a beginner, work with slower songs. "All My Exes Live in Texas" or "Mercury Blues" are two to begin with. There are websites with lists of songs you can two-step to. Some sites even list the tempo.
Going to a country bar this weekend. This will be a lifesaver. That being said, will I be out of place in black wingtips, dark jeans and a sports coat?
For all you complainers about this video...This is simply the BASIC steps. Once you get these down you can add turns, etc. It's whatever YOU and your partner feels comfortable with. Got it? Good. Now dance.
This is the Two-Step done in the UCWDC...which is basically made up of 100 different weekend-long events around the world (most done in the USA). Each event is a weekend that is filled with Country Dance Competitions and Contests. They compete in 8 different partner dances...and yes, Two-step is the most popular by far. That said, what he showed is the basic movement. If you ever actually watched them dance...it doesn't look like this...becuase they are not basic dancers.
This is not the two-step I grew up with. I am used to traveling sideways. Two steps one way, one step the way you came from, repeat, and let him kind of steer you around the objects.
Not everyone learns the same way. This is mislabeled as Line Dance. It is not. It is Line of Dance like waltz or fox trot. If you want to learn Country or Texas Two Step, try the Michael Thomas video. Not slick but better teaching. Joe Baker also has a very good DVD.
What a horrible explanation... 2-Step Is done to 4/4 time music. There's downbeats and upbeats. Two step dance dance on the down, up, down, down Beats... With heel leads... heal ball heel heel... Without framework The leader can't lead and the follower cannot follow.!
The easy straightforward understanding of 2-step is 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold, not quick quick slow slow, that's more confusing, since it's a six count, not a four count, in sync with the music beat. Be simple. one two three hold five hold, it's all there. quick quick slow slow aint all there
I disagree. I can hear the beat. I can't count and think about my feet. I can think about my feet and tell them quick and slow and stay with the beat. I count when I'm doing zumba or a class of some sort, but I don't want to think that much when I'm dancing.
That sounds like the same thing. Based off your description, and starting at count 2, it goes something like 2,3,hold,5,hold,1 or quick, quick, slow (hold, step), slow (hold, step)
This is the best-produced dance instruction video I have ever seen. (I've not seen super many of them, and those others have all been amateurist.) Ultra-basic dance concept here, but really well presented. Bravo! From my perspective as a long-time social dance instructor, this video should have been titled either "Texas Two-Step", or "Country-Western Two-Step". The "classic" two-step uses a different footwork rhythm, but "two-step" in the U.S. in my understanding does now refer to this three-count, four-step basic pattern. If you really want to learn how to dance, go out dancing at good halls with good music! There are a lot of great social partner dances out there! The two-step, of whatever style, is a great social dance!!! Thank you for this really fine video!
It's important to point out in each & every video that there are ONLY two (2) dance styles done on ANY social Dance Club/Lounge anywhere in the World. Spot/Rhythm & Progressive/Traveling. The congestion Problem (s) we all run into these days is that Dance Instructors do not continually reinforce (Over & Over/ Ad Nauseum ),...... All Spot/Rhythm Dance Styles should be done in the CENTER of the Dance Floor,......Progressive/Traveling Dance Styles are done in the two (2) outside lanes of the Dance Floor. Slower Progressive/Traveling Dancers on the inside Lane & the faster moving dances in the Outside FAST Lane. This way, we can ALL perform our dance of choice at the very same time to each particular Music Selection. Thank You!
This is not a traditional two step, this is a modernized dance class two step. The two step is traditionally a diagonal /side to side step. Fast. Fast, slow. I don't know how you would dance the way they teach in this video because two stepping music is three beats. One, two, and three-ee. Add one more fast step to the dance in this video and you've got a west coast swing. Fast fast fast slow slow. This is what I have learned dancing in two stepping bars. Just sayin'.
To be honest the bar dancing is the problem. Many people side step, very few understand line of dance, and even fewer understand a 4/4 count. This is a traditional two step in its most basic and best form. As he said there are regional variations and of course they all think they know "the right way to do it". But if there is any "right way" this is exactly it. Stepping to the side is basically drunk cowboy dancing, dancing backwards and bumping into everyone to impress your gurl is drunk cowboy dancing, pumping your arm up and down to the beat of the music is too, not caring about line of dance is drunk cowboy dancing. There are a hundred ways of doing it wrong and a few to do it right but this video is a failsafe way to do it right.
