On Apr 22, 3:25=A0pm, Dan <dark...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 22, 1:25=A0pm, c.c.ei...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Rahul Dhesi)
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> > swingandhustle <swingandhus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >NY hustle is any dance counted &123, has a figure called the NY walk,
> > >and is best executed under 115 BPM. =A0There are other faster hustle
> > >styles that could solve our problem, but teachers of those styles are
> > >"locked out" so people never have a choice to learn any other version
> > >than that which kids have already rejected.
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> > On a slightly different note, can somebody explain the core idea
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> > the NY walk? I think this refers to the woman walking forward with a
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> > beat.
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> > It seems to me that the ladies are taught here in the San Jose Bay
Area
> > to recognize certain body positions, and to spontaneously switch from
> > the &123 beat to a 1-2 beat, without any lead that would cause such a
> > switch. Or so it appears to me when I watch them.
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> > So is the NY walk fundamentally a performance-oriented pattern, which
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> > choreographed rather than led?
> > --
> > Rahulhttp://rahul.rahul.net
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> I learned the NY walk hustle pattern from Debra Hampton. =A0As I recall
> it, she taught it as a 6-count pattern consisting of 2 sets of the
> &123 rhythm, in which the lady travels in the same direction for all 6
> beats. =A0In the pattern, the lady starts extended away from the man
> with the man's left hand connected to the lady's right hand. =A0The man
> check steps forward on the first &1 as the lady rocks back, then the
> man backs up away from the lady on 23 as the lady walks straight
> forward, following the man. =A0On the next &1, the man steps back at an
> angle to his right to get out of the lady's path, as the lady
> continues to travel forward. =A0On 2, the man raises his left arm for
> the lady to pass under it as the man continues to rotate to his left,
> facing the lady as she p***** in front of him. =A0The lady then turns
> 180 degrees to the right to step back on 3, away from the man, as the
> man continues to rotate to his left to face the lady, extended away
> from him.
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I just want to add that the NY walk pattern is very easy to lead and
follow socially.
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