MOVEMENT. Secrets and in-depth ideals to help foster healthy and attractive looking movement in Bal, from the physics and anatomy of stepping to residual movement.

RHYTHM. The fundamentals of swing rhythm and how our movement relates to it, especially as Bal dancers, from our relation the the swung beat to the secrets of dancing “in the pocket.” Slows, Quicks, Ba-Dums, Triples, Skipping, and three different looks at Emphasis. Once again, all systematically broken down into small pieces for ultimate play.

PUNCTUATION. Learn a core concept of Bal movement, and how improvisation in Bal can all be pulled from that concept — then we do it through Tapping, Knees, Hitching, Heels, Rolling, Waggling, Hopping, and the philosophy of Bal’s Upper Body Movement.

KICKS. Learn how to play with one of the most fundamental expressions in all swing dance. Not only do we cover the fundamentals of great kicking technique, we also cover sweep kicks, swoop kicks, buffaloes, Kickity-kickities, kick-ball-changes, switch-ball-changes, cow-tailing (swirling), knee kicks and flicks.

TURNS. We lay the foundation for playing in turns and spins. We breakdown the physics and anatomy of turning and cover push turning, torque turning, all fundamental spins, arm momentum, knee momentum, leg momentum, posture play, hopping, improvisation drills and dizziness remedies.

SLIDES. In the sixth and seventh videos of Bal Play, we cover the basics of all slides, from non-weighted to weighted to supported slides. We cover how to practice slides and then go into (Part 1): Drag Slides, Pull-Through Slides, V-Slides, Diagonal Vs, Ski Slides, Circle Slides, and the timing of slides, and (Part 2):, Side slides, Low-Down Slides, Cross- Slides, Scootch Slides, Running Slides, Faux Slides, Board Slides and the art of emotionally conveying a slide.