Anchor Steps Swing Night
West Coast Swing Dancing at Seville Quarter
When: Tuesday Nights
Where: Seville Quarter – Phineas Phoggs – 130 E Government St, Pensacola, FL 32502
Age: 18 & Up
Cover: $5 cover – This will include your first drink of choice! (non-alcholic drink for under 21)
Seville Quarter Membership card holders: FREE Admission!
Lessons: 7pm-8pm (This timing may change but we will announce ahead of time if schedule if different)
Intermediate: 7pm-7:30pm
Beginner: 7:30pm-8pm
Cost: $3 per person or $5 per couple
Dance: 8pm – Until :)
Food & Bar: The restaurant will stay open for us til 10pm!! Full bar available with a special just for us: $3 well drinks!
10 for 10:
$10 for a 10 minute 1-on-1 lesson during the dance with an instructor of your choice
You pay your instructor of choice within the first 30 minutes after the main lessons are over, then the instructor will find you later at their discretion (but do let them know if you are under any time constraint)-
Why, you ask? This gives the instructor a chance to get to know your weaknesses and maximize the benefits you will receive from your 10 for 10. This will also give you a chance to let them know what aspects you would like to improve before your 10 for 10, so that your lesson time is not wasted going over elements of the dance you already do well (but maybe are too nervous to properly execute during your lesson).
NOTICE! IF YOU ARE AN INSTRUCTOR, PLEASE GET IN TOUCH WITH US ASAP SO WE CAN INCLUDE YOU IN THE ANNOUNCEMENTS!
Let us know if you have any other questions!
Thanks,
Anchor Steps Staff
The term Anchor Step is used to denote a dance step in which you should not come towards your partner at the end of a pattern.
An Anchor is NOT a foot position and not a Rhythm. It is a partner connection in West Coast Swing, achieved when both partners place their CPB (Center Point of Balance) behind the heel of the forward foot. An Anchor is danced on the last two beats (last Unit) of each basic, fundamental Step Pattern in West Coast Swing. A feeling of body leverage balances the resistance of both partners. Each partner is responsible for establishing their own individual anchor.
Different types of anchor will leave the partners in one of three positions: 1) the dancers are not individually centered (with an away resistance), resulting in a heavy active connection (sometime referred to as leverage; 2) partners will be individually centered, resulting in a passive connection; 3) the follower’s center point of balance will be slightly forward of being individually centered – resulting in a passive connection.
The term “ANCHOR” was coined by the Golden State Dance Teachers Association in the early 1960s to clarify the difference between the “resistance” desired at the end of a West Coast Swing Pattern, and the lack of resistance caused by one version of the second set of triples taught circa 1961.
The anchor step is the terminating step pattern of nearly all main West Coast Swing dance moves. Together with the slot, it is the most distinguishing element of West Coast Swing as compared to other swing dances.
In its standard form, the anchor step consists of three steps with the syncopated rhythm pattern “1-and-2” (counted, e.g., as “5-and-6” in 6-beat dance moves) and the general directions of steps “back, replace, back (and slightly sideways)” danced almost in place. The leader dances R-L-R feet, the follower dances L-R-L.
