If your idea of country dancing is mainly about fancy footwork and stomping to the beat, you’re in for a surprise. Traditional country dancing isn’t for everyone but it is pretty fascinating to watch. It takes more than just the ability to move in time with the music. It’s all about the attitude, too.
Notice how smoothly skilled country dancers move across the floor and how effortless it all seems. Also, notice how you can’t help but bop your head to the beat and secretly wish you could be as good? That’s western magic right there.
As intricate as some steps are, country dancing is undeniably enjoyable.
Did you know that country dancing doesn’t just defy stereotypes? It defies gravity, too!
Well, sort of.
Check out this power duo showing off how much creative room country swing dance allows.
3-time Western Division Country Swing Champion Donny Robbins and his partner Shannon Nichols performed a series of steps that encapsulate just how complicated, entertaining, and challenging country swing dancing can be.
If you visit the website True Country, you’ll get a glimpse of Donny Robbins’ fun, no-pressure approach to teaching country swing dancing. The instructional videos they create can either be purchased in DVD format or streamed online.
Curious yet? Some of the steps they teach have names like “Pretzel”, “Twister”, “Death Drop Rodeo”, “Tornado”, “Pop Up Around the World”, “Candle Stick”, and more.
Needless to say, country swing dance aficionados are hooked.
Robbins and his team are quite convincing, too. To entice more people to start learning country swing dance, they took a pretty straightforward approach.
“Learn sexy moves, high flying lifts and great techniques to help you look like a pro on the dance floor. Guys make a great first impression by sweeping the ladies off their feet! Ladies, teach your man how to dance with the hottest Country Swing moves!”
Talk about raising the bar high – demonstrating jaw-dropping moves that involve flips, dips, slides, and even aerials, this pair left no moves out.
Despite the physical effort both Robbins and Nichols put into each impressive move, neither of them looked the least bit wiped out! Not to mention how confidently they pulled off certain stunts while sporting casual wear and dancing on a wooden floor. I mean, let’s be honest. You’d want at least something cushioned to fall on should an aerial trick fail, right? Not these two.
They’ve pretty much got all these moves down pat, hence the casual, “we got this” approach to dancing.
Watching Robbins and Nichols can be pretty intimidating. After all, who wouldn’t want to master such thrilling moves? But because their main goal is to encourage a love for country swing dance, they make sure each instructional video is beginner-friendly. So don’t get ahead of yourself and think you have to immediately ace that jump or that dip. Learning the ropes is just as enjoyable and satisfying as mastering it all.
Let Robbins and Nichols inspire you to get on your feet and give country swing dance a shot!
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