SWINGBRAIN CONTENTS:

The following lists the moves/files contained on each SWINGBRAIN CD
You may call moves by a different name - these are simply the names we used.

 

JAZZ MOVEMENT (Order separately* OR build your own)
Great for beginners or veterans - all the routines you
need to know as a swing dancer - we cover the BASIC
patterns with DETAILED NOTES INCLUDED for each dance!

 

 

JAZZ MOVEMENT ROUTINES A:

  1. Shim Sham

  2. Dean Collins' Shim Sham

  3. Al Minns & Leon James Shim Sham

JAZZ MOVEMENT ROUTINES B:

  1. The Madison / 12 Variations / Couples Madison / List of other songs & moves

  2. Trankey Doo - Frankie Manning Version

  3. Trankey Doo - Spirit Moves Version (Al Minns, Leon James, Pepsi Bethal)

JAZZ MOVEMENT ROUTINES C:

  1. Lindy Chorus

  2. Big Apple from Keep Punchin'

  3. Jitterbug Stroll ***
    *** The rights of usage to the Jitterbug Stroll belong to Ryan Francois.
    *** The Jitterbug Stroll is provided with permission from Ryan Francois.

* if you order all 3, the material will fit on ONE CD

BUILD YOUR OWN JAZZ MOVEMENT CD:
You may choose any 3 of the routines listed above to put on a special CD.
Each CD will be $20 unless ordered with other SWINGBRAIN CDs

 

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BALBOA / BAL-SWING FUNDAMENTALS
This CD is essential for beginners or for those
wanting to master the basic fundamentals of Balboa.

  1. INTRO - shot at Malcolm & Beth's apartment in New York...

  2. Building the Basic:  Up-Hold Rhythm

  3. Building the Basic:  Up-Hold Slides

  4. Building the Basic:  Up-Hold Basic

  5. Balboa Connection

  6. Up-Hold Basic Connected

  7. Building the Basic:  Down-Hold Rhythm

  8. Building the Basic:  Down-Hold Basic

  9. Down-Hold Basic Connected

  10. Traveling

  11. Break Turn

  12. Transition Step

  13. Throwout from Break Turn

  14. Throwout from Transition Step

  15. Lollies from Break Turn

  16. Lollies from Transition Step

  17. Pop Turn from Break Turn

  18. Pop Turn from Transition Step

  19. Crossovers

  20. Other SWINGBRAIN

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PURE BALBOA 1
Pure Balboa moves - you never break that close connection
with your partner.

  1. INTRO - in Balboa Park, San Diego...

  2. Break Time on 123

  3. Break Turn on 3 CW

  4. Break Turn on 3 CCW

  5. Side to Side

  6. Staircase off the 3

  7. Staircase off the 7

  8. Basic Crabwalk

  9. Crabwalk off the 7

  10. Basic Paddle Turns (option 1)

  11. Three Paddle Crab Combos

  12. Forward Steps

  13. Back Steps

  14. Forward & Back Steps

  15. Ad Lib Right

  16. Ad Lib Left

  17. BONUS - Paddle option 2: LF start - back, fwd

  18. BONUS - Paddle option 3: LF start - back, back

  19. BONUS - Paddle option 4: LF start - fwd, fwd

  20. BONUS - Paddle option 5: RF start - fwd, back

  21. BONUS - Paddle option 6: RF start - fwd, fwd

  22. BONUS - Paddle option 7: RF start - back, fwd

  23. BONUS - Paddle option 8: RF start - back, back

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PURE BALBOA 2
MORE pure Balboa moves - building on concepts from
Pure Balboa 1

  1. INTRO - Clowns and more...

  2. Break Time on 567

  3. Break Turn on 7 CW

  4. Break Turn on 7 CCW

  5. Left Crab Square

  6. Right Crab Square

  7. Left Crab pivot

  8. Right Crab pivot

  9. Half-Time Crabwalk

  10. Scoots

  11. Maxie's Half Time Step

  12. Hangman

  13. Serpentine Forward

  14. Serpentine Backward

  15. Continuous Serpentine CCW

  16. Continuous Serpentine CW

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BALBOA FOOTWORK 1
Balboa footwork to add texture to your basic footwork

 

  1. INTRO - Joel at an ostrich farm...

  2. SINGLE STEP

  3. DRAG 234

  4. SLIDE OUT 34

  5. FOOT FAN

  6. DBL FOOT FAN

  7. SLOW FOOT FAN

  8. TRIPLE ON LF HOLD

  9. TRIPLE WITH RF HOLD

  10. DOUBLE TRIPLE STEP

  11. LONG BEACH BREAK

  12. DBL LONG BEACH BREAK

  13. LONG BEACH TOE TAP BREAK

 

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BALBOA FOOTWORK 2
More Balboa footwork to add - some concepts build from Balboa Footwork 1

 

  1. INTRO - more ostrich farm madness...

  2. SINGLE TAP

  3. DRAG 678

  4. SLIDE OUT 78

  5. DRAG BA-DA

  6. TAP BEHIND

  7. SINGLE NAGLE

  8. BACK NAGLE

  9. DOUBLE NAGLE

  10. NAGLE SWEEPS

  11. SOLO NAGLE SWEEPS

  12. FOOT FAN TRIPLE COMBO

 

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BAL-TROT
Progressive movements using Balboa inspired by Peabody,
One Step, and Steven & Virginie's Swing Walk.

