Rebel Strut/Sixteen Step - With
Options

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Music: Dance by Twister
Alley-normal rhythm, Down in the Valley by Little Texas-274
BPM fast rhythm, Orange Blossom Special by Mark O'Connor-364
BPM very fast rhythm, or any song with similar rhythms - Rocky
Top, On the Road, or Midnite
Train |
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Choreographer:
Unknown |
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Position: Couples in promenade
position, both facing line of dance (CCW floor direction); lady
standing on the gentleman's right side; each will have heels
together; his left hand will hold her left hand either in front of
his left shoulder, in front of and slightly higher than his waist,
or in front of the lady's left shoulder; his right arm will reach
behind the lady and hold her right hand in his right hand slightly
to the right of her right shoulder. Can be done as an individual
without the arm movements (leave hands on
hips). |
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Comments: We are running The
Clarksboro Shuffle as an option, choreographed by Marie Jones,
since its movements are very similar. |
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Subject is Dance Steps ... Volume I, Third Edition, January
1996. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
Revised for the Internet on December 26, 1997.

Standard steps for gentleman and lady are identical.

Rebel Strut/16
Step |
Clarksboro
Shuffle |
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11. Left toe kick forward staying about 6" off the floor
12. Left foot crosses right leg with the toe pointing down
staying about 6" off the floor
13. Left toe kick forward staying about 6" off the floor
14. Left foot step to close to right
foot |
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15. Right toe touch backward
16. Right foot stomp to close to left
foot |
1. Right toe kick forward staying about 6" off the floor
2. Right foot crosses left leg with the toe pointing down staying
about 6" off the floor
3. Right toe kick forward staying about 6" off the floor
4. Right foot close to left foot |
17. Right toe kick forward staying about 6" off the floor
18. Right foot crosses left leg with the toe pointing down
staying about 6" off the floor
19. Right toe kick forward staying about 6" off the floor
20. Right foot close to left foot |
5. Left heel touch forward
6. foot close to right foot
7. Right toe touch backward
8. Right foot close to left foot |
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9. Left heel touch forward
10. Left foot close to right foot
11. Right foot stomp in place
12. Right foot stomp in place |
1. Left heel touch forward
2. Left foot crosses right leg with the toe pointing down staying
about 6" off the floor |
13. Right foot step forward—drop right hands
14. Pivot on toes/balls of feet 1/2 turn CCW
15. Right foot step forward
16. Pivot on toes/balls of feet 1/2 turn CCW—rejoin right
hands |
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Syncopated Cha-Cha Steps Forward
17-18. Right foot step forward, left foot step forward, right
foot step forward
19-20. Left foot step forward, right foot step forward, left foot
step forward |
Syncopated Cha-Cha Steps Forward
3-4. Left foot step forward, right foot step forward, left foot
step forward
5-6. Right foot step forward, left foot step forward, right foot
step forward |
21-22. Right foot step forward, left foot step forward, right
foot step forward
23-24. Left foot step forward, right foot step forward, left foot
step forward |
7-8. Left foot step forward, right foot step forward, left foot
step forward
9-10. Right foot step forward, left foot step forward, right foot
step forward |
Repeat Counts 1 to 24 until the end of song. |
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Option 1
On Counts 17-24 gentleman holds lady's right hand and turns her CW.
She turns using same cha-cha style step. Since the steps remain the same,
these directions are only for other body movements.
17-18. Gentleman leads lady's right arm slightly forward.
19-20. Gentleman leads lady's right arm backward, her left arm forward,
and both their upper bodies twist slightly CW

21-22. Gentleman leads the lady into a full turn CW using their right
hands
23-24. Both partners can do the last set of cha-cha steps forward,
regrasping the left hands and resuming the promenade position, or if
necessary, the lady can still be finishing her turn

Option 2
Lady moves from right to left in front of the gentleman on the first
two cha-cha sets (without turning) and can do the dance on his left side
as a variation.
When the lady has performed Option 2, she returns using two cha-cha
steps to the right and can continue the dance in the normal promenade
position.

Option 3
Substitute a right heel touch for Counts 1 and 3.
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