Dead Leg?

Jayne · 7th-August-2003, 01:21 PM

Hi Guys,

I'm having a blond moment - can someone help please? I have vague memories of a move from Adam's workshop where you're supposed to have a "dead leg"; the guy is behind the girl and you go round in a circle.

Can anyone remember:

a) How you get into this move
b) how you get out of it
c) which leg is dead - the right?
d) what it's called?

I've had a look at Gadget's notes but can find something that matches up to what I'm thinking of...

Can anyone help please?

Ta muchly!

J

**Tiggerbabe** · 7th-August-2003, 02:19 PM

Hi Jayne, hopefully this is the one you mean - I think it's called the Garbo Variation.

(Taken from notes kindly given to me by Steven)

R to R
Take R hand out to the R at shoulder level
Collect lady's L hand - again at shoulder level - Lady now in front of the man with arms outstretched
Take L hand onto lady's stomach as you take R hand up over her head.
R hand then taken in front of lady's face, then out to side, back in at shoulder level, back out and in at chest level, back out and into the stomach - hips should be moving in same direction as R hand.

Variation involves stopping when you bring your L hand onto lady's stomach with your R hand above her head . Rotate hips ACW once then pivot round on left leg - right leg follows in dead leg fashion - pivot on spot in 4 90 degree ACW turns still rotating hips...............

To get out - unwrap partner still holding R to R.

For a great demo of this move watch "Burn the Floor" - Hot - Too Hot

**Gadget** · 7th-August-2003, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sheena
Hi Jayne, hopefully this is the one you mean - I think it's called the Garbo Variation.

Is that the one that has a kind of "cowboy" hip/body rotation? If so, I knew the move, but didn't know which move it was a variant of!

**Tiggerbabe** · 8th-August-2003, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Gadget
Is that the one that has a kind of "cowboy" hip/body rotation? If so, I knew the move, but didn't know which move it was a variant of!

Yup! That's the one

Jayne · 8th-August-2003, 10:43 AM

Thank you sheena (and gadget)! I'd got gadget's notes but hadn't clocked that the move I was thinking of was a variant of the Garbo..

J

7th-August-2003, 01:21 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jayne Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 1,000 Rep Power: 4 Reputation Total: 59	Dead Leg? Hi Guys, I'm having a blond moment - can someone help please? I have vague memories of a move from Adam's workshop where you're supposed to have a "dead leg"; the guy is behind the girl and you go round in a circle. Can anyone remember: a) How you get into this move b) how you get out of it c) which leg is dead - the right? d) what it's called? I've had a look at Gadget's notes but can find something that matches up to what I'm thinking of... Can anyone help please? Ta muchly! J

7th-August-2003, 02:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tiggerbabe Omnipotent Moderator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Monifieth, Bonny Dundee Posts: 5,192 Rep Power: 10 Reputation Total: 1609	Hi Jayne, hopefully this is the one you mean - I think it's called the Garbo Variation. (Taken from notes kindly given to me by Steven) R to R Take R hand out to the R at shoulder level Collect lady's L hand - again at shoulder level - Lady now in front of the man with arms outstretched Take L hand onto lady's stomach as you take R hand up over her head. R hand then taken in front of lady's face, then out to side, back in at shoulder level, back out and in at chest level, back out and into the stomach - hips should be moving in same direction as R hand. Variation involves stopping when you bring your L hand onto lady's stomach with your R hand above her head . Rotate hips ACW once then pivot round on left leg - right leg follows in dead leg fashion - pivot on spot in 4 90 degree ACW turns still rotating hips............... To get out - unwrap partner still holding R to R. For a great demo of this move watch "Burn the Floor" - Hot - Too Hot __________________ "If you rebel against high heels, take care to do so in a very smart hat.'' George Bernard Shaw

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