 

  1. INTRO - scary Joel as Mugatu from Zoolander...

  2. Keys to your BAL-TROT

  3. BASIC BAL-TROT (holding 3 & 7)

  4. BREAK TIME BASIC (holding 4 & 8)

  5. REVERSE BREAK TIME BASIC

  6. FORWARD NAGLE SWEEP

  7. ALT. NAGLE SWEEPS (CW)

  8. ALT. NAGLE SWEEPS (CCW)

  9. AD-LIB PIVOTS (CW)

  10. AD-LIB PIVOTS (CCW)

  11. PROGRESSIVE LOLLIE BASIC

  12. PROGRESSIVE LOLLIE TURNS

  13. PROGRESSIVE LOLLIE PASSES

  14. CROSSOVER WALK

  15. REVERSE THROWOUTS

  16. SERPENTINES (all forward)

  17. ROTATING SERPENTINES (clockwise)

  18. ROTATING SERPENTINES (counter-clockwise)

  19. OPEN WALK BASIC

  20. OPEN WALK BREAK TIME

  21. OPEN WALK with LEADER PASS

  22. OPEN WALK with FOLLOWER PASS

  23. OPEN WALK CONTINUOUS PASSES

  24. 2 COUNT SNAKE DIP

  25. 1 COUNT SNAKE DIP

 

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BAL-RUEDA FOUNDATION
Great dance to build your Balboa community

  1. INTRO - Special scenes from Joel's hometown...

  2. Tuck Dame

  3. Tuck Right Dame

  4. Break

  5. Throwout

  6. Tuck Throwout

  7. Crabwalk

  8. Crab Left

  9. Crab Right

  10. Step Forward

  11. Step Back

  12. Texas Rollout

  13. Lollies and variations

  14. BAL-RUEDA NOTES (MS Word file)

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FOLLOWER CROSSOVER STYLING
14 unique styling variations for followers in Crossovers...

  1. INTRO - Joel scares Alison...

  2. Transition Variation 1

  3. Transition Variation 2

  4. Kick Ball Change Forward

  5. Kick Ball Change Back

  6. Kick Ball Change Across

  7. Stretch Front

  8. Stretch Back

  9. Stretch Across

  10. Stretch Combos

  11. Kick Cross Step

  12. Side Slide 567

  13. Side Slide 123

  14. Split Slide Lift

  15. Tap Split Slide

  16. Charleston Sweep

  17. Ball Change Sweep

  18. V Slide

  19. Swivels

  20. Cheat Step 1

  21. Cheat Step 2

  22. Cheat to Circle Slide on 56

  23. Cheat to Circle Slide on 12

  24. Cheat to Sweep on 56

  25. Cheat to Sweep on 12

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COLLEGIATE SHAG FOUNDATION
Learn all the rhythms and foundation moves for Shag.
We cover Single, Double, and Triple Rhythm Shag.
With each rhythm, we cover the following foundation moves: 
            Face to Face Break, Turns, Side Breaks, Side by Side Break, and Open Kicks

 

  1. INTRO - Joel's sister, Jennell, gets dumped in the bushes! - and the making of...

  2. Fundamentals - this is a MUST SEE file for your Shag education!!!

  3. Single Shag - Hop 2

  4. Single Shag - Hop 2 - Face to Face Break

  5. Single Shag - Hop 2 - Turns

  6. Single Shag - Hop 2 - Side Break

  7. Single Shag - Hop 2 - Side by Side Break

  8. Single Shag - Hop 2 - Open Kicks

  9. Single Shag - Hop 4

  10. Single Shag - Hop 4 - Face to Face Break

  11. Single Shag - Hop 4 - Turns

  12. Single Shag - Hop 4 - Side Break

  13. Single Shag - Hop 4 - Side by Side Break

  14. Single Shag - Hop 4 - Open Kicks

  15. Double Shag - QQ 5-6

  16. Double Shag - QQ 5-6 - Face to Face Break

  17. Double Shag - QQ 5-6 - Turns

  18. Double Shag - QQ 5-6 - Side Break

  19. Double Shag - QQ 5-6 - Side by Side Break

  20. Double Shag - QQ 5-6 - Open Kicks

  21. Triple Shag - QQ 5-6

  22. Triple Shag - QQ 5-6 - Face to Face Break

  23. Triple Shag - QQ 5-6 - Turns

  24. Triple Shag - QQ 5-6 - Side Break

  25. Triple Shag - QQ 5-6 - Side by Side Break

  26. Triple Shag - QQ 5-6 - Open Kicks

PLUS:  Word document with other key information and other rhythms...

