Ok
let do drills to warm up.

1.hop 2,3s(left)on hop 2,3,s you step and hop,so step on your right leg,and hop ,your left leg will be in the up.,then step again and repeat.

2.Hop 2,3,s(right)same thing except on right leg

3.Leap 2,3s :leap 1,step 2,3,leap 1 ,step 2,3...

4.Hop 2,3,Leap 2,3: do the hop 2,3 step,then the leap 2,3 step...


Lets learn the jig step.

JIG STEP:


step forward
step back
hop back
step 2,3,4

step forward,
step back
hop back
step 2,3,4

step forward
step back
hop back
step 2,3,4

hop(right foor up),hop back(swing right foot back)
hop(left foot swing back) back 2,3,4

repeat on left side


Next class we will work on a beginner reel.

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DANCERAT¢¾

i hope someone shows up

Yay! I'll practice really hard, I can't wait to learn the reel.

Quick question:

For "hop23s", where do you put your foot while you 'hop'? (not the one you are hopping on, but the other foot). You said that the leg would be "up", but how up?

Is this the jig that is called the "Hop Jig"? The one that works to "Pop Goes the Weasel?" My friend/Irish teacher doesn't ever do (or teach) the Hop Jig, since it's never really done in my area. I've heard a bit about it, though, so if this is it then that's cool!

Thanks for your help!

Keep the class coming, I will attend!!

Well where I am the light jig,is not the same as the hop jig,but the single jig is the same as the hop jig,

on a hop 2 3,If the hop is on the left foot,then your left foot is on the ground,and the right foot is vertical,and is usually placed on the knee ,or higher. But leg that is up,doesnt go the side,it stays right in front of the supporting leg,i will get a pictrue next class.

Which jig is this then?

The jig step is usually done in the light jig,we havent learned a full dance yet,just parts of the dance.

I've worked virtually hard! I do real Irish dance and the for the jig step we go:
up, hop back, hop 1, 2, 3, 4 --repeatedly
when really it isn't quite like that! Heh Heh. Oo, this is sooo cool!

dancerat - the drill you described sounds a lot like a drill we do with flutters (similar to this but we step w/ RF bringing our LF to our knee and doing 2 beats - hence the flutter part - then we step w/ LF and bring our RF up etc. etc. etc.)

SeniorLady's Super Basic Jig Step
Hop down, hop up, hop back 2,3,4
hop down, hop up, hop back 2,3,4
hop down, hop up, hop back 2,3,4
hop up, hop back, hop back 2,3,4

In "I-need-theory-darnit!" terms, the jig is something like this:
Hop LF pointing RF in font (hop down), hop LF bringing RF up above the knee (hop up), hop LF bringing RF behind (hop back), step LF in front (2), step RF behind (3), step LF in front (4). Repeat twice w/ LF and then break: hop LF bringing RF up above the knee (hop up), hop LF bringing RF behind (hop back), hop RF bringing LF behind (hop back), step RF in front (2), step LF behind (3), step RF in front (4). Repeat w/ LF.

If you think there's a mistake in there ... there might be. Irish dancing doesn't have theory because no one wants to sit around and type out dances like I just did.

I'm practicing really hard! I'll continue to go over the step until the next class!

Hey SenoirLady, I compete in that same step of the jig! I love it, it is easy. You can do it dancers!

Good old jig step!