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Bob’s favorite set techniques p. 11
Bob’s favorite Paul Draper Standards p. 13
Part 1 > Exercises & Training-Steps
1 / Softshoe Flaps > Warm-Up slow tempo p. 16
a / forward in swing + back in triplets
b / forward in swing + back in triplets
c / forward & back in triplets
2 / Flaps + Side-Essence p. 16
a / exercise: 8 - 4 - 2 counts
b / Side-Essence rhythm-exercise
c / exercise: syncopated flaps + Side-Essence - medium swing
3 / Syncopated Fake-Wings p. 19
a / 8 bars
b / 8 bars
4 / Flaps & Syncopated Flaps p. 21
a / Flaps
1 & 2 / training > 3-count flaps bright tempo
3 / training combination medium tempo
b / Syncopated Flaps
1 & 2 / training bright tempo
3 / training combination medium tempo
5 / Flap Combinations p. 24
a / Flaps & Shuffle-Steps
b / Flaps & Syncopated Grapevine
c & d / Flaps & Side-Essence
6 / Flap-Heel p. 28
Broken-Rhythm & Offbeat
7 / flap-heel-dig-pick-heel > Toe-And-Heel Basic < p. 29
a & b / Up-tempo
c / Toe-And-Heel Basic & Cramproll
7a / training combinations with riffle p. 30
1 / 8 bars
2 / 32 bars
3 / a training combination with riffle
a / basic
b / combination
8 / Shuffles
exercise: in triplets slow tempo / triplets p. 31
9 / Shuffle-Steps p. 33
a / training: 2 + 2 + 4 bars bright tempo / offbeat-rhythm
b / training: 8 bars bright tempo / offbeat-rhythm
10 / Shuffle-Step p. 35
a / shuffle-step / shuffle-hop
1 / offbeat with 6-count Pattern
2 / offbeat with 6 & 4-count Pattern
b / Slow-Tempo Combinations with Double-Time
1 / Shuffle-Step + Train-Step
2 / Shuffle-Step + Waltzclog-Jeté
11 / Paul Draper Crossover p. 39
a / 8 bars
b / 16 bars > variation
c & d / 4 bars > variation
e / 16-bar combination
12 / Waltzclog Time-Step in 4/4-time p. 42
A / Fast Tempo
1a / Basic + Cross-Phrasing
1b / 3 against 4 > Cross-Phrasing
2 / Waltzclog + flap-heel-dig-pick-heel
B / Medium Tempo
1 / Waltzclog + Side-Essence
a / Basic
b & c / Waltzclog + Side-Essence > Combination
C / Slow Tempo
1 / shuffle-steps + Waltzclog-Break
2 & 3 / Jazz-Combination
13 / Toe-And-Heel Waltzclog p. 48
a / Training Combinations
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
b / Combinations
1 / 16 bars
2 / 8 bars
a / show-tempo combination
b / slow waltz
c / Toe-And-Heel Waltzclog & Maxieford
14 / Toe-And-Heel Waltz-Pullback p. 53
a / 16 bars > basic-combination
b / 32 bars > Waltzclog Mix
c / Combination > 16 bars
15 / Waltz-Pullback p. 56
A / Waltz-Pull Combinations in Waltz-Time
1 / Waltz-Pullback with Extension
2 / basic-combination
3 & 4 / Combination with Syncopated Jeté
B / Waltz-Pullback in 4/4-time
1 / 3-3-2 Break & Cross-Phrasing
16 / Shuffle-Pull-Change p. 59
a / Basic > 8 & 4 counts
b, c, d, e / 16 bars
f / shuffle-pullback-change + heel
17 / Shuffle-Pull-Hop p. 64
a / 16 bars
18 / Maxieford with pull-change & heel > Alternating p. 65
A / Up-Tempo
1 / 3-count Cross-Phrasing (8 bars)
2 / 4-bar Combination with 3-count Cross-Phrasing
3 / Combination with pull-change & heels
B / Slow-Tempo
> Maxieford with pull-change in triplets «Softshoe-Pullback»
1 & 2 / 4 bars
C / ... with additional taps: sixteenth-notes & sixteenth-notes triplets
1 / 4-count Pattern
2 / 3-count Cross-Phrasing
3 / 4-bar Combination
19 / Double-Pullback p. 69
A / basics
1 / pullback - pullfront
2 / with heels
B / basic combinations
1 / touch+ + double-pullback
a / 4 bars
b / 8 bars
c / waltz-time
2 / 5/4-time
3 / waltzclog + double-pullback
C / Combinations
1 / military
2 / military > double-pullback with heels
3 / waltzclog + double-pullback
4 / jazz > slow tempo
5 / up-tempo
20 / Wing Basics p. 74
A / exercise for wing technique
B / Basic Single Wings
