Balboa

"Lollies", a swing step created by Adrian,"Lolly" Weiss and danced in California at Balboa peninsula ballrooms. This step is a component of modern Balboa and Balboa Swing dancing. Lollies are entered after a "break turn." The leader will begin to let the follower out after 5, allow her to rotate on 6, and give a gentle nudge to continue the rotation on 7, kicking on 7 themself. There are no "rock steps" in traditional balboa-swing. It is a dance of momentum and inflections in the momentum. Lollies, when done appropriately will not wrench the follower around but rather allow for a continued rotation from the turn. In bal-swing the follower holds on any change of momentum. The momentum shift occurs when the rotation is stopped at the end of the phrase on 7. The follwer can either do a simple hold, kick, or anything that is a hold off of the left foot for the count of 7 which is a continuation of the standard balboa pattern of step-step-hold-step-step-step-hold-step. The following tap-kick variation of the balboa basic in that it is a step-hold-step-hold. The holds are created, once again, by the change in the momentum indicated by the leader when the rotation in and out of the lolly pattern is turned inward and outward. Thanks, and enjoy balboa and bal-swing. It is such a happy little dance! http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gSTUJlAS0Ck