Natural Turn & Back Lock in Quickstep
Ballroom Blitz #093
Natural Turn & Back Lock in Quickstep - Dec 14, 2023
Transcript
Ian: Hey, hey, hey, random dancers from the interwebs. My name's Ian,
Lindsey: and my name's Lindsey,
Ian: and welcome
Ian & Lindsey: to Ballroom Blitz!
Ian: Hello again blitzers, welcome back to the channel, to another Ballroom Blitz. Today we are moving into the world of Quickstep, we have a figure for you called the Natural Turn & Back Lock, let's take a look
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Ian: Now, all the way back in Blitz #023, and more recently in Blitz #084, we actually covered the Natural Turn, and then the Back Lock, as two separate figures; and along the way we've done quite a few different types of natural turns like like the Natural Spin Turn, Natural Pivot Turn etc. The Natural Turn & Back Lock kind of fits into that category as well. We are going to do the first three steps of a Natural Turn, they're exactly the same pretty much, link in the description to Blitz #023 for that, and then we're going to do a Back Lock, very very similar basically the same as what we did in Blitz #084, again link in the description. So we're just going to take these two moves and just conjoin them together, and there's a little bit of tweaking so that you can go from what would be step four of a Natural Turn into your Back Lock, and get to your Back Lock from something other than Chasses to Right, or however else you're getting into it. So, that's basically what we're doing today, a little bit of a compilation video of sorts in in that respect a little bit of a compilation figure, which kind of just makes it really really easy to execute and gives you a little bit more variety for not much more at all. So, let's go over the lead steps, follow steps, whack it together and get you dancing Natural Turn & Back Lock.
Ian: Okay, leaders. So, as with all other natural type turns that we have been blitzing, you are going to be starting with your drive step on the right foot, ready to turn to the right, in the natural direction. Tou can commence this figure either in line or outside of your partner, which is entirely consistent with all your other Quickstep type natural turns. You're going to dance a drive step, commencing to turn right over that drive step, swiveling at the end to then take two steps of a chasse, a side-close, and that will be the first three steps of your Natural Turn; the Drive Side and Close. At this point you have closed your feet, you've dropped your heels, you're in a position that allows the follow to drive forward, and at this point the follows they might be thinking "uh it's a natural turn of some sort, I really don't know what it's going to be". The one thing they know that they need to do, is drive on their right foot to continue to commence right. Instead of continuing to turn too much we give just enough body-side lead to allow for a very comfortable lock, we allow them to drive quite straight, we accept that power going back on our left and continue with a step crossing in front, and then stepping back and taking one more just to settle it out. So, essentially completing a Back Lock. You don't want to overturn and keep turning that will come in the following figure. So, we have steps one to three of Natural Turns Slow-Quick-Quick, driving into a Back Lock Slow-Quick-Quick-Slow, allowing this body side lead to make that lock more comfortable and that's it your Natural Turn & Backlock.
Lindsey: Followers, as often happens in a Quickstep, the leader is driving on their right foot and turning us to the right, that means we're going backwards on the left. As Ian said sometimes that step comes through our feet in line, sometimes it comes past us, doesn't matter either way we're going backwards on the left with a Slow-Quick-Quick and we have been turned so that we are facing line of dance. The leaders should drop slightly at this point, that allows us to give a nice steady drive step on our right, so that is our slow drive step, but as Ian said we're not quite sure at this point what kind of Natural Turn it is. We should feel that slight continuation of turn from the leader but then they hold steady, and that encourages us to take a Forward Lock, that matches the leader's Back Lock. So by the time I'm ready to drive I will have a slow on the right, continuing forward but up on my toes for a left lock behind left, and then settling out with one more step past our partner. So from the beginning we have
Demonstration of Followers Steps
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Ian: And there you have it. First part of a Natural Turn, a Back Lock makes Natural Turn & Back Lock. A figure in its own right, but really two halves of figures that we have already blitzed. Finish it off with a Running Finish or Impetus Turn something like that, and you can plop it straight into your Quickstep. [It] works really well at corners, like most other natural turns, so give it a go, try it out, let us know how you go, and we will see you in the next one.
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