Ruidoso New Mexico I was at WPS and Quarters two weeks ago and am thoroughly confused. One time I was told that the count was QQS and then later QQSS. Some help on what I should be learning would be appreciated and also maybe some web sites with proper instruction. Thanks.
Robert Kelly Both are correct. There is Two Step (QQS) and there is Country or Texas Two Step (QQSS). You will also find regional variants. Anyone who tells you that such and such a version is "wrong" or "not traditional" has seen only a few forms. None of them is "wrong". They are just different. As you progress as a dancer, you learn other variants and, often, take steps from one to include in another. The Michael Thomas web site teaches a variant different from that taught by Brett Long, for example. In the old videos with Valerie Moss, she is doing a basic step more like polka basic. The Joe Baker video is QQSS and includes nearly 40 steps.
Candace. I had that lesson. They called it Night Club 2 Step. Ruidoso. Also had that lesson. They called it Country 2 Step. Both lessons taught in Ballroom and Bar Floor. Wherever you do it, the Correct way is to keep your eyes open and adjust your steps as needed to avoid colliding with other couples.
I first seen Robert compete nationally in Arizona about 15 years ago. He has many championship trophies. But that is Swing Dancing. To be equally great at country shows the extent of his ability as a dancer.
I took a few group lessons with Robert when he visited Orlando, Florida a very long time ago at Dance Orlando. His wife is even prettier in person. They are the best teachers I know.
+Howcast *Thanks for the confirmation on a style of dance* that's a relative of the Fox trot popular in the Ballroom community. The Texas two-step, much like the Fox trot, is a progression step around the nightclub floor.
Looks not too complicated, but for me as a rookie the hard part is synchronizing the steps between the man and the woman both in timing and the distance.
This is just two step. If you've ever seen Country Swing, now that's beautiful. I love Latin dances, I dance them all the time with my friends. But I've never had my breath taken away like I have when I watched some professionals do Country Swing.
Ethan Barton then dance while on your knees, then you won’t be that much taller than her! But people be tripping on your feet... never mind, get a taller partner! Or join a basketball team, give up dancing.
If it's six count it makes more sense to say it 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold, that makes easy sense to the brain and to the feet. Lot's of people have difficulty applying the concept of quick quick slow slow,... since aren't the first three steps at the same time in between?: 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold, 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold. Doing 1,2,3,hold,5,hold, you're directly counting each beat with no vacant pause,... 'hold' takes the vacant spot in quick, quick, slow, slow,... after the two slows of course
where would a little person male put his right hand on the partners back if she is a little taller? im getting into 2 step and was just wondering because that was my first question when i was pulled out on the dance floor.
I'm 5'10" and have danced (and still dance ) with guys who who are 5'5" (and some even shorter). It's still possible to reach your arm to her shoulder blade, unless the leader is 5' and the follower is 6'7". (!)
...which would mean nothing to people with no interest in or knowledge of Nascar. Clock-wise and counter-clockwise are concepts understood internationally.
Everybody else cares -- at least, the people who care about learning how to do it right and who aren't attention-deficit. I've taken classes from Robert Royston and he is a SUPERB teacher...not to mention a hoot-''n'-a-half with an over-the top sense of humor.
From what I've known, the time between first and second steps, and, the second and third steps, is the same time.... "step step step pause step pause", not "quick quick slow slow", that's silly. When I did like what this guy shows, time was off basic six count, girls were NOT diggin it. It was terrible. Do one two three hold five hold,... magic,.. no problem,.. per the appropriate song.
QQSS is correct. But the first slow refers to the pause between 3&4th steps, the second slow refers to the pause between the 4th and 1st step. You are right there are 3 steps a pause and the 4th step and pause before starting over. No pause between 2&3.. 2 steps=2 beats then 2 steps for 4 beats . Pause between 3&4 and 4&1- rinse and repeat.
But it just doesn't 'feel' right to say quick quick slow slow,... because the third step is a quickly stepped step,.. it's not a slow step. And hence 'slow' means: gap step gap, - they way I use it: Quick quick quick..slow..quick quick quick..slow..quick quick quick..slow..quick quick quick..slow. Works fine, I don't see any evidence of that not working in practice and theory. And it clearly makes sense to the body's feel and mind.
