Learn The Barclay Blues - Complete Walkthrough!
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- In this video you will get a walkthrough of the Barclay Blues, that beloved New Vogue sequence
set in the foxtrot rhythm danced here in Australia and across in New Zealand at the competitive level.
Throughout the video you will get a dance-through at full speed to music first, so you can see what sequence looks like, if you haven't seen it much before. Then you will get a series of half speed videos with various voice overs focusing on timing, footwork and other aspects of dance.
If at any stage you want to skip through to a particular part, there are chapters links below so you can skip to a particular section of interest, or you can of course get the whole suite and watch them one at a time.
This walkthrough really should not replace any of your classroom or private tuition learning, it's
just a helper to help get you up on the floor if you need to brush up on a few things.
Chapters
00:00 Opening Credits
00:14 Introduction
01:23 Dancethroughs with Music
02:51 Leaders Steps with Voiceover
04:08 Followers Steps with Voiceover
05:25 Leaders Timing with Voiceover
06:43 Followers Timing with Voiceover
08:00 Leaders Footwork with Voiceover
09:17 Followers Footwork with Voiceover
10:34 Wrap Up & Conclusions
11:13 End Credits
Musical Credits
Intro/Outro - Ballroom Blitz [Instrumental Version] (The Hit Co.)
Demonstration - Ex's & Oh's (DJ Ice [featuring the Ballroom Swing Sisters])
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This is brilliant! I've been trying to learn the Barclay Blues for a while now and this is the best video I've seen so far. Thanks so much. Wld love to see you do one for the Dream waltz? 😊
You're very welcome Julia, that's very kind of you.
I'm not familiar with the Dream Waltz, but if you've got a link I'll check it out. One of our other commenters directed us to the Opus 5 Waltz, that looks like a pretty one too. There are so many (too many) lovely sequence dances to learn!
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this is the Dream waltz:
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I tried to paste a link but it wouldn't let me. If you search for Dream Waltz in CZcams it'll come up. thank you
I'll take a look, thank you.
Excellent tutorial!!!
Next? Glenroy Foxtrot 😅 Starlight Waltz - Joyette - etc etc - brilliant tool for brushing up and refining between lessons - thank you!!
You're most welcome Sharon. We'll put out a poll for the next one seeing as this one has been so well received thus far. I'm thinking maybe one of the Tango rhythms?
Thanks! Just a question? Can you instruct re head positioning too? Looking down or in the wrong direction can be a major problem
Making it difficult for both dancers.
Hi Marguerite, that's an excellent suggestion, we'll look at incorporating that in future videos.
I have a problem keeping my head up and facing where it should. Concentrating on feet and steps means the head position gets forgotten!
That is a common problem, and sometimes even more so in sequence dances when the positions of the body, and therefore the head, change throughout the dance.
Do you do the Opus 5 waltz?
No we don't, that's not one I've actually heard of at all, is it pretty?
There are so many sequences out there!
@@longstepsdancing yes. It is! Very difficult . Russ Heskith (?) created it. It’s on utube. A big challenge it seems!
Hi Marguerite
I watched the Opus 5 walkthrough, you're correct it is attributed to Russ Hesketh. It looks like a lovely dance, thought my personal preference at that speed would be to remove the shadow sections and just dance it like a Modern Waltz, but that's just me.
With the exception of the shadow sections those figures and mini-sequences would be quite pretty when used in a Modern Waltz. Though certainly not a beginner dance, and I would expect not a sequence New Vogue dancers would find easy to dance without some measure of Modern Ballroom experience too.
Thank you for sharing.