Plohl - Lahvinovich | Jive Part 1/2 - Swing | The WDSF Academy

Former World Champions Zoran Plohl and Tatsiana Lahvinovich collaborated with WDSF in producing this learning resource on the Swing Jive.
WDSF wishes to acknowledge the support of Zoran and Tasiana as well as that of the the GOC organisers in providing the location for recording in Stuttgart. Without their support, the YouTraining DanceSport programme would not be possible.
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[@incfilly]

Nicely explained and demonstrated. Thanks

[@musicalflow_skillslab]

Excellent, thank you very much! Question: As you can combine rock steps or chassés arbitrarily in many ways, why was the combo rockstep-chassé-chassé chosen to be called "The Jive Basic"? It's for sure not the easiest pattern, especially as the music usually does not start with a "1" after reaching the 6th beat (8 beats in two bars).

[@ghdocco]

The most important thing in Jive steps is never never lock the knees. It seems to me that the Former-WDSF-Champions of PD-Latin-Kvartal-Cup-2013 Tatsiana Lahvinovich not show this rule in her Rock steps