***** I understand what you mean. It feels right for me because I was taught that way and teach that way. The first slow is a prep for slowing down and skipping the 4th beat. But hey whatever works for you. I dance with some pros and they can get so technical its not fun anymore. Dance is art and fun for me thats all. I do ballroom, latin and country. I dance hours every week: country two step, nightclub two step, waltz, swing, east coast swing, west coast swing, cha cha, salsa, blues and polka, etc. I don't compete I just have fun and if you ever get to Ruidoso, NM come by Win Place & Show we have live music 364 days a year!
The first music of America was Native American music, followed by religious music made popular by the slaves singing of hymns. The roots of county music lies in Appalachian folk music which is a combination of many influences included African and European (Irish etc). It also borrowed heavily from blues. So, yes, perhaps it is an amalgamation of the diverse music backgrounds of America, but not America’s music. Nice tutorial though.
This is Texas two step. .. funny how people who actuallu grow up country/farming/ranching... dance different than the pretentious yuppies... nice name dropping though...
CoorsCowboy92 what is ain't a contraction of... I've been all over the US and they only do it like this as a norm in parts of cali and Texas. .. but yeah ok
so what does aren't mean?... a contract is used when you shorten a word and the letters omitted are represented by an apostrophe ... learn English... am not ... the contraction would have been amn't.... is everyone in America complete morons?...
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This has to be one of the easiest to understand vids on this. Thanks a lot, and your other two step vids as well.
Guys give them a break, it is a simple two-step for beginners. Flair comes with practice.
They must have never two stepped in Texas. Texas two stepping is way more fun. And better.
I thought the exact same thing...
You didn't have audio when you watched it? He said it was a very basic variation just to get the hang of it. He said there are many other ways to do the dance but this is focused on just the very basic. I think you missed that somehow.
@Creed Brattonafter watching this I found out I'm not much into two steppin' or Texas. Bachata is way more fun. Relax? Ok pooky.
Guy is 5 time dance champion . how many championships have you won Tex
that's his wife, Nicola. they are adorable, and great teachers in person, too. she once did a two-step lesson with her newborn strapped to her chest in a baby carrier =]
This is how professional dancers do it. I dance Texas two step. I can vary my step to go with the beat and tempo of any two step music.
0:58 hand placement
1:59 step pattern
what has always frustrated me with this dance is how the main step seems to repeat itself after 3 beats (2 eighth notes, followed by two quarters) while almost every mainstream country song is in 4/4.
You are correct that the music is in 4/4. The means there are 4 quarter notes or beats per measure. But the dance measure is 6/4, that is, 6 quarter notes or beats per phrase (my term to help you understand). Put another way, each phrase is 1 1/2 measures. You repeat the phrase so you take 3 measures to get back to where you started. Total 12 beats. If you learn fox trot, swing, polka, or other 4/4 dance, it is the same. Even triple time swing is based on 4/4 even though the beat is more complex. The phrases do not match the measures. You dance to the beats, not the measures. Hope this helps.
Ima Tifoso Thanks, I appreciate that!
alfredoking14 As a beginner, work with slower songs. "All My Exes Live in Texas" or "Mercury Blues" are two to begin with. There are websites with lists of songs you can two-step to. Some sites even list the tempo.
Its so damn frustrating, i cant dance in 6/4 time to a 4/4 song. It does not make sence.
Two step is best dance on 4/4 time music... You'd look like a fish out of water dancing on 3/4 time!
Going to a country bar this weekend. This will be a lifesaver.
That being said, will I be out of place in black wingtips, dark jeans and a sports coat?
If you had bell bottom jeans, cowgirl boots and a cute top and hat that would work hope you had a good time!
Unpleasant memories from middle school go away lmaooo
Thats not 2 stepping in Texas
The two step in texas is wayy funner and different
For all you complainers about this video...This is simply the BASIC steps. Once you get these down you can add turns, etc. It's whatever YOU and your partner feels comfortable with. Got it? Good. Now dance.
way waaay to much much talking more than half way through before we see what your even talking about. Demo then explain dont explain then demo.
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Let's see them do that while together like your slow dancing. I can Texas two step and hold my partner like I'm slow dancing with her.
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I didn't learn anything
This is the Two-Step done in the UCWDC...which is basically made up of 100 different weekend-long events around the world (most done in the USA). Each event is a weekend that is filled with Country Dance Competitions and Contests. They compete in 8 different partner dances...and yes, Two-step is the most popular by far.
That said, what he showed is the basic movement. If you ever actually watched them dance...it doesn't look like this...becuase they are not basic dancers.
