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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