Charleston Dance: Connect to Partner

Video Transcript

"So Jason back to his normal height. Thank you. Yes. So just kind of resting there, I'm not clamping down, and I'm not pushing. I'm resting my hand nicely there. And the idea of having her hand rest there is so she can feel my pulse. We've talked about how important the pulse is in this dance. Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. So we may have a little side by side contact with our hips. Not bouncing, but just keeping it there. Yeah. Not lie this, we're just playing. We've got the connection around the side which is just resting and here we've got another connection point. So these are opportunities for us to be connected and feel each other's pulse. So when that music starts, we can be doing it to the same beat, and if we're not, if it's a little bit, we can like keep doing this and not start Charleston until we're together with the pulse. OK, one last bit since Tara talked about different heights and, you know, different connection points and how it varies, this arm around the follower's side. It may vary depending on your size and the size of your arm, the size of her body, and the height differences, so really just try to make it work as much as you can. If Tara were larger, if my arms were shorter, or if I were bigger, we might not be able to get all the way around, just get it as close to that position as you can and have some kind of connection point. This is all about trying to be connected one with another. And be comfortable."