Nice video. It appears the closer you get to the lead hand the more stable you have to be so you can lead your partner without confusing them. It seems like the freedom occurs mainly in the hips and the stance to accent the dance patterns and create the dance “feel”. It would be helpful to see other moves in the context of fluid connected dancing.

Thank you for the video. The higher level dancers have been suggesting I get outside of the structure and begin to feel the dance. This video gave me some good suggestions.

I just subscribed and I’m loving all your more in-depth videos on this website. I’m having one major problem which I feel I shouldn’t be having.   Not sure how to explain it, but it’s the starter step.   I feel pretty solid maintaining connection in the starter step itself, but trying to move from that into any other pattern I lose my connection and can’t lead my partner with connection into the dance movement.   I think in the video you assume idiots like me can just naturally apply the tuck turn, spin, and automatically from the closed position of the starter step.  

The only  starter step I can maintain my connection with my partner is the following pattern.  After the triple step to the left followed by the rock step followed by the right step forward, spinning on my right foot, turning my partner the opposite direction which lead leads to the sugar push. Everything else I lose complete connection and fumble my way to some type of anchor step in which  regain my connection.