1. cycle „Three steps and to the back”
Music: 16 measures from 1 to 16; Text: verse 1; Movements: 4+4+4+4
2. cycle „Two steps and to the back”
Music: 16 measures from 17 to 32; Text: verse 2; Movements: 6+6+4
The two cycles repeat one after the other.
SP for the exercise:
Arms: The hands are on the hips, thumbs behind, elbows to the sides.
Legs: Feet are together in standing position.
1.THREE STEPS AND TO THE BACK
SP= SP of the exercise
Arms: For the whole cycle the hands are on the hips, thumbs behind, elbows to the sides.
1:
a.
b.
Legs: The right foot steps.
Duration: 1 measure.
2:
Legs: The left foot steps.
Duration: 1 measure.
3:
Legs: The right foot steps and the weight of the body transfers to it. Next, the left foot bends in the knee and slightly lifts off the ground to the back.
Duration: 1 measure.
4:
Legs: The left foot returns to its place to the back and the weight of the body transfers to it. Next, the right foot bends in the knee and lifts off the ground
Duration: 1 measure.
Movements 1-4 repeat 4 times.
FP for the cycle:
Arms: Hands on the hips, thumbs behind, elbows to the sides
Legs: The right foot is bent in the knee and lifted off the ground.
2. TWO STEPS AND TO THE BACK
SP:
Arms: Hands on the hips, thumbs behind, elbows to the sides
Legs: The right foot is bent in the knee and lifted off the ground.
1:
a.
b.
Arms: Hands move down by the sides of the body and slightly to the back. Partners join their inside hands, right palm over left palm, and start moving them forwards and upwards, stretched in the elbows. The free outside hands move up parallel to the inside, stretched in the elbows and in the wrists.
Legs: The right foot steps forward and the weight of the body transfers to it. Next, the left foot bends in the knee and lifts off the ground to the back.
Duration: 1 measure.
2:
a.
b.
Arms: The hands continue their movement up to 45 degrees upwards and forwards.
Legs: First, the left foot steps forward and the weight of the body transfers to it. Next, the right foot bends in the knee and slightly lifts off the ground to the back.
Duration: 1 measure.
3:
Arms: The arms move down, elbows stretched, to retrace their way down and to the back to 45°.
Legs: The right foot returns to its place to the back and the weight of the body transfers to it. Next, the left foot slightly bends in the knee and lifts off the ground
Duration: 1 measure.
Movements 1-3 repeat symmetrically with 4-6, starting with the left foot.
5b
6b
Movements 1-6 repeat 2 times + 4 movements, total 16 movements.
Cycles 1+2 repeat 2 times.
FP for the exercise:
After the last position 4 of cycle Two Steps (arms forwards and downwards, right foot lifted off the ground to the back) the arms continue their movement to a position upwards and forwards and the right foot steps forward.
After the exercise is over the arms move down by the sides. Legs come together in standing position.
VERSIONS
The music has a long version of 160 measures and cycles 1+2 repeat 5 times.
