Custom Choreography for Michael Jessee 

Here you will find all of the steps in your first dance! To learn this choreography, we suggest learning section by section, practicing without music, then incorporating music as you get more comfortable with the steps. This is meant to go along with your demo video and written instructions (below). If you have any questions, please reach out to us at info@duetdancestudio.com. Have fun dancing!

Dance Demo

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Start with the fundamentals

Learn the Steps

Learn all the swing steps with even timing, not waltz timing!!

From the above video, you don’t have to learn the whole sequence. Just learn the arm position of hammerlock (the shape they do at the very beginning) and I’ll explain how to do swing footwork with it in your connecting all steps tutorial

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Michael Jessee

Custom Choreography

Package 3

Intro 

0:00-0:16:

  • Walk on hand in hand, bring follower around to face you and meet your hand

  • Turn into hammerlock (4 counts)

  • Walk in a half circle 4 steps (4 counts)

Pattern 1 

0:16-0:59 (11 sets of 8):

  • 2 Boxes in Hammerlock, turning out of it into frame at end of second box

  • 2 Rotating boxes to face front

  • Butterfly switch hands at end

  • Swing Basic

  • Inside Turn

  • Swing Basic

  • Cradle

  • Stop in cradle and lean (or sway), spin out, spin in to frame (2 8s)

Pattern 2 

0:59- 1:38 (10 sets of 8):

  • 2 Rotating Boxes

  • Swing Basic

  • Inside turn

  • Swing Basic

  • Cradle Inside Turn out of it

  • 3 Basics

  • Hammerlock into Cradle

  • Cradle Lean

  • Unwind into frame

Pattern 3  

3:38-1:57 (5 sets of 8):

  • Rotating Box

  • Underarm Turn

  • Rotating Box

  • Frame Dip or circle dip


Pattern 4 

1:57-2:28 (8 sets of 8):

  • Swing Basic

  • Inside turn

  • Swing Basic

  • Cradle

  • Cradle Switchback Frisbee out of it

  • 3 Basics, switch to handshake hold on the last one

  • Shadow

  • Rock step and Lasso around with both hands into fancy turn moment into frame


Pattern 5 

2:28-2:52 (6 sets of 8):

  • Non rotating Box

  • Butterfly

  • Cradle at end of it to get into a walk around

  • Spin follower out

  • Faceloop

  • Pull to frame 


Pattern 6 

2:52-end (7 sets of 8):

  • Rotating Box 

  • Under Arm Turn

  • Rotating Box

  • Swing Basic

  • Inside Turn

  • Swing Basic

  • Cradle

  • Cradle Switchback

  • Stay connected in hands to unwind,

  • Inside turn to dip