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Six Count Figures

Basic Whips {8 Count}

Whip

Whip, Inside Turn

Whip, Outside Turn

Whip, Free Spin

Whip, Double Inside Turn

Whip, Double Outside Turn

Whip, Double Free Spin

Whip, Texas Tommy

a.k.a. Apache Whip

Underarm Whip {8 Count}

a.k.a. Reverse Whips, but I don't like this name for it.

Underarm Whip

Underarm Whip, Outside Turn

Underarm Whip, Double Outside Turn

Underarm Whip, Inside Turn

Underarm Whip, Texas Tommy

Two-Handed Whips (8 Count)

Cradle Whip

a.k.a. Locked Whip, Basket Whip, Cuddle Whip

Tunnel Whip

Dishrag Whip (Inside Outside)

Dishrag Whip (Outside Inside)

Right-in-Right Whips (8 Count)

Reverse Whip (Reverse Free Spin into Regular Whip)

Reverse Whip with Outside Turn

Reverse Whip with Double Outside Turn

Right-Over-Left Whips (8 Count)

Windows Whip (Turn First)

Crossed-Hand Matador Whip

Right-Over-Left Whips (8 Count)

Windows Whip (Window First)

Wrong-Way Crossed-Hand Matador Whip

Shadow Whip (Titanic Whip)

Shadow Whip (Titanic Whip) with Double (1.5) Outside Turn

Shadow Whip (Titanic Whip) with Triple (2.5) Outside Turn

Double Turns Around the World (8 Counts)

Double Outside Turn Around the World

Walk, walk, outside turn (by his left), walk, walk, outside turn (by his left).

Double Inside Turn Around the World

Walk, walk, inside turn (by his right), walk, walk, inside turn (by his right).

Outside Inside Around the World

Walk, walk, outside turn (by his right), walk, walk, inside turn (by his right).

Inside Outside Around the World

Walk, walk, inside turn (by his left), walk, walk, outside turn (by his left).

Catch and Release {8 Counts}

Catch and Release

Catch and Release, Inside Turn

Catch and Release, Outside Turn

Catch and Release, Cross-Step Dip

Catch and Release, Hand Change Behind the Back Whip (Outside Turn, Outside Turn)

Reverse Catch and Release, Inside Turn

Reverse Catch and Release, Outside Turn

Reverse Catch and Release, Free Spin

Reverse Catch and Release, Texas Tommy

Lead's Cradle Whips {8 Counts}

Lead's Cradle Whip

Lead's Cradle Whip, Inside Turn

Lead's Cradle Catch and Release

Lead's Reverse Cradle Whip

Lead's Reverse Cradle and Release

Reverse Whips (Left-Side Whips) {8 Counts}

Reverse Whip

Reverse Whip, Inside Turn

Reverse Whip, Outside Turn

Reverse Whip, Cross-Step Dip

Reverse Cradle Whip

Reverse Shadow Whip

[Reverse Everything Else]

Reverse Catch and Release, Inside Turn

Reverse Catch and Release, Inside Turn to Cradle Position

to 6-Count Swivel Walk with Double Inside Turn

Texas Tommy {8 Counts}

Texas Tommy Whip (From Right-to-Right, Into and Out of Texas Tommy)

Texas Tommy Whip, Left-to-Left Outside Turn

Right-to-Right Side Passes {6 Counts}

Right-to-Right Left Side Pass

Right-to-Right Double Left Side Pass

Extended Whips (8+ Counts)

Slow Pivots 5-10, Triple Out 11-and-12

Possible, But Not So Good

Catch and Release Cradle Whip

Reverse Catch and Release

Music

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» Your Body by Christina Aguilera (104 bpm)

For more, including descriptions of 25 different waltzes and hundreds of variations thereof, see Waltzing: A Manual for Dancing and Living a book by Richard Powers and Nick Enge.

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