West Coast Moves

West Coast Swing is a cool dance that is filled with slick and sliding moves. You might remember the example of West coast styling from previous post that demonstrated the cool attitude of the dance.

West Coast is know as a slot dance, which means that is does not move around the floor like waltz does but instead the dancers stay in position with each other as if they were in slots. Many West Coast moves involve passing by the partner to exchange places with in the slot.

In the following videos Micheal Mitchell and Meghann Niesen teach Neck Pulls, Whips, and some West Coast spins. This lesson was taught at a Friday Night Dance, so the dynamic is a little different than it might be in some of the more personal videos.

On a fun note, Micheal can never remember the name of the moves he is teaching so just to translate "neck thing-y" is he new "technical" name for he neck pull :)

Neck Pulls and Whip


West Coast Spins

West Coast Example

In this clip Canadian champions Ben Morris and Tessa Cunninghamin dance a super smooth West Coast Swing.