Gushes
This page lists descriptions of the Gush and several variations.
Gush
Start with your feet together and your knees slightly bent. Now, push off the
floor with your left foot and step out to the right with your right foot. This
should cause your left hip to go up. Then slide the left foot in next to the
right. When you slide the left foot in next to the right you should roll the hip
smoothly back into center. Repeat the process again. This step is used for
moving to the side, and in these particular instructions to the right. For a
demonstration of this movement see the video to the right.
Two Shake Gush
Start with your feet together and your knees slightly bent. Now, push off the
floor with your left foot (this should cause the left hip to lift up) and bend
the leg and staighten it again, so you get two "shakes", and step out to the
right with your right foot. Then slide the left foot in next to the right and
repeat the process again. This step is used for moving to the side, and in
these particular instructions to the right. Remember to try and keep the
shakes small and fast.
Vertical Figure Eight Gush
Start with your feet together and your knees slightly bent. Now, push off the
floor with your left foot and step out to the right with your right foot. Then
slide the left foot in next to the right and repeat the process again. Now, add
the Vertical Figure Eight. When you push off of the floor with your left foot,
roll the left hip out to the left and up and when you step out to the right with
your right foot then bring the left hip back in and start rolling down, out,
and up with the right hip. Roll your left hip down just before you push off
with the left again. See the video at right for a demonstration.
3/4 Shimmy Gush
Start with your feet together and your knees slightly bent. Now, push off
the floor with your left foot and step out to the right with your right foot.
Then slide the left foot in next to the right. Now add a 3/4 shimmy by
pushing off with the left foot and when you step on the right you tense,
release, tense, or think of your hip as going up and up or out an out. Now
slide the left foot in while your doing that and then when you go to push off
you tense, release tense on the left with an extra emphasis on the last tense.
So it goes 1, 2, 3, & 4. 1 and 2 being on the right and 3, & 4 being on the left.
