Fifth and may be the last of the dance type that we will be taught is Jive. This is much similar to Cha-Cha, but here we have to jump. Jumping causes a lot of exercise of calf muscles. Step counts are 1-2-3-a4-5-a6. 'a' is not a separate step, but a very quick sub-step, where your foot touches ground after a jump. We were taught both back Jive and front Jive. In back Jive, male partner's left foot goes back on step 1, while in front Jive, it goes ahead. Detailed steps are:
* Displacement between legs is not more than a foot (around 8-10 inches only).
0 – We start with weight on right leg and left leg inline (horizontally), around 4 inches away.
1 – We move left leg back flat and weight is shifted to it. Right leg’s might get lifted a little bit.
2 – We shift weight back to right leg and left leg’s heel gets lifted.
3 – We bring back left leg to its original position, but now left leg’s only forefoot touches the ground and heel remains lifted as much as possible. We put pressure on left leg’s forefoot and lift right leg completely (jump).
a – The right leg comes back on ground.
4 – We displace our left leg to left by around 8-10 inches. We shift our weight on left leg.
5 – We bring the right leg close to left leg. Right leg’s forefoot touches ground and heel is lifted as much as possible. We put pressure on right leg’s forefoot and lift left leg completely (jump).
a – Left leg comes down and touches ground.
6 – We displace our right leg to right by around 8-10 inches. We shift our weight on right leg.
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