contents
1st part: the Book
What is a Maxieford? p. 9
How to do the Maxieford
Getting ready / Learning the Basic Maxieford-Break p. 9
The Standard Maxieford-Break p. 11
An additional «Heel» sound p. 12
The exact execution of a Maxieford-Turn p. 12
A Maxieford History
The Four Dancing Fords / The heritage of Maxie p. 13
The Waltzclog origins of the Maxieford technique p. 14
From Waltzclog to Buck-And-Wing p. 19
The Maxieford-Break
Introduction p. 20
section 1: the Original Maxieford-Break p. 21
section 2: Original - Professional - Standard - Basic p. 22
section 3: Original - Offbeat - Syncopated p. 23
The Maxieford-Change Break p. 24
Variations of the Maxieford-Break
Offbeat into Standard / Standard into Offbeat p. 25
The traditional use of the Maxieford-Break
Buck-And-Wing Style p. 26
Maxieford 2-3-3 Combination
Original - Professional - Standard - Offbeat p. 28
Maxieford Time-Step
Standard - Offbeat - Syncopated - Syncopated - Lazy p. 30
The ‘Maxieford’ Rhythm Time-Step p. 31
The 4-count Maxieford
Single - Triple - Military Rhythm p. 32
Maxieford-Combinations
Combinations FINISHING with the Maxieford:
The B.S.-Break p. 33
The B.S.-Break in the 1930s p. 34
(1)&(2) Jazz-Break / 1& (2) Rhythm-Break / Jazz Break p. 37
Variation of the B.S.-Time-Step > the Sand-Pattern p. 38
The Buck-And-Wing Combination p. 40
(One-Foot) Irish Time-Step into Maxieford p. 42
Finishing-Break with Maxieford p. 43
Classic Patterns + Maxieford p. 44
Time-Step Break with a Maxieford p. 46
Combinations STARTING with the Maxieford:
Over-The-Top / Bandy-Twist / Double-Click / Wing p. 46
Maxieford Cross-Phrasing
Standard Maxieford / Alternating Maxieford p. 47
Maxieford Half-Break
In Half-Break Routines p. 47
Maxieford Over-The-Top
with shuffle-pulls / with cut-outs p. 50
Chuck Green: with double-toe p. 51
Syncopated-Glide variation p. 52
The «Lazy» Maxieford
B.S.-Break / Syncopated Break / Buck-And-Wing p. 53
Creative with the Maxieford weight-changes
Fred Astaire / Nicholas Brothers / Danny Daniels p. 54
Rhythm-Maxieford
Introduction: a change in the rhythm p. 57
The Jazz Time-Step with a Rhythm-Maxieford p. 60
The Nicholas Brothers > a special Charleston p. 62
The Softshoe Full-Break / A Rhythm Buck-And-Wing p. 63
Alternating Rhythm-Maxieford p. 64
The Rhythm-Maxieford as Over-The-Top p. 65
John Bubbles: the Grace-Tap Maxieford p. 66
The Dance-Maxieford
Basic - Standard p. 67
Further Maxieford-Developments
Hal Leroy / Nicholas Brothers / Henry LeTang p. 68
The Maxieford-Turn
Technique & Rhythm p. 69
Louis DaPron & Donald O’Connor p. 70
Paul Draper: new rhythmic issues for the Maxieford
The value of the «Heel» sound» / Even Maxieford Rhythms p. 71
Maxieford with Heels / 9-sound Maxieford / 12-sound Maxieford p. 74
The Buck-And-Wing Combination p. 76
Syncopated Maxieford / The fast/slow Maxieford p. 78
2nd part: the DOC
Maxieford-Break
A / Original > full p. 81
A1 / Original > basic p. 87
A2 / Original > rudimentary p. 89
B1 / Professional > starting with shuffle or roll p. 91
B2 / Professional > starting with hop p. 100
B3 / Professional starting with stamp p. 101
C1 / Standard starting with shuffle / stomp or roll p. 104
C2 / Standard starting with stamp p. 110
C3 / Standard starting with hop FLAT p. 117
D1 / Basic starting with shuffle / stomp or roll p. 118
D2 / Basic starting with stamp p. 121
E / Lazy p. 124
F1 / Offbeat starting with shuffle p. 125
F2-4 / Offbeat starting with stomp, roll or stamp p. 129
G1 / Syncopated with toe p. 133
G2 / Syncopated with clap p. 137
H / Syncopated > FRAME p. 139
I1 / Maxieford-Change - hop on count 4 p. 139
I2 / Maxieford-Change - hop on count 7 p. 143
Mixed Maxieford Breaks
1 / Offbeat into Standard p. 145
2 / Standard into Offbeat p. 146
3 / Standard into Syncopated p. 150
4 / Syncopated into Standard p. 151
5 / Basic into Professional p. 151
6 / Basic into Rudimentary p. 153
7 / No-Toe Maxiefords p. 154
8 / Syncopated into No-Toe p. 156
9 / Specials p. 157
10 / step on count 7 p. 159
11 / down on count 7 p. 161
12 / in the heat of the action p. 125
a / pullbacks only p. 162
b / individual variations p. 165
Three-And-A-Break Set-Up of the Maxieford-Break
1 / Original Maxieford p. 170
2 / Professional Maxieford p. 175
3 / Standard Maxieford starting with shuffle-hop / stamp p. 176
4 / Offbeat Maxieford p. 179
5 / special 8-bar set-up with Standard Maxieford p. 180
Maxieford 3-3-2 Combination
1 / Original Maxieford p. 181
1a / John Bubbles > Grace-Tap Maxieford p. 184
2 / Professional p. 185
