Tap Dancing: Maxie Ford Turns

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Emily Larew, and we are going to learn how to do a Maxie Ford turn. So, starting on our right foot, we're going to do the Maxie Ford where you go leap, shuffle, jump toe, okay. So again, we have leap, shuffle, jump toe. That's your Maxie Ford turn, okay. And all you got to do now is you're going to leap to the wall. So start your rotation on leap, you're going to shuffle to the wall, then you're going to jump, jump, toe, that's where you finish your whole rotation, right there. So again, you leap to where you're going, you're going to shuffle the way you're going, you're going to jump, toe, back to the front. Okay. So your arms are going to help you in this, closing them, opening, closing them. As I open I'm jumping to the right. I'm closing it by shuffle, jump, jump around enough that you get all the way around, so. Pick it up, five, six, seven, so we have, leap, shuffle, jump toe, leap, shuffle, jump toe, stop. Let's do the left. Five, six, seven to the left, leap, shuffle, jump toe, leap, shuffle, jump toe. Stop. You don't have to add a lunge on there, that's kind of a little old school. But, just to give you a definite ending, going from the right to the left, that is your Maxie Ford turn."