Getting Back On Beat in Chicago Style Stepping with Ernest Williams and Teresa Madyun

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Ernest Williams- Steppers Flow L.L.C.

3 ай бұрын

Ernest Williams (Chicago/Virginia) and Teresa Madyun (Detroit) discuss their preferred ways to get back on beat while stepping. Dance demos using music that changes the beat often at 9:30 (leader fixes), 15:30 (follower fixes), 28:40 (another idea). Song: People Make The World Go Round by the Sylistics

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@tanyamoorer3883 Ай бұрын

Great info. I love how you broke it down. Thank you I will continue to watch your channel.

@SteppersFlow Ай бұрын

Thank you Tanya for your feedback. Stay tuned for more. Also consider becoming a member on my site to get access to much more in my Foundation course. It starts from the beginning but it ramps up pretty quickly over the months.

@carlmoore422 3 ай бұрын

Great tips

@SteppersFlow 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Bro!

@marlonjamaljuabrown-bey6834 Ай бұрын

That's correct the lead set the correct steps and after is the women holds her step, from Chicago by way of Detroit great educational tools which I teach in my classes

@SteppersFlow Ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate your feedback.

@GordonBeckles Ай бұрын

I'm confused... if one is dancing in time with the music according to a step timing (not following music phrasing but following 6 beats of music) how do people end up on the wrong foot? Would they not keep in proper timing all the way through? The only dance where step timing alternates between up beat and down beat is Hustle. So... help me understand how folks dance themselves out of time of the music in a dance where the basic feel is "one and two" (which underlies both a 6 beat count AND 8 "step" count)? What I am I missing here?

@SteppersFlow Ай бұрын

Hi Gordon. Thanks for the question. The answer is not easily explained in writing and not easy to purposefully recreate it since it happens unintentionally. Sometimes people take one extra step or one less step than is required. Sometimes people add or take away a beat unintentionally. Sometimes somebody steps too fast or too slow which gets them off beat as well. Of course the music can change and if you don’t adjust then you will be off beat. I hope this helps.

@phillytruckerwife6630 Ай бұрын

Great vid, Most times the leader fixes it, but I do it also, when I can tell they don't know we we are off beat.

@memir7 Ай бұрын

Love the concept ! My question what category of stepping are you teaching ??? Ole Skool? New skool , or free style ?? Can you define that for me ?

@SteppersFlow Ай бұрын

Hey Swan! This is from a new skool perspective. I believe staying on the up beat is more important to new skoolers. In my observation ole skool and even more so freestyle often go back and forth between dancing on the upbeat and downbeat. So for ole skool and freestyle, people would not necessarily have a problem if the music changed the beat underneath them, and they would not feel the need to adjust the dance at all. There are some ole skoolers that try to stay on either the upbeat or the downbeat for the whole song. For them this concept could apply, but again I don't think it's as imperative to them as it is to new skoolers.

@memir7 Ай бұрын

@@SteppersFlow Thanks , I am glad you are taking the time to familiarize new skoolers what the difference is ! I know many people think all of the dances are the same .