Turns

This section focuses on turns in west coast swing

Travelling Turn:Both Robert and James prefer followers to do a chaines turns when doing travelling turns down the slot. If we take a travelling turn which is a triple step down the slot then on beat 2, the follower’s feet are closed or nearly together in a chaines turn as opposed to doing three open steps.

When turning the lady, leaders need to understand the difference between an open turn and closed turn. When turning the lady the leaders need to lead open or closed turn depending on the speed that the expect the lady to turn.

Open turn: Imagine the lady turning with her arms out. This is an open turn. Open turns are slow

Closed turn: Imagine the lady turning with her arms crossed in front of her. Closed turns allow the lady to turn faster.