Custom Choreography for Valentin Frank

 

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

Start with the fundamentals

Learn the Steps

Don’t worry about the walk-in for this one ^^ We will only focus on the cradle and lean during your first dance

Learn the Choreography

“Like Real People Do”
Valentin Frank Custom Choreography | Written Instructions
Package 3 | 9-11 Dance Moves

Intro (1 count of 4, 2 counts of 8) -

  • Walk in for the first 4 counts

  • Face loop on 1, out to side by side on 2

  • Roll into cradle on 3, 4, walk 5, 6, 7, 8

  • Unwind on 1, 2, extra outside turn on 3, 4

  • Small dip on 5, 6, 7, 8


Pattern 1 (2 counts of 8) -

  • Box 

  • 5th Position break with underarm turn

  • Box with inside turn


Pattern 2 (3 counts of 8) -

  • Forward hesitations on 1, 2, hesitation on 3 with hammerlock on 4

  • Hammerlock walk on 5, 6, 7, pretzel on ‘8 and’, hit on 1

  • Unwind the follower on 2, kiss and/or sway on 3, 4

  • Helicopter on 5, 6, spiral lift on 7, 8

  • Come down from the spiral on 1, 2, inside turn to frame on 3, 4, circular dip on 5, 6, 7, 8


Repeat Pattern 1 (over rotate inside turn to shadow)

Pattern 3 (4 counts of 8) -

  • Side basic and flip

  • Shadow box

  • Lean in shadow position on 5, 6, 7, 8

  • Progressive in shadow

  • Shadow box to get back into frame

  • Box

  • Box with inside turn

Ending ( counts of 8) -

  • Forward hesitations on 1, 2, hesitation on 3 with hammerlock on 4

  • Lasso on 5, 6, 7, hand touch on 8; spin into frame 1, 2, kiss and/or sway 3, 4

  • Cradle on 5, 6, lean with follower’s arm going up on 7, 8

  • Roll out 1, 2, roll back into big dip on 3, 4, 5, come up 6, 7, 8

  • Outside turn on 1 to rotating arabesque for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, outside turn on 8

  • Sway for a full 8, heads together or on leader’s shoulder

  • Send out, inside turn to final dip