Thread: Difference between ECS and WCS?
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Old 28th-January-2008, 07:49 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Difference between ECS and WCS?
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Originally Posted by MartinHarper View Post
Based on my experience:
East Coast is back-on-1, West Coast is forward-on-1.
East Coast is mostly 6-count, West Coast is mostly 8-count.
East Coast is not slotted, West Coast is.
East Coast is low technique, West Coast is high technique.
East Coast is danced to faster music than West Coast.
East Coast has rolling shoulders (like Foxtrot), West Coast has level shoulders (like mannequins on roller skates).

East Coast is lead/follow-compatible with six-beat Lindy, to the extent that people question whether it is a different dance.


I have been known to dance ECS, WCS and Lindy - and IMO Mr. Harper is spot on !

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I think that when you dance ECS you're allowed to smile
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