What we’re going to do is to turn one quarter for every bar of music.

I’ll demonstrate. And 1, 2, 3,

4, 5, 6 1, 2, 3,

4, 5, 6. Now, what’s happening here

Well, first of all, I’m going to do the man step

and ask Wendy to step aside, so we are just going to do this

We’re turning left one quarter. The steps don’t change

still the left foot close change, forward – side – close

back – side – close. But we’re turning the body gently on every

step, so we’re going to turn

1, 2, 3 We’re going to turn again

1, 2, 3 Turn one quarter left

1, 2, 3 and one quarter left 1, 2, 3

Four one quarter turn makes a complete turn. Now, I ask Wendy to come in to do the lady’s

step. You’ll notice that she’s going to turn

herself the same way. She starts the back first

and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

When we come together, it’s very important everybody understands

that we’re not pushing and pulling. We’re dancing our own steps,

moving ourselves using small steps. So, if I just open my hands you can see

that we’re not using each other for balance or for power.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

We’re turning on our own. Now we do that with proper dance hold.

And 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

It’s important to know that the man will signal

the turn simply by turning his body in one piece

he’s not going to stick his foot out he’s not going to push

none of that will work He’s simply turn. When he does it,

the lady will feel it and she’ll turn herself. For example, if I do not want to turn,

I just want to do the box by itself without turning,

I do this. As you can see,

I turn my body without telling Wendy and Wendy instinctively turn herself.

OK?! Now, we’re going to do it one more time with music before we move on.

The idea of the basic Beginner’s Waltz is to teach you how to turn LEFT call the

Reverse Turn using the left foot box

and to teach you to turn RIGHT which is called, The Natural Turn

and we have to use the right foot box to do that.

And the idea is to connect the left foot turning with the right foot turning basic and then

to teach you how to move around the room with

that.