Jive's Curl out and Curl in

In 28th class, we also learnt Jive's Curl out and Curl in steps.
In Curl out steps, she does a clockwise turn both partners become perpendicular to each other.
In Curl in step she does a counter-clockwise turn and comes back.

Curl out:
1: Step 1 of Jive.
2: Step 2 of Jive.
3: Step 3 of Jive. He gives her lead by lifting his left hand and lowering his right hand. He then pulls her by his right hand towards his left.
a: She starts doing clockwise turn.
4: She completes the turn. Both partners are now perpendicular to each other.
5: Step 5 of Jive. He should make sure that she does not go far to him and they keep making a W with their hands.
a: Step a of Jive.
6: Step 6 of Jive.

Curl in:
Both partners are facing perpendicular directions.
1: Step 1 of Jive.
2: Step 2 of Jive.
3: Step 3 of Jive. He gives her lead by lifting his left hand such that only two fingers are in her palm and his left hand palm is horizontally facing towards her.
a: She starts turning counter-clockwise.
4: She completes turn. Both partners are now facing each other.
5: Step 5 of Jive.
a: Step a of Jive.
6: Step 6 of Jive.

Jive's Toe Heel Tap and Kick Flick Ball Change

In 28th class, we learnt Jive's Toe-Heel-Tap and Kick-Flick-Ball change steps.

Toe Heel Tap steps:
Both partners do a break away and start facing the same directions.
1: Jive step 1.
2: Jive step 2.
3/Toe: With weight on right foot, he touches his left foot's toe to ground and mid of right foot. His left foot's heel remains lifted pointing back and left upwards.
4/Heel: Now he touches his left foot's heel to ground and mid of right foot. His left foot's toe points a bit left and upwards.
5/Tap: He does a tap with his left foot, such that both feet are close and parallel to each other. Weight is shifted on left foot.

6/Toe: He picks up his right foot and touches his its toe to ground and mid of left foot. His right foot's heel remains lifted pointing back and right upwards.
7/Heel: Now he touches his right foot's heel to ground and mid of left foot. His right foot's toe points a bit right and upwards.
8/Tap: He does a tap with his right foot, such that both feet are close and parallel to each other. Weight is shifted on right foot.

Kick Flick Ball change steps:
After doing Toe Heel Tap steps, both partners do:
1: Jive step 1.
2: Jive step 2.
3/Kick: With weight on right foot, he picks up and does a kick step with his left foot towards forward direction, such that his left foot toe's point towards ground.
4/Flick: He again picks up his left leg sufficiently and does a flick towards his left. His left foot's toe points towards left and downwards.
5/Ball: He places down his left foot just back to his right foot. Weight is shifted on left foot.

6/Kick: With weight on left foot, he picks up and does a kick step with his right foot towards forward direction, such that his right foot toe's point towards ground.
7/Flick: He again picks up his right leg sufficiently and does a flick towards his right. His right foot's toe points towards right and downwards.
8/Ball: He places down his right foot just back to his left foot. Weight is shifted on right foot.

Jive Change of Side

In twenty-second class, we learnt clockwise and counter-clockwise Jive change of side steps.

Clockwise (left to right) change of side:

1. Here step 1-2-3-a-4 are same as basic step.
2. In step between 4 and 5, male partner starts pushing female partner with his left hand. He also pulls her towards him with his right hand. He starts rotating on his left leg towards his right (clockwise).
3. On step 5, he puts his right foot 90 degrees perpendicular to initial direction.
4. Step 6 is same as basic step.

Female partner can do inside turn also, as shown below:

Counter-clockwise (right to left) change of side:

1. Here step 1-2-3-a-4 are same as basic step.
2. In step between 4 and 5, male partner starts pulling female partner with his left hand. He starts rotating on his left leg towards his left (counter-clockwise).
3. On step 5, he puts his right foot 90 degrees perpendicular to initial direction.
4. Step 6 is same as basic step.

Female partner can do outside turn also, as shown below:

Jive Break Away with Underarm turn (Outside Turn)

In nineteenth class, we learnt Jive's break away with underarm turn (outside turn) step. Female partner does it in two steps, turning to her right, by rotating on her right leg as pivot. Male partner just gives lead and continue doing his basic steps.

Outside turns are always followed by inside turns since the hand is upside down. (Guys, any time a pattern leaves your hand upside down, do an underarm turn to correct this.)
closed position -> outside turn -> inside turn -> closed position.

Steps are as follows:

1. Partners complete previous Jive steps.
2. Steps 1 and 2 are same as basic steps.
3. In steps 3-a-4, male partner starts to raise his left arm, till it reaches over his head.
4. In step 5, he gives a slight push with his left hand to her right hand, so that she gets momentum and turns clockwise.
5. During steps 5-a-6, she rotates clockwise by 90 degrees, picking up her left foot, and walking away diagonally.
6. At end of step 6, she completes 90 degrees of turn. The hands can then continue doing return with inside turn.

Jive Return with Under Arm Turn (Inside turn)

In fourteenth class, we learnt Jive's Return with under arm turn (to left of female). Female partner does this two step turn to her left, by rotating on her right leg as pivot. Male partner just gives leads and continue doing his basic steps. Steps are as follows:

• We start with basic steps 1-4.
• During step 4, male partner gives a lead to female partner for a break away.
• After step 4, female partner rotates to her left by 90 degrees and perform step 5 and 6 in perpendicular direction (to step 1-4). Male partner does not change his direction and continue doing remaining steps.
• Steps 1 and 2 are performed.
• During step 3, male partner gives female partner a lead to perform under arm turn. He lifts his left hand a bit above shoulder height and twists its wrist, so that the palm faces the female partner. The complete left forehand (from elbow to fingers) should be horizontally parallel to ground. She catches the lead and bend fingers of her right hand, so as to make a hold with male partner's left hand. This helps her in doing the turn without falling apart.
• During step 4, she comes diagonally close to male partner. She keeps her right elbow in her front and close to body. He gives her a kind of jerk with his left hand. This gives her initial momentum and helps in completing the turn. She starts turning towards her left (counter-clockwise).
• During step 5 and 6, female partner completes her turn and reach to the initial position. The hands come down and come in initial hold.

Jive Leads and Break Away steps

In twelfth class, we learned Jive's "Break Away" steps:

• We start with basic steps 1-4.
• After doing step 4 of basic Jive, we rotate by 90 degrees and perform step 5 and 6 in perpendicular directions (to step 1-4), such that they start facing the same direction. Male partner rotates to his right and female partner rotates to her left.
• During step 6, their hands should form a W. Always remember to take small steps in Jive.
• Partners then do their 1 - 4 steps facing the same direction.
• Then on step 4, male partner pulls female partner's left hand in his left direction. They both rotate back by 90 degrees and perform steps 5 and 6, facing each other.

We also learned Jive leads:

• Basic steps lead are simple and hands remain at waist height.
• For performing breakaway steps, he gives a push by his right hand to her left hand.
• Similarly, to join back, he pulls her right hand by his left hand.
• If she doesn't receive any lead during breakaway steps, then both the partners keep on doing rest of the steps without changing the direction.

Jive Basic Steps

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.