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Tap Dance Collection N°4a THE MAXIEFORD - Free! (Victor Cuno), 59p. (Victor Cuno), 505p. A complete research about the techniqes and combination of the famous Maxieford.
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Tap Dance Collection N°4a THE MAXIEFORD - Free! (Victor Cuno), 59p. (Victor Cuno), 505p. A complete research about the techniqes and combination of the famous Maxieford.
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contents
What is a Maxieford? p. 4
How to do the Maxieford
Getting ready / Learning the Basic Maxieford-Break p. 4
The Standard Maxieford-Break p. 6
An additional «Heel» sound p. 7
The exact execution of a Maxieford-Turn p. 7
The Maxieford-Break
Introduction p. 8
section 1: the Original Maxieford-Break p. 9
section 2: Original - Professional - Standard - Basic p. 10
section 3: Original - Offbeat - Syncopated p. 11
The Maxieford-Change Break p. 12
The traditional use of the Maxieford-Break
Buck-And-Wing Style p. 13
Maxieford 2-3-3 Combination
Original - Professional - Standard - Offbeat p. 15
Maxieford Time-Step
Standard - Offbeat - Syncopated - Syncopated - Lazy p. 16
The ‘Maxieford’ Rhythm Time-Step p. 18
The 4-count Maxieford
Single - Triple - Military Rhythm p. 18
Maxieford-Combinations
Combinations FINISHING with the Maxieford:
The B.S.-Break p. 20
The B.S.-Break in the 1930s p. 21
Variation of the B.S.-Time-Step > the Sand-Pattern p. 24
The Buck-And-Wing Combination p. 25
(One-Foot) Irish Time-Step into Maxieford p. 27
Finishing-Break with Maxieford p. 28
Classic Patterns + Maxieford p. 29
Time-Step Break with a Maxieford p. 31
Combinations STARTING with the Maxieford:
Over-The-Top / Bandy-Twist / Double-Click / Wing p. 31
Maxieford Cross-Phrasing
Standard Maxieford / Alternating Maxieford p. 32
Maxieford Half-Break
In Half-Break Routines p. 34
Maxieford Over-The-Top
with shuffle-pulls / with cut-outs p. 35
Syncopated-Glide variation p. 36
The «Lazy» Maxieford
B.S.-Break / Syncopated Break / Buck-And-Wing p. 37
Creative with the Maxieford weight-changes
Fred Astaire / Nicholas Brothers / Danny Daniels p. 38
Rhythm-Maxieford
Introduction: a change in the rhythm p. 41
The Jazz Time-Step with a Rhythm-Maxieford p. 44
The Nicholas Brothers > a special Charleston p. 46
The Softshoe Full-Break / A Rhythm Buck-And-Wing p. 47
Alternating Rhythm-Maxieford p. 48
The Rhythm-Maxieford as Over-The-Top p. 49
John Bubbles: the Grace-Tap Maxieford p. 50
The Dance-Maxieford
Basic - Standard p. 51
The Maxieford-Turn
Technique & Rhythm p. 52
Louis DaPron & Donald O’Connor p. 53
Paul Draper: new rhythmic issues for the Maxieford
The value of the «Heel» sound» / Even Maxieford Rhythms p. 54
Maxieford with Heels / 9-sound Maxieford / 12-sound Maxieford p. 57
The Buck-And-Wing Combination p. 59
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