Five Step
- Level
- Gold (ISTD), (IDTA)
- Timing
- (QQQQS) or (QQS&S)
- Rotation
- Up to ¼ Left.
Click here for the Reverse Five Step.
Notes
The Five Step is not listed in our 1955 or 1966 editions of The Revised Technique by
Alex Moore. However, it earned high praise in Popular Variations by the same author:
"This is one of the best ideas for years.[...] Has excellent character, and is easy to teach."
It is outlined in Tango Variation #41, and is also featured in amalgamation #43.
Interestingly, its first description in Popular Variations features an alignment that we today would call a Reverse Five Step. We surmise that the similarities to the
Four Step were soon discovered, and it was thus codified in its current alignment.
The Five Step is not listed in our 1955 or 1966 editions of The Revised Technique by
Alex Moore. However, it earned high praise in Popular Variations by the same author:
"This is one of the best ideas for years.[...] Has excellent character, and is easy to teach."
It is outlined in Tango Variation #41, and is also featured in amalgamation #43.
Interestingly, its first description in Popular Variations features an alignment that we today would call a Reverse Five Step. We surmise that the similarities to the
Four Step were soon discovered, and it was thus codified in its current alignment.
Video examples
Video Example 1
Notes
-24B shows the Five Step turned ¼ to Left, at a Corner.
-24C shows the Five Step with no turn.
-24B shows the Five Step turned ¼ to Left, at a Corner.
-24C shows the Five Step with no turn.
Video Example 2
Notes
There is one Five Step (QQS&S) in this video:
1. Occurs at 0:06
Entry Figure: Back Corté (Open Finish)
Exit Figure: Closed Promenade with extra (S)
There is one Five Step (QQS&S) in this video:
1. Occurs at 0:06
Entry Figure: Back Corté (Open Finish)
Exit Figure: Closed Promenade with extra (S)
Video Example 3
Notes
There are two Five Steps in this video:
1. The first Five Step (QQS&S) occurs at 0:48
Entry Figure: Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot
Exit Figure: Closed Promenade
2. The second Five Step (QQQQS) occurs at 1:03
Entry Figure: Promenade Link
Exit Figure: Closed Promenade
There are two Five Steps in this video:
1. The first Five Step (QQS&S) occurs at 0:48
Entry Figure: Fallaway Reverse and Slip Pivot
Exit Figure: Closed Promenade
2. The second Five Step (QQQQS) occurs at 1:03
Entry Figure: Promenade Link
Exit Figure: Closed Promenade