West Coast Swing – Outside The Box is an instructional video by Michelle Kinkaid, U.S. Open Swing Dance Champion, designed for intermediate and advanced West Coast Swing dancers who want to explore patterns beyond traditional count and structure.
The program introduces creative combinations that incorporate improvisation, styling, and concepts adapted from other dance styles. Rather than focusing on basic patterns, Michelle demonstrates alternative entries, exits, wraps, whips, shadow-position movements, and partner variations that encourage greater creativity and flexibility in social and performance dancing.
Throughout the lessons, dancers explore ways to connect familiar West Coast Swing patterns into more dynamic combinations while developing improvisational skills and individual styling.
Course Contents
Segment 1
- Outside Whip with Hand Change
- Lunge & Recover
- Waist Wrap
- Switchbacks
- X-Slot Variations
- Arm Catch & Snapback Exit
- Catch Closed, Block & Recover
Segment 2
- Right-to-Right Slow Outside Turn with Lunges
- Split-Arm Reverse Whip
- Swivel Walks
- Lunge & Fan Styling
- Inside Turning Throwout
Segment 3
- Whip with Tango Walks
- Throwout with Inside Roll Snapback
- Man’s Turn into Shadow Position
- Right-to-Right Side Pass with Improvisation
- Walk
- Charleston
- Right Exit
Segment 4
- Hustle Whips
- Basic
- Body Wrap
- Alternating Loops
Segment 5
- Simon’s Sweetheart
- Follower’s Fun Stuff
Suitable for dancers with a solid foundation in West Coast Swing, this instructional video provides a practical reference for expanding pattern vocabulary, improvisation, partner interaction, and styling beyond standard West Coast Swing structures.
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