Electric Slide
Choreographed by Unknown
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Electric Slide |
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Choreographed by Unknown |
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| SLIDE TO THE RIGHT | |
| 1& | Step right to side, slide/step left together |
| 2& | Step right to side, slide/step left together |
| 3 | Step right to side |
| 4 | Touch left together |
| Clap | |
| SLIDE TO THE LEFT | |
| 5& | Step left to side, slide/step right together |
| 6& | Step left to side, slide/step right together |
| 7 | Step left to side |
| 8 | Touch right together |
| Clap | |
| MOVE BACK | |
| 9 | Step right back |
| 10 | Step left back |
| 11 | Step right back |
| 12 | Touch left heel forward |
| Clap and optionally lift left heel slightly | |
| ROCK FORWARD, ROCK BACK | |
| 13 | Step left in place |
| 14 | Touch right toe in place |
| At same time rock forward or dip down and touch floor with right hand, (or just get funky, shake shoulders, hips, whatever). Lift toe slightly off the floor after the touch | |
| 15 | Step right in place |
| 16 | Touch left heel in place |
| Clap and optionally lift left heel slightly | |
| STEP AND TURN | |
| 17 | Step left in place |
| 18 | Hitch right knee |
| Using the momentum of the hitch, turn yourself ¼ left to begin the dance again | |
| REPEAT | |
| This 18-count dance has been around for many, many years, and has seen thousands of variations. For example, some dancers will turn the first 8 counts into a vine right with a scuff and a vine left with a scuff, with an optional full turn on either or both vines. This is a very common variation. But the slides as shown in counts 1-8 above are presumably where the dance got its name, so we choose to offer it this way | |
| In April of 2003, Ric Silver produced a 22-count contra line dance called The Electric (aka Electric Slide), which he claims to have choreographed in 1976. THE 18-COUNT "ELECTRIC SLIDE" IS NOT AN INCORRECT VERSION OF "THE ELECTRIC". IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DANCE, WHICH HAPPENS TO HAVE A SIMILAR TITLE AND THREE SIMILAR STEPS. NEITHER IS A VARIATION OF THE OTHER. "The Electric" is available at the Kickit website, by permission of Ric Silver | |
| The 18-count Electric Slide appears to be the one being danced worldwide. It is not clear if Ric Silver's "The Electric" was ever danced in public | |