15 Speeding up your turns

COURSE: chicago-triple-vol-i

FOCUS: This lesson focuses on speeding up turns in Chicago Triple by integrating single time stepping into learned moves, with a goal of practicing send outs and quick returns using energy and rhythm adjustments.

TIP & TRICKS:

• Followers should travel steps on a line towards their partner during turns.
• Use head movement to look into the turn before the body to maintain direction.
• Keep the pulse in your body to stay on beat and avoid rushing.
• Leaders increase energy during release to signal a faster return.
• Speed up your own steps as a leader to transmit the need for followers to speed up.
• Practice send outs with triples, inside turns, and outside turns while applying return options.

REMEMBER:

• Maintain a consistent energy level when not changing the triple rhythm.
• Followers should focus on line, head direction, and body pulse for effective turns.
• Leaders can choose from three return options: triple back, triple with rotation, or stepping every beat with rotation.
• Catch the follower securely after a send out to ensure safety and flow.
• Adjust rhythm and energy together as a couple for synchronized speed changes.
• Apply these techniques to various turn types for versatility in dance moves.