  

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COLLEGIATE SHAG 'Step-Hop' VARIATIONS:
Learn cool variations for the 'Step-Hop' component of Shag.
We cover each styling variation with Single, Double, and Triple Rhythm Shag.

 

  1. INTRO - more of Joel's sister, Jennell in wheelbarrow...

  2. Tap Break

  3. Triple Tap

  4. Triple Shuffle

  5. Hook Behind

  6. Side Swing

  7. Knee Lift

  8. Knee Kick

  9. Heel Lift

  10. Sailor Kick

  11. Heel Kick

  12. Double Pump

  13. Pump Back

  14. Stomp

  15. Chug

PLUS:  Word document with other key information and other rhythms...

  

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COUPLES 20s CHARLESTON:  FOUNDATION
A great dance to add to your Lindy Hop or Balboa.
Fun for fast tempos - learn why the Lindy Hop has its HOP!

  1. INTRO - Joel in a tree...

  2. BASICS

  3. 4 OPTIONS

  4. REPEATERS

  5. PADDLES

  6. WALKS

  7. OFFSET with Sweep Kick & Circles

  8. FOLLOWER TURN 5-7

  9. FOLLOWER TURN 1-3

  10. LEADER TURN 1-3

  11. LEADER TURNS 5-7

  12. BASIC 180 TURN

  13. BASIC 360 TURN

  14. OPEN BASIC

  15. SWINGOUT from OPEN BASIC

  16. HEEL POP SWINGOUT

  17. SIDE BY SIDE

  18. CIRCLE SWEEPS

  19. SIDE STEP

  20. SIDE STEP with KICK-THRU

  21. SIDE STEP with KICKOUT

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COUPLES 20s CHARLESTON:  VARIATION
Cool variations on building on the Foundation CD.

  1. INTRO - Joel in a tree...

  2. STEPAWAY

  3. STEPAWAY to SWINGOUT

  4. Texas Tommy from STEPAWAY

  5. Texas Tommy from SWINGOUT

  6. Traveling Repeaters

  7. Skate step

  8. SQUAT STEP

  9. SQUAT - swingout

  10. SIDE STEP with KICK S

  11. SIDE STEP with single scissors

  12. SIDE STEP with DOUBLE scissors

  13. SIDE STEP TURN - 1 - L CCW

  14. SIDE STEP TURN - 2 - R CCW

  15. SIDE STEP TURN - 3 - L CW

  16. SIDE STEP TURN - 4 - R CW

  17. CROSS KICKS

  18. GRAPEVINE

  19. LEAN REPEATER

  20. 13 Roll Option 1

  21. 13 Roll Option 2

  22. 56 Roll Option 1

  23. 56 Roll Option 2

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COUPLES 20s CHARLESTON:  ADVANCED
Advanced patterns and concepts for Couples 20s Charleston.

  1. INTRO - Joel in a tree...

  2. ROLLAWAY

  3. Rollaway with ELBOW CATCH

  4. ELBOW CATCH / Leader X SPIN

  5. 13 past LEFT SIDE

  6. 13 past RIGHT SIDE

  7. 56 past LEFT SIDE

  8. 56 past RIGHT SIDE

  9. Texas Tommy turn from STEPAWAY

  10. Texas Tommy turn from Swingout

  11. SIDE STEP - turn Kick Thru combo L

  12. SIDE STEP - turn Kick Thru combo R

  13. HEELS - OFFSET - WHIRLEY BIRD

  14. Outside Turn from STEPAWAY

  15. OUTSIDE TURN FROM SWINGOUT

  16. SHOULDER ROLL

  17. Shoulder Roll plus Spin

  18. OUTSIDE TURN PAST R-SIDE (pull up to basic)

  19. Front POP TURN

  20. Side Pop Turn

  21. Side Pop Turn to PADDLE

  22. DREAM

  23. Cross Walk Forward

  24. Cross Walk Back

  25. Rollaway push to SWINGOUT

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COUPLES 20s CHARLESTON:  AFTER SEBEN:
All the moves from the classic short film created in 1928 and released in 1929.
3 couples display a wide array of Couples Charleston variations...

