Tap Dancing Basics: The Maxie Ford

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Emily Larew, and we're going to take a look at the Maxie Ford. Al Gilbert, actually was a tap man, that started this Maxie Ford, and he put this in his little grade syllabuses. So that's the one I want to start with first. So we're going to look at, your hands are going to be on your waist, we're going to start with a shuffle, a Maxie Ford, there's just a few steps here, shuffle, jump toe, step. So say that with me, shuffle, jump toe, step. Sometimes when you start putting these other steps together and you say them, it'll help trigger, okay, I know what a shuffle is, I know what a jump is, I know my toe, and I know my step. So let's put it together. Right foot, we have shuffle, we're going to jump onto that right foot. Jump, toe, with our left foot, step. So try that again with the right. We have shuffle, jump to the right, jump toe, step. And as you can see, I'm not scrapey, I'm just definitely dealing with the shuffle brush, front back, jump, and I wasn't on my heel, okay, so make sure you don't drop in that extra sound. So keep your weight pulled up. Shuffle, jump toe, step. Good. A couple a little bit faster. Five, six, seven, eight. Shuffle, jump toe, step, and shuffle, jump toe, step. One more time. Shuffle, jump toe, step. And then you can reverse it to the other side. And that was your Maxie Ford, Al Gilbert's way."