I wanted to do some choreography with my relatively young dancers and I came up with a twist that seems to work. They all know the 4 step Fling and I only changed the degree of turns or added turns where there weren't any. First step for each shedding mvt I have them turn 1/4 turn to right for the first 3 sheds (they end up facing back) then do a 1/2 turn to rt for the final shed. Repeat with left. For 2nd step (toe heel) if there are a few dancers (I had them in a group of 6 once and 8 another time) every other one backs up on the toe heels (1,3,5 on the 1st set, 2,4,6 on the 2nd) then come forward on the next 2. For the cross over step I had them face their partner (I put them in groups of 2, if 8 dancers each set of 2 is lined up like in a square). For the last step (remember the dancers are facing their partners from the cross over step) they weave around the "circle" or square doing the strasphey movement. This can be done with 6 or esp 4 dancers (then it's just the regular SB weaving step). Works really well.

My first introduction of choreography is with my primary and new beginner dancers. Often they don't know a full dance yet rather they know pieces - especially those dancers who start in the September session - when we get to January Burns performances, it's nice to include these dancers doing more than just their PDB or PDB & HC. We will often do 'The Make Up Dance'. I pick a suitable 4/4 or some other danceable tune then each dancer picks a movement that they have learned and we fit that movement into the dance. We usually just do 32 or 48 bars of music and make it fun for the kids. They feel like they have accomplished something and enjoy the inclusion in our January performances.