Taylor swift, carry underwood, and brad parsley ain't country singers
This is not the two-step I grew up with. I am used to traveling sideways. Two steps one way, one step the way you came from, repeat, and let him kind of steer you around the objects.
I want to dance with this chic. She's cute.
I have shes a excellent dancer
THANKS
I see my friends doing it in bars i just sit on the side table and giggles
If you have two legs and two arms there is no excuse not to dance. Even my autistic dad danced.... quite good too
Country music is America's music only in your mind.
correct. when I read that I came to a screeching halt.
y’all give me some tips i have homecoming in 5 days, i KNOW they’re gonna be playing country music and i needa learn how to 2 step properly help me
This is just the basic step. What you've seen probably has a lot of variations added in.
I'm even more confused now. #fail #twoleftfeet
Not everyone learns the same way. This is mislabeled as Line Dance. It is not. It is Line of Dance like waltz or fox trot. If you want to learn Country or Texas Two Step, try the Michael Thomas video. Not slick but better teaching. Joe Baker also has a very good DVD.
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mogote coyote lol 😂 it’s easy
its only the beginning of a full dance , there are more videos to add to this to continue learning one move at a time :}
The I'm so great look at me intro was not helpful and the instructions were about the same. But the HOTTY was the best part of this! Wowzers!!
well in our school dance where was this when I needed my friend and her boyfriend tought me and my boyfriend to do the first dance
I learned the two step from DJ Unk
What a horrible explanation... 2-Step Is done to 4/4 time music. There's downbeats and upbeats. Two step dance dance on the down, up, down, down Beats... With heel leads... heal ball heel heel...
Without framework The leader can't lead and the follower cannot follow.!
The easy straightforward understanding of 2-step is 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold, not quick quick slow slow, that's more confusing, since it's a six count, not a four count, in sync with the music beat.
Be simple. one two three hold five hold, it's all there. quick quick slow slow aint all there
I disagree. I can hear the beat. I can't count and think about my feet. I can think about my feet and tell them quick and slow and stay with the beat. I count when I'm doing zumba or a class of some sort, but I don't want to think that much when I'm dancing.
That sounds like the same thing. Based off your description, and starting at count 2, it goes something like 2,3,hold,5,hold,1 or quick, quick, slow (hold, step), slow (hold, step)
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I was looking for two step and then to the side. Idk what it’s called lol. It’s ok to wear a full shirt while dancing right?
nice simple video, thanks
Does this also apply if one has 2 left feet ??
This is the best-produced dance instruction video I have ever seen. (I've not seen super many of them, and those others have all been amateurist.) Ultra-basic dance concept here, but really well presented. Bravo!
From my perspective as a long-time social dance instructor, this video should have been titled either "Texas Two-Step", or "Country-Western Two-Step". The "classic" two-step uses a different footwork rhythm, but "two-step" in the U.S. in my understanding does now refer to this three-count, four-step basic pattern. If you really want to learn how to dance, go out dancing at good halls with good music! There are a lot of great social partner dances out there!
The two-step, of whatever style, is a great social dance!!! Thank you for this really fine video!
yeah his is hard when you are by yourself
It's important to point out in each & every video that there are ONLY two (2) dance styles done on ANY social Dance Club/Lounge anywhere in the World. Spot/Rhythm & Progressive/Traveling. The congestion Problem (s) we all run into these days is that Dance Instructors do not continually reinforce (Over & Over/ Ad Nauseum ),...... All Spot/Rhythm Dance Styles should be done in the CENTER of the Dance Floor,......Progressive/Traveling Dance Styles are done in the two (2) outside lanes of the Dance Floor. Slower Progressive/Traveling Dancers on the inside Lane & the faster moving dances in the Outside FAST Lane. This way, we can ALL perform our dance of choice at the very same time to each particular Music Selection. Thank You!
I would hardly call Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood counrty......
THIS ISN'T DANCING.
You’re right that’s just walking😂😂
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So the basic is a 6 step. you were stepping on beats 1-2-3-5 skipping 4 and 6.
This is not a traditional two step, this is a modernized dance class two step. The two step is traditionally a diagonal /side to side step. Fast. Fast, slow. I don't know how you would dance the way they teach in this video because two stepping music is three beats. One, two, and three-ee. Add one more fast step to the dance in this video and you've got a west coast swing. Fast fast fast slow slow. This is what I have learned dancing in two stepping bars. Just sayin'.