3 / Standard p. 186
4 / Offbeat p. 189
5 / Original > basic p. 190
6 / broken rhythm into Maxieford > 3-3-2 Combination p. 193
7 / Chorus Girls’ Maxieford p. 197
Maxieford Time-Step
1 / Standard / Standard in Tap Books p. 198
2 / Lazy p. 201
3 / 4-4-8 combination > Time-Step + Break p. 202
4 / Lazy + Break p. 207
5 / special: B.S.-Time-Step > No-Toe - Maxieford > BASIC with heel p. 208
6 / variations p. 209
4-count Maxieford
1 / single p. 210
2 / triple / in books p. 214
3 / pattern into Standard-Break p. 217
4 / military p. 218
‘Maxieford’ Rhythm Time-Step
Chuck Green «A Train» / «Caravan» p. 210
B.S.-Break
Overview p. 221
A / Original Maxieford p. 226
B / Professional Maxieford p. 244
C / Standard Maxieford p. 250
D / Basic Maxieford p. 272
E / Offbeat Maxieford p. 273
F / Rudimentary Maxieford p. 277
G / Lazy Maxieford p. 279
H / No-Toe Maxieford p. 289
I / No-Shuffle Maxieford p. 293
J / No-Toe / No-Shuffle Maxieford p. 294
K / with the Sand-Pattern p. 295
L / Gene Kelly > variation 1 p. 300
M / 2 drawbacks p. 301
N / 2 times B.S.-Time-Step p. 302
P / individual beginning > Standard-Maxieford p. 303
Q / individual beginning > Basic-Maxieford > double p. 303
Buck-And-Wing Combination
1 / Original Maxieford / Original basic Maxieford p. 304
2 / Professional Maxieford p. 309
3 / Standard Maxieford p. 312
4 / Basic Maxieford p. 315
5 / in the heat of the action p. 316
Irish Time-Step + Maxieford > Gene Kelly
1 / 4-bar combination p. 317
2 / 8-bar combination p. 214
Maxieford Finishing-Break
1 / finishing with a Maxieford p. 320
2 / starting with a Maxieford p. 325
Falling-Off-A-Log into Maxieford
various combinations p. 328
Buffalo into Maxieford
various combinations p. 331
Shuffle-Hop + Maxieford
various combinations p. 335
Time-Step Break with Maxieford
Triple Half-Break Time-Step + Maxieford p. 336
Runs + Maxieford
various combinations p. 339
Touch-Turn + Maxieford
various combinations p. 340
Individual Pattern + Maxieford
various combinations p. 341
Syncopated Breaks with Maxieford
1 / Black Show-Business p. 352
2 / White Show-Business p. 353
Maxieford + Over-The-Top
The Nicholas Brothers / Leon Collins p. 354
3-3-2 Break: Maxieford + Waltzclog
Black Show-Business p. 357
Maxieford + Individual Pattern
various combinations p. 360
Maxieford Half-Break
Half-Break into Full-Break p. 364
Individual Maxiefords
various combinations p. 369
Maxieford Xed in front
1 / Maxieford Over-The-Top p. 371
2 / Buck-And-Wing Combination p. 373
3 / within the Syncopated Glide p. 375
4 / Henry LeTang p. 380
5 / 3/4-time p. 382
6 / as a Half-Break p. 382
Lazy Maxieford»
1 / Break p. 384
2 / B.S.-Break p. 385
3 / Syncopated Break p. 389
4 / Buck-And-Wing / Over-The-Top p. 390
Rhythm-Maxieford
1 / 2 backflaps into Maxieford p. 392
2 / pick R, heel+ L into Maxieford p. 394
3 / single, double & triple p. 396
4 / double-shuffle p. 398
Jazz Time-Step with Rhythm-Maxieford
Overview p. 400
1 / with shuffle-pull-change & toes in back p. 402
2 / with shuffle-pull-change & toestand p. 405
3 / with shuffle-pull-change & turn p. 406
4 / into Rhythm-Maxieford p. 408
5 / with Pick-Heel-Toe-Heel into Maxieford & Wing p. 409
Other Rhythm-Maxieford Combinations
1 / Rhythm-Charleston: the Nicholas Brothers p. 411
2 / Full-Break with Rhythm-Maxieford p. 414
3 / Buck-And-Wing with Rhythm-Maxieford p. 417
Alternating Maxiefords
starting with stamp+ or hopFLAT+ p. 418
Rhythm-Maxieford Xed in front into Over-The-Top
various combinations p. 424
Standard Maxiefords in Rhythm & Dance Routines
various combinations p. 426
Individual combinations crossing in front
various combinations p. 430
The Basic Dance-Maxieford
various combinations p. 431
The Maxieford Turn
A / 3-count Maxieford Turn
1 / Basic Maxieford p. 440
1a / Basic Maxieford with hop or heel p. 442
2 / Louis DaPron p. 445
3 / Standard Maxieford p. 450
B / 4-count Maxieford Turn
1 / Standard Maxieford with hop or heel p. 452
2 / Basic Maxieford with heel p. 454
C / Rhythm-Maxieford Turn
Fred Astaire p. 455
Further Maxieford Developments
1 / Paul Draper p. 456
2 / Maxieford with Heels: Bob Audy / Paul Draper p. 472
Special Maxieford Rhythms
1a / based on even triplet rhythm p. 483
1b / even binary rhythm p. 483
2a / fast / slow Maxieford p. 484
2b / fast / slow Maxieford + heel p. 485
3 / extra special Maxieford rhythms p. 487
The Maxieford in Waltzclog-Routines
various combinations p. 489
The Maxieford in Books
1 / in early Tap Books p. 496
2 / in recent Tap Books p. 500