1 / wing
2 / wing + wing-and-hop
3 / wing-change + wing-and-hop
21 / Wing Combinations p. 75
A / wings in 8th-notes > broken-rhythm
1 / Bright tempo
a / 4-4 / 3-3-2 + cross-phrasing
b / 3-3-2 combination + cross-phrasing
c / 2-3-3 + 3-3-2 combination
2 / step & wing / hop & wing
B / Softshoe-Wings
1 / Brush-Wing-And-A-Step
a / 4-count Basic
b / 5/4-time
2 / Brush-Wing-And-A-Heel
a / > 4-count Basic
b / > 4-count Basic & Break
C / wings in triplets
1 / wing & step
a / > 4-count basic
b / > cross-phrasing
c / waltz-time
d / jazz-wings
D / special wings
1 / wing with shuffle > Paul Draper
2 / wing-change with shuffle + heel
22 / Turns p. 81
a / Maxieford-Turns
b / turns on large CWC - manège
1 / 4 bars & REPEAT
2 / 4 bars & REVERSE
23 / Riffs p. 82
a / Riff-Walk-5
b / Riff-Walk-12
c / Riff-walk-combination
24 / Riffles & Irish Time-Step with Riffles > medium bright tempo p. 84
a / exercise > 8 counts
b / exercise > 4 counts
b2 / exercise - adding a heel
c / Basic 4-count Irish
d / basic 2
e / riffle + heel-step syncopation
6 / Combinations with Riffles + flap-heel-dig-pick-heel
1 / 2 bars
2 / 8 bars
3 / 24 bars
4 / 8 bars > 3-count cross-phrasing
25 / Paddle Combination p. 89
26 / Time-Step p. 90
a / Fake-Wing Time-Step
b / Combination with Riffle Time-Step
c / Military Time-Step
1 / with Double-Time Break
2 / Military Time-Step Combination
27 / Bill Robinson style p. 93
a & b / 8 bars
28 / Combinations p. 95
A / bright tempo > Toe-And-Heel Style
1 / bright tempo > 16 bars
2 / bright tempo > 32 bars
B / Brush-Jeté Combination
C / Waltzclog & Brush-Jeté Combinations
1 & 2 / bright tempo > 8 bars
3 & 4 / bright tempo > 16-bars
5 / bright tempo > 24 bars
D / Combination > 16 bars
E / Draper’s Waltzclog into Buck-And-Wing Combination
F / Irish + Toe-And-Heel Basic
29 / Jazz Combinations p. 107
A / medium tempo
1 & 2 / 16 bars
B / slow tempo > swing
1 & 2 / 8 bars
3 / 16 bars
part 2 > Concert Style
> barre au milieu <
1 / taps p. 112
A / slow tempo
1 & 2 / all triplets
B / bright tempo
1 / 3-3-2 & cross phrasing
2 / afterbeat + 3-3-2
2 / brushJETE > petit jeté p. 116
a / exercice - waltz (16 bars)
b / exercise - 4/4-time > 16 bars
> center exercises <
1 / dégagé p. 118
a / exercise - slow tempo
b / training combination - slow tempo
c / alternative set-up
d / waltz - exercise
2 / Ballet Technique p. 120
a / brisé - slow waltz
b / air-turn
3 / Pas de Bourrée p. 121
A / Pas-de-Bourrée technique
1 / with brush-3
2 / with brush-4
B / combinations - slow tempo
1 / standard with brush-3 and heel
2 / variation with brush-4
3 / slow tempo
4 & 5 / medium-tempo
4 / Maxieford p. 126
a / exercise - slow tempo
b / turn with chassé - slow tempo
5 / Waltz-Pull-turn p. 126
6 / Jazz-Waltz Combinations p. 127
a1 / combination - medium tempo
a2 / variation
b / 8 bars
c / pirouette combination
d / Waltzpull & variations
7 / 4/4-time Combinations p. 131
a / Sissonne & Turn
b / Attitude
c / Softshoe
part 3 > Choreographies
«Intro-Step» A CAPPELLA p. 133
«Black And Blue» p. 135
Softshoe tempo
«Deed I Do» p. 137
Music & Lyrics : Fred Rose & Walter Hirsch (1926)
Tempo: 160-180
«From This Moment On» p. 139
music & lyrics: Cole Porter
bright tempo
«Funny Face» p. 143
music: George Gershwin
tempo: 126-132
«Give My Regards To Broadway» p. 147
music: George M. Cohan
«Just One Of Those Things» p. 149
Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter
Tempo: 240
«Love Is A Simple Thing» p. 152
music & lyrics: Arthur Siegel & June Carroll
«Mame» (1) p. 155
music & lyrics: Jerry Herman
«Mame» (2) p. 158
music & lyrics: Jerry Herman
«You Do Something To Me» p. 162
music: Cole Porter
(private, July 1978)
