The past week of Kyra's and my genius hour has been successful. We have learned the steps to the Charleston. The steps to the dance are not very hard as you step with your left foot forward then you move your right foot forward and tap it in front of your left foot. You then step back with your right foot and move your right foot backwards and tap it behind your right foot. When you are stepping you are going to be swinging your arms side to side. You are also supposed to be twisting on the balls of your feet when you step moving your heel in and out.
The steps were easy to learn as they were repetitive and just stepping forward and backward with tapping of our feet. We struggled with learning how to twist on the balls of our feet which means moving our heels in and out. We couldn't figure out how to twist and that was difficult so we spent most of our time focusing on the steps individually and then coming together and practicing the steps while dancing together. We need to learn how to twist our legs and feet together, as we struggled learning that part. I am hoping we will be able to succeed in learning this dance.
Sounds like a fun project! Dancing can be difficult but is is also a lot of fun. It is cool to see that you are branching out and doing many different dances, like the Charleston. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteLearning how to twist on your feet does sound difficult! I hope you guys can figure it out! Are you going to post any videos of you guys dancing?
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