Reverse Four Step
- Level
- Silver (ISTD)(IDTA)
- Timing
- (QQQQ)
- Rotation
- Up to ¾ to Left
Click here for the Four Step.
Historical Note
In our 1955 edition of Alex Moore's Revised Technique, there is no mention of the Four Step taken as a traveling, reverse turning figure. However, it is featured in Popular Variations by the same author (Tango Variation #21) as
"The Turning Four Step (as a Reverse Turn)." In the 1966 edition of the
Revised Technique, Moore notes the following:
"A modern way of dancing the Four Step is to commence facing diag. to centre and make half a turn on the complete figure to end facing diag. to wall against
L.O.D. (in PP). [...] Advanced dancers can make up to ¾ turn to the left to take the following promenade along L.O.D."
Note: As with the regular Four Step, both Techniques theoretically allow for
1-2 Reverse Four Step to be followed by an Outside Swivel. The result of this union is covered in the article on the Reverse Outside Swivel.
In our 1955 edition of Alex Moore's Revised Technique, there is no mention of the Four Step taken as a traveling, reverse turning figure. However, it is featured in Popular Variations by the same author (Tango Variation #21) as
"The Turning Four Step (as a Reverse Turn)." In the 1966 edition of the
Revised Technique, Moore notes the following:
"A modern way of dancing the Four Step is to commence facing diag. to centre and make half a turn on the complete figure to end facing diag. to wall against
L.O.D. (in PP). [...] Advanced dancers can make up to ¾ turn to the left to take the following promenade along L.O.D."
Note: As with the regular Four Step, both Techniques theoretically allow for
1-2 Reverse Four Step to be followed by an Outside Swivel. The result of this union is covered in the article on the Reverse Outside Swivel.
Video examples
Video Example 1
Notes
-13C shows the Reverse Four Step (turned 3/4 to Left).
-13C shows the Reverse Four Step (turned 3/4 to Left).