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.
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!)
Posted by: Marilee J. Layman | January 23, 2008 at 09:35 PM
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!
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 23, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Bleagh...I'd never be able to do that one, unless somebody comes up with a 20-count phrase!
Posted by: TexAnne | January 25, 2008 at 05:01 PM
Really, it doesn't make much difference - it's the fours that you "feel" relative to the music.
Posted by: Susan de Guardiola | January 25, 2008 at 05:13 PM
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.
Posted by: TexAnne | January 25, 2008 at 09:50 PM