This 80-minute DVD contains all 50 figures that comprise the complete hustle syllabus: all 20 "Bronze" figures, all 18 "Silver figures, and all 12 "Gold" figures. No dance video library would be complete without this one and we suggest it as the perfect complement to our other Hustle DVDs. The syllabus contains the most popular figures, the most often danced figures, and the figures that best characterize hustle. The Dance Store is the exclusive provider of this DVD. Most of the figures in this DVD are shown on Hustle Volumes 1-3. In addition, Volumes 1-3 show many more figures. So why buy the syllabus? This DVD "bundles" the syllabus figures together into a concise reference. It was assembled in response to a longstanding request of teaching studios and hustle competitors. All figures are properly labeled and sequenced. All figures are counted out twice: once by the 1,2,&3 counting system, once by the &1,2,3 counting system. (Now everybody should be happy.)
The Bronze Syllabus Copyright ©2001 by Joe Baker
20 Figures
The Silver Hustle Syllabus Copyright ©2001 by Joe Baker
18 Figures
The Gold Hustle Syllabus Copyright ©2001 by Joe Baker 12 Figures
This syllabus development project was sponsored by and led by Joe Baker of The Dance Store. Input was received from the top hustle competitors, coaches, and judges. The first 11 patterns of the bronze syllabus have had longstanding recognition as basic syllabus figures and they have been included in many written syllabi. They are absolutely essential foundation moves and are part of the basic "vocabulary" of hustle. Bronze figures 12-20 are also very common figures that serve as valuable building blocks, essential competencies, and basic "vocabulary" figures. The criteria for inclusion in Silver and Gold was as follows: 1) All figures must clearly be recognized as popular hustle figures that are among the figures that are most often danced. 2) The figures should contain important "building block" characteristics. In other words, they should contain essential competency elements for the intermediate and advanced hustle dancer. 3) The figures should be those that "define " hustle and that are characteristic of hustle. 4) The figures should be leadable in social dancing, without special cues, among those who have learned the figures.
The objective was not to invent moves or select weird moves, but to assemble those that build essential competencies that will allow further skill and choreography development. Though some figures repeat a footwork theme, most introduce a new skill. There are hundreds, perhaps thousands, of hustle figures. Limiting the scope to 50 required limiting the selection to those figures that contribute most to the "toolbox" of essential skills.
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