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Quick Rhythm and Beginner Quickstep: Steps and Timing

Quick Rhythm and Beginner Quickstep: Steps and Timing — video by Ballroom Mastery TV - Vaughan Liddicoat Play · 13:19

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Vaughan Liddicoat and Brittany build on the Slow Rhythm: the Quick Rhythm for quickstep music, with a heel pivot and rock turns, then a first quickstep routine of quarter turns, progressive chassé and natural pivot turn, with demonstrations and counts.

  • 13 min
  • Beginner
  • Moderate impact
  • No equipment
  • Ballroom

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  1. Quick Rhythm is the Slow Rhythm pattern at quickstep speed, so take even smaller steps. 0:35
  2. Heel pivot for the man: back on the right foot, close the left without weight, turn a quarter left. 1:41
  3. Watch the Quick Rhythm danced to music. 2:53
  4. Figures: basics with a heel pivot on the backward half, promenade walks, then three rock turns. 4:00
  5. Count the Quick Rhythm timing along: slow, slow, quick, quick. 6:08
  6. Watch the beginner quickstep routine danced. 7:20
  7. Quickstep figures: preparation step, quarter turns right and left, progressive chassé, natural pivot turn. 8:22
  8. Count the quickstep timing along: slow, quick, quick, slow. 10:16
  9. The difference: quickstep has more swing and rise and fall; the Quick Rhythm is like quick walking. 12:02

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Take even smaller steps than in the Slow Rhythm; think of walking quickly
  • Heel pivot: back on the right foot, close the left without weight and turn a quarter left
  • The quickstep figures count slow, quick, quick, slow

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Joints it uses light on the joints

  • Hips moveswalks, rock turns, quarter turns
  • Knees movesbrisk walks, heel pivot, rock and pivot turns
  • Ankles & feet movesrise on the toes in chasses, heel pivot

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Ballroom Mastery TV - Vaughan Liddicoat; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety