Fallaway Reverse and Slip PivotTango
This figure rotates in the Reverse direction, and after a step into Fallaway position, the woman performs a Slip, and the couple Pivots. Unimaginative enough.
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Three StepFoxtrot
Also doesn't leave much to the imagination.
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Kick Ball ChangeJive
"How do I count that one again?" and "What is the footwork?" summed up in the name.
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Chasse from PPWaltz
pffft "PP" haha I'm in seventh grade. Anyway, a Chasse, performed starting in Promenade Position.
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Promenade and Couter Promenade RunsSamba
Go jogging. Then practice these. Now tell me if they feel similar AT ALL. Still though, descriptive enough.
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Reverse WaveFoxtrot
This sounds more like an attack out of a Pokémon game.
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Hover FeatherFoxtrot
Legend of Zelda, anyone? "You have obtained the Hover Feather! Equip it to float above..." [WOW, I gotta stop playing video games so much...] {Yes, I'm aware it's the Roc's Feather in the game that allows you to "float". Get over it.}
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Natural Zig Zag from PPFoxtrot
Someone's kid named this one, I'm sure.
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Sur PlacePaso Doble
"In Place" - most dances, this is what you're supposed to do when you mess up. In Paso, we do it on purpose. And we even give it a name. Mostly, this one just upsets me because although yes, Paso was created in France (sur place is French), but they were trying to make it like Spanish bullfighting. WELL THAT'S HARD TO DO BECAUSE MOST MATADORS DON'T WALK IN PLACE, IN FRENCH.
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New YorkRumba
I have been to New York several times now, and no two people have addressed me by rapidly turning away from one another while holding hands (save for studio and competition time).
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V6Quickstep
It's like The Sixteen, but has letters. Also, an engine block.
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CucarachasRumba
What romantic dance would be complete without stomping out some cockroaches?
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FishtailQuickstep
Did someone who love cars have a lot of influence in naming the quickstep figures? V6? Fishtail? What next, "The BrakeLight?"
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Hockey StickCha Cha
Oh look, the Canadians had a say in something. "This move curves a little. What else curves a little?"
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Turkish TowelCha Cha
Remember that scene from Disney? "Ain't never had a friend like me"? All I can think of.
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TipsyQuickstep
Seems appropriate that this figure has a lot of sway...
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The MoochJive
No, really, in ballroom? We named something that? Completely serious?
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I am a total Ballroom Dance Addict. You'll find me at a dance studio at least 5 nights a week, and the other 2 nights I'm still dancing somewhere.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Syllabus Moves by Silliness of Name in Ascending Order
Sometimes, a figure is named for a simple play-by-play of footwork and timing. Other times, it can be a bit more...creative. Here we have a few notable examples of the normally nuanced, but occasionally silly, nomenclature of ballroom figures.
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Chicken walks! Can't believe you left that out :P
ReplyDeleteJive already had 2 of the top 3!
DeleteAlso chugging. Cause...yeah.
DeleteI blame the swing dancers *stares accusingly*
DeleteLOL at courez pour sauver votre vie.
ReplyDeleteFirst thing that came to my mind when I saw the title, before eve reading, was "follow your leader." Please. The entirety of ballroom is following your leader...LOL!