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Step 1
Loosen your shoulders and bounce up and down a little. Heel Toe involves very loose motions and you need to free yourself from gravity. The flat of your foot will never touch the ground during the dance.
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Step 2
Start bouncing up and down on your heels only. Move your feet forward and back and get comfortable balancing on your heels, which will not be easy at first.
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Step 3
Bend your knees. To do this dance, your knees will have to be bent at all times so you can stay flexible and keep your balance for at least a minute.
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Step 4
Start bouncing on your toes too. Switch back and forth between heel and toe on both feet. There is no rhyme or reason. Just mix it up and get used to balancing like this.
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Step 5
Rotate your knees. Point your toes in sometimes. Point your toes out sometimes. Point one toe in and one toe out. Keep all aspects of the dance changing at all times.
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Step 6
Rotate your hips as you dance. You cannot do this dance facing in one direction the entire time. Keep shifting, whether smoothly or in sudden jerks. Bend forward and back at the same time.
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Step 7
Move across the floor. Let your bouncing take you in random directions. Stay in the same general area by intentionally redirecting yourself toward the center. You do not need to move in the direction you are facing.
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Step 8
Repeat all of these steps to the beat of the music. Each time you land with a heel or toe should be exactly on time. As long as you keep rhythm, it does not matter what kind of crazy moves you try.
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Step 9
Change the speed of your footwork. Bounce in double time sometimes or slow down. Jump to skip a beat or two or throw a few pauses in there for some hip hop flare.
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Step 10
Let your upper body follow your feet's lead and move along to the music, too. You will not need to pay attention to this, because your upper body will move naturally.
Comments
tov0777 said
on 7/9/2009 Interesting - nice article