To be honest the bar dancing is the problem. Many people side step, very few understand line of dance, and even fewer understand a 4/4 count. This is a traditional two step in its most basic and best form. As he said there are regional variations and of course they all think they know "the right way to do it".
But if there is any "right way" this is exactly it. Stepping to the side is basically drunk cowboy dancing, dancing backwards and bumping into everyone to impress your gurl is drunk cowboy dancing, pumping your arm up and down to the beat of the music is too, not caring about line of dance is drunk cowboy dancing.
There are a hundred ways of doing it wrong and a few to do it right but this video is a failsafe way to do it right.
Ruidoso New Mexico I was at WPS and Quarters two weeks ago and am thoroughly confused. One time I was told that the count was QQS and then later QQSS. Some help on what I should be learning would be appreciated and also maybe some web sites with proper instruction. Thanks.
Robert Kelly Both are correct. There is Two Step (QQS) and there is Country or Texas Two Step (QQSS). You will also find regional variants. Anyone who tells you that such and such a version is "wrong" or "not traditional" has seen only a few forms. None of them is "wrong". They are just different. As you progress as a dancer, you learn other variants and, often, take steps from one to include in another. The Michael Thomas web site teaches a variant different from that taught by Brett Long, for example. In the old videos with Valerie Moss, she is doing a basic step more like polka basic. The Joe Baker video is QQSS and includes nearly 40 steps.
Ima Tifoso Much thanks. This clears up a lot of confusion.
Candace. I had that lesson. They called it Night Club 2 Step. Ruidoso. Also had that lesson. They called it Country 2 Step. Both lessons taught in Ballroom and Bar Floor. Wherever you do it, the Correct way is to keep your eyes open and adjust your steps as needed to avoid colliding with other couples.
Why did you say it's americas music? Other country's have to too
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Just listened to Knocked Loose, this probably isn’t what I️ was looking for...
i never know wether to take these seriously or not 💀
whos here from the git up
yes I was
I first seen Robert compete nationally in Arizona about 15 years ago. He has many championship trophies. But that is Swing Dancing. To be equally great at country shows the extent of his ability as a dancer.
It is easy to go forward than to go backwards can dancers alternate direction?!
I have a western production so I'm now talking American all the time by accident 0_0
She's not wearing her cowgirl boots! 😃
This is certainly not how we do it back in my part of Texas. I'm trying to teach my girlfriend how to do it and this is some northern stuff.
You did not cover how communication works.
There's nothing behind that blonde's blank stare.
Very nice. Good demonstration and clear explanation. Thank you.
Some folks the guy has the lady in a head lock (my dad) . I don’t understand why that seems like a good idea.
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thank you for this great explanation!!!
Had 2 drop a quick dislike cuz of the intro but thanx
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I took a few group lessons with Robert when he visited Orlando, Florida a very long time ago at Dance Orlando. His wife is even prettier in person. They are the best teachers I know.
Looking at my own comment I realise I was out of line I apologize. I don't remember why I said that. I do not remember why I was even watching this.
+Howcast *Thanks for the confirmation on a style of dance* that's a relative of the Fox trot popular in the Ballroom community. The Texas two-step, much like the Fox trot, is a progression step around the nightclub floor.
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You are awesome
Looks not too complicated, but for me as a rookie the hard part is synchronizing the steps between the man and the woman both in timing and the distance.
I wanted to see 2 stepping engine motors but i see a link with a girl in crop top and thats it. I dont see anything else...just drool at her.
I'm trying to learn how to line dance, but watching videos just,I guess not good enough !
The background music ruins it
Mexican couple dancing is better no offence
Salsa es mejor que baile mexicano. y te lo digo yo que soy mexicano y bailo salsa.
dude thats just rude.
heck yeah it is! nortenas, tierra caliente, duranguense, y zapateado es lo mejor!
Andie Quintanilla-Galvan its all based on opinion
This is just two step. If you've ever seen Country Swing, now that's beautiful. I love Latin dances, I dance them all the time with my friends. But I've never had my breath taken away like I have when I watched some professionals do Country Swing.
Didn't bother with this hit a club, and get someone who can teach you yo dance to the beat.
What if you're 6'7" and she's not even 5'5"?
Joking joking joking
Ethan Barton then dance while on your knees, then you won’t be that much taller than her! But people be tripping on your feet... never mind, get a taller partner! Or join a basketball team, give up dancing.
Looking at my own comment I realise I was out of line I apologize. I don't remember why I said that.
moved on to what?? grinding??? this is true dancing...none of the dougie bullshit
I love ❤️ Texas and the Texas 2 Step....
