The New Yorker

Another guilty-pleasure disco-era line dance!  This is one I’ve actually used regularly as an easy cool-down dance at the end of my own practices for the last couple of years.  The source is The Official Guide to Disco Dance Steps by Jack Villari & Kathleen Sims Villari, 1978.  There’s no special music for this or any other line dance, but I often use either Wild Cherry’s "Play That Funky Music, White Boy" or Donna Summers’ "Bad Girls".  The only thing even mildly unusual about the dance itself is that instead of quarter-turns after each repetition there are half-turns.

The New Yorker (20 beats)
1-2-3-4
Touch R foot forward-close-forward-close

5-6-7-8
Triangle: touch R foot forward-side-back, then close with weight

9-10-11-12
Triangle: touch L foot forward-side-back, then close with weight

13-14-15-16
Dips: touch R foot behind L, bending left knee, then close R to L with weight; touch L foot behind R, bending right knee, then close L to R with weight (think: back-close-back-close)

17-18-19-20
Grapevine right and half-turn: step side R, cross L behind, side R, half-turn right (clockwise) and close L to R, ready to restart

Repeat as often as needed to fit the music, turning halfway (180 degrees) at the end of each repetition.

Comments

5 responses to “The New Yorker”

  1. Marilee J. Layman Avatar

    Yes, the LJ cut worked perfectly this time!
    The 180 degree turn is good for limited space because you move into alternate positions for each rep.
    (In 1990, when the physical therapists were helping me walk again, one of them promised me I’d be able to do the Electric Slide. I can’t even waltz!)

  2. Susan de Guardiola Avatar

    Marilee:
    Typepad support insists that using LJ cut tags in Typepad does not work, but reality does not conform.
    The waltz is harder than the Electric Slide!

  3. TexAnne Avatar
    TexAnne

    Bleagh…I’d never be able to do that one, unless somebody comes up with a 20-count phrase!

  4. Susan de Guardiola Avatar

    Really, it doesn’t make much difference – it’s the fours that you “feel” relative to the music.

  5. TexAnne Avatar
    TexAnne

    I have a really strongly developed sense of the 16-beat phrase, though. Starting a new rep on an off measure would make my head explode.

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