In the US, some West Coast Swing teachers have a list of
22 'foundation' moves. The interesting thing is not the moves themselves, but the reasons why they are taught. After learning these moves, you should have a good enough grounding in how to do WCS to be able to do any move.
So what would be a similar set of moves in Modern Jive? The dance is a lot simpler, so the list is probably going to be shorter.
- You would have to have some at the beginning to get people used to the timing, such as Arm Jive.
- Then something to introduce leading & following, and turning - probably a yoyo.
- You might want to show moves that can be led with different hand holds (left to right, right to right, both hands, and both hands crossed) and ways of changing hands.
- You might also want to introduce some of the common positions, such as closed position, sway, basket, etc
- Then maybe turns to the left and right, and free spins to the left and the right
- And finally some walking steps, such as swivel walks.
I don't know the names of enough moves to illustrate each idea. But I'd be surprised if it took more than 20 moves to form a foundation for Modern Jive. I'd be surprised if Ceroc or Leroc didn't already have a list like this.
Anything after that is just icing on the cake.
David