  1. INTRO - James Burton (the film MC at his best)

  2. Couple 1 - Original Clip

  3. Sequence 1-4 dancing

  4. Breakdown 1-2

  5. Breakdown 3

  6. Breakdown 4

  7. Sequence 5-8 dancing

  8. Breakdown 5-6

  9. Breakdown 7-8

  10. Sequence 9-16 dancing

  11. Breakdown 9-10

  12. Breakdown 11-16

  13. Couple 2 - Original Clip

  14. Sequence 1-4 dancing

  15. Breakdown 1

  16. Breakdown 2-3

  17. Breakdown 4

  18. Sequence 5-8 dancing

  19. Breakdown 5-6

  20. Breakdown 7-8

  21. Sequence 9-12 dancing

  22. Breakdown 9-10

  23. Breakdown 11-12

  24. Couple 3 - Original Clip

  25. Sequence 1-4 dancing

  26. Breakdown 1-2

  27. Breakdown 3-4

  28. Sequence 5-8 dancing

  29. Breakdown 5-6

  30. Breakdown 7-8

  31. Sequence 9-12 dancing

  32. Breakdown 9-10

  33. Breakdown 11-12

  34. Sequence 13-16 dancing

  35. Breakdown 13-14

  36. Breakdown 15-16

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SOLO 20s CHARLESTON:  FOUNDATION
An amazing collection of THIRTY Solo 1920s Charleston moves

  1. INTRO - Steve Garrett Poppin' & Lockin'...

  2. THREE KEYS

  3. FOUR OPTIONS

  4. BACK & CROSS

  5. CCW TURN

  6. CROSS ROCK STEP

  7. CW TURN

  8. DOUBLE BACK

  9. FORWARD WALK

  10. FOUR COUNT KICKS

  11. FREEZE 1-2

  12. FREEZE 5-6

  13. HIGH KICKAROUND CCW

  14. HIGH KICKAROUND CW

  15. HIGH KNEE SLAPS

  16. KICK BALL CHANGE AROUND

  17. KICK CROSS

  18. KICKUP

  19. LOW BASIC

  20. MESSAROUND

  21. POINTS

  22. POSE & PUMP

  23. PUSHOUTS

  24. QUARTER TURN

  25. SHAG HOP

  26. SIDE CROSS

  27. SHOE SHINE

  28. SQUAT CHARLESTON

  29. TIC TOC

  30. TRAVELING KICKUP

  31. TURNAROUND

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SOLO 20s CHARLESTON:  VOCABULARY A
THIRTY more Solo 1920s Charleston moves

  1. INTRO - Steve Garrett Poppin' & Lockin'...

  2. 4 CHEAT STEPS

  3. BLACK BOTTOM

  4. BUNNY HOP

  5. CROSS TURN

  6. DOUBLE FRONT

  7. FWD BACK SIDE KICKS

  8. HIP SWAY

  9. JUMP CHARLESTON

  10. KICK KICK DOUBLE KICK

  11. KNEE SLAP

  12. KNEE SLAP TRIPLE STEP

  13. KNEE SWITCH

  14. KNEE SWITCH LIFT

  15. LOW DOWN SHAG HOP

  16. PADDLES

  17. PUMP HANDLE

  18. QUICK STOP

  19. SAILOR WALK

  20. SCARECROW REPEATER

  21. SCARED POSE

  22. SHIMMYS

  23. SHOOT 1-2

  24. SQUATS OUT-IN IN-OUT

  25. SWEEP & CIRCLE

  26. SWING KICKS

  27. TWO COUNT KICKS

  28. VARSITY DRAG

  29. WALLABY

  30. WAVE - LEFT FOOT

  31. WAVE - RIGHT FOOT

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SOLO 20s CHARLESTON:  VOCABULARY B
THIRTY more Solo 1920s Charleston moves

  1. INTRO - Steve Garrett Poppin' & Lockin'...

  2. ALTERNATING KICKUPS

  3. ARM WAVES

  4. BIG KICK HOP BEHIND

  5. BLOCK THE SUN

  6. CHAPLIN WALK

  7. CIRCLE KICKS

  8. HANGIN' AROUND

  9. HANGMAN

  10. HIGH LOW

  11. KICK ACROSS DOWN

  12. KICK HOP DRAG

  13. KICK SLIDE HOP BACK

  14. KICK TURN

  15. KICKOUTS

  16. KNEE HIGH

  17. KNEE SWITCH - ARMS UP

  18. KNEE SWITCH - ARMS UP JUMP

  19. LOCK TWIST

  20. LONG LEGGED CHARLESTON

  21. LOW KICKAROUND

  22. SCARECROW

  23. SKIP UP

  24. SLIDE BACK

  25. SQUAT CROSS TURN

  26. STRETCH TURN

  27. TOE SLAP

  28. TOE WIGGLE

  29. TOUCH & CROSS

  30. TRIPLE SIDE SLIDES

  31. WAVE COMBO

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