Bronze Quickstep - Forward Check Step Ballroom Dance Lesson

Next step is the simple step called “forward check step”.
Primarily used to avoid an obstacle behind your partner,
quick way to stop and change direction. So here is the forward check step.
And; slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, slow, quick, quick,
slow, slow, slow, slow, quick, quick, slow.
Now repeat that again; check step, chasse.
Very simple step, Wendy and I will demonstrate
that together showing the man and lady’s step.
If we dance the basic step first and; walk, walk, chasse, walk, chasse.
The man’s right foot will go outside the lady,
the lady left foot go behind the right foot.
Slow, change direction replace weight back on the other foot,
slow, lady comes forward left heel, gentlemen goes back right foot, slow.
Then we go up and do chasse; quick, quick, slow.
We’ll show that again and; check momentum slow,
replace slow, step slow, up chasse slow.
Gentleman signals the lady by stopping himself and firmness
in the right hand behind her back to stop his partner.
Replace, quick, quick, slow, check, replace, slow, quick, quick, slow,
check, replace, slow, quick, quick, slow, three slows in a row,
slow, slow, slow, quick, quick, slow. And I’m turning a little bit on the chasse
to change direction. That’s it the forward check step.