Learn The Barclay Blues - Complete Walkthrough!

[@xuanphunguyen6825]

Beautiful dance.

[@longstepsdancing]

Thank you, it is a lovely dance, and so smooth when you get it working well. It's one of my favourites.

[@sharonsawers354]

Excellent tutorial!!! Next? Glenroy Foxtrot 😅 Starlight Waltz - Joyette - etc etc - brilliant tool for brushing up and refining between lessons - thank you!!

[@longstepsdancing]

You're most welcome Sharon. We'll put out a poll for the next one seeing as this one has been so well received thus far. I'm thinking maybe one of the Tango rhythms?

[@julialim465]

This is brilliant! I've been trying to learn the Barclay Blues for a while now and this is the best video I've seen so far. Thanks so much. Wld love to see you do one for the Dream waltz? 😊

[@longstepsdancing]

You're very welcome Julia, that's very kind of you. I'm not familiar with the Dream Waltz, but if you've got a link I'll check it out. One of our other commenters directed us to the Opus 5 Waltz, that looks like a pretty one too. There are so many (too many) lovely sequence dances to learn!

[@julialim465]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqarfHtsmcuVjbssi=OOUgj6wbauFdm5OF

[@julialim465]

@@longstepsdancing this is the Dream waltz: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqarfHtsmcuVjbssi=OOUgj6wbauFdm5OF

[@julialim465]

I tried to paste a link but it wouldn't let me. If you search for Dream Waltz in KZbin it'll come up. thank you

[@longstepsdancing]

I'll take a look, thank you.

[@margueritecahoon3737]

Thanks! Just a question? Can you instruct re head positioning too? Looking down or in the wrong direction can be a major problem Making it difficult for both dancers.

[@longstepsdancing]

Hi Marguerite, that's an excellent suggestion, we'll look at incorporating that in future videos.

[@margueritecahoon3737]

I have a problem keeping my head up and facing where it should. Concentrating on feet and steps means the head position gets forgotten!

[@longstepsdancing]

That is a common problem, and sometimes even more so in sequence dances when the positions of the body, and therefore the head, change throughout the dance.

[@margueritecahoon3737]

Charmaine?

[@longstepsdancing]

We have recorded it, it's in post production, should be out early next year.

[@margueritecahoon3737]

Do you do the Opus 5 waltz?

[@longstepsdancing]

No we don't, that's not one I've actually heard of at all, is it pretty? There are so many sequences out there!

[@margueritecahoon3737]

@@longstepsdancing yes. It is! Very difficult . Russ Heskith (?) created it. It’s on utube. A big challenge it seems!

[@longstepsdancing]

Hi Marguerite I watched the Opus 5 walkthrough, you're correct it is attributed to Russ Hesketh. It looks like a lovely dance, thought my personal preference at that speed would be to remove the shadow sections and just dance it like a Modern Waltz, but that's just me. With the exception of the shadow sections those figures and mini-sequences would be quite pretty when used in a Modern Waltz. Though certainly not a beginner dance, and I would expect not a sequence New Vogue dancers would find easy to dance without some measure of Modern Ballroom experience too. Thank you for sharing.