Grew up in Texas I will always consider it home❤️❤️❤️😊
If it's six count it makes more sense to say it 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold, that makes easy sense to the brain and to the feet.
Lot's of people have difficulty applying the concept of quick quick slow slow,... since aren't the first three steps at the same time in between?: 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold, 1, 2, 3, hold, 5, hold. Doing 1,2,3,hold,5,hold, you're directly counting each beat with no vacant pause,... 'hold' takes the vacant spot in quick, quick, slow, slow,... after the two slows of course
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This is not how it’s done in Texas
What’s the name of the song they were dancing too?
What I was searching how to die in 2 steps and I got this
where would a little person male put his right hand on the partners back if she is a little taller? im getting into 2 step and was just wondering because that was my first question when i was pulled out on the dance floor.
I'm 5'10" and have danced (and still dance ) with guys who who are 5'5" (and some even shorter). It's still possible to reach your arm to her shoulder blade, unless the leader is 5' and the follower is 6'7". (!)
easy way to explain L.O.D. is nascar racing , i use it all the time
...which would mean nothing to people with no interest in or knowledge of Nascar. Clock-wise and counter-clockwise are concepts understood internationally.
Like every TH-cam video, too much talking! Nobody cares. Teach the dance
Everybody else cares -- at least, the people who care about learning how to do it right and who aren't attention-deficit. I've taken classes from Robert Royston and he is a SUPERB teacher...not to mention a hoot-''n'-a-half with an over-the top sense of humor.
This isn't helping me get ready for my Oklahoma performance.
You should make videos on country music
Just watch Urban Cowboy.
From what I've known, the time between first and second steps, and, the second and third steps, is the same time.... "step step step pause step pause", not "quick quick slow slow", that's silly. When I did like what this guy shows, time was off basic six count, girls were NOT diggin it. It was terrible. Do one two three hold five hold,... magic,.. no problem,.. per the appropriate song.
QQSS is correct. But the first slow refers to the pause between 3&4th steps, the second slow refers to the pause between the 4th and 1st step. You are right there are 3 steps a pause and the 4th step and pause before starting over. No pause between 2&3.. 2 steps=2 beats then 2 steps for 4 beats . Pause between 3&4 and 4&1- rinse and repeat.
But it just doesn't 'feel' right to say quick quick slow slow,... because the third step is a quickly stepped step,.. it's not a slow step. And hence 'slow' means: gap step gap, - they way I use it: Quick quick quick..slow..quick quick quick..slow..quick quick quick..slow..quick quick quick..slow.
Works fine, I don't see any evidence of that not working in practice and theory. And it clearly makes sense to the body's feel and mind.
***** I understand what you mean. It feels right for me because I was taught that way and teach that way. The first slow is a prep for slowing down and skipping the 4th beat. But hey whatever works for you. I dance with some pros and they can get so technical its not fun anymore. Dance is art and fun for me thats all. I do ballroom, latin and country. I dance hours every week: country two step, nightclub two step, waltz, swing, east coast swing, west coast swing, cha cha, salsa, blues and polka, etc. I don't compete I just have fun and if you ever get to Ruidoso, NM come by Win Place & Show we have live music 364 days a year!
Who’s here trying to learn the Git Up?
Yeah this isn't how we two step here.. I'm with MoPar7055
what kinda dance..
That’s not a two step that’s just shuffling ur feet
The first music of America was Native American music, followed by religious music made popular by the slaves singing of hymns. The roots of county music lies in Appalachian folk music which is a combination of many influences included African and European (Irish etc). It also borrowed heavily from blues. So, yes, perhaps it is an amalgamation of the diverse music backgrounds of America, but not America’s music. Nice tutorial though.
This is Texas two step. .. funny how people who actuallu grow up country/farming/ranching... dance different than the pretentious yuppies... nice name dropping though...
Idk what part of Texas you're from bubba, but that definitely ain't a Texas two step.
CoorsCowboy92 what is ain't a contraction of... I've been all over the US and they only do it like this as a norm in parts of cali and Texas. .. but yeah ok
Ain't = are not
Or "am not"
so what does aren't mean?... a contract is used when you shorten a word and the letters omitted are represented by an apostrophe ... learn English... am not ... the contraction would have been amn't.... is everyone in America complete morons?...
Im a minis -2
Best 2 step video that exists
wow
Oh no...white boi music?