The Streets by Camille Jones

Coaching Notes:

Pre-Teach: Yes
Focus: External
Purpose: To explore rhythm and creative dramatic expressions of the upper body.

This is a great dance walking track with lots of drama, passion and intensity.

First move is a little combo: you walk slow for 4, then reach your arms and drop twice. In the this move coach for intensity, passion and drama.
And really important is to coach for reaching differently every time –using directions, levels, both arms or just one.
Really play with this in your own dancing as well so you can inspire them by showing different variety of the move.
You want to teach them this move before the music starts so they get it, and see how to play with the move in different ways.

Second move is a dance walk to the beat. Coach for turns, directions and full body dancing as they walk.
It’s a little divaish in the energy so play with the idea of being a runway model, a fierce drag queen and so on.
In the part where you dance walk you can give people the option of adding a 123 when they want.

This song is great with finger lights, but notice that you alter the move slightly. You place the finger lights on the palm side of the hand, facing out.
You reach your arms showing the light, and as you drop you close your fists hiding the light.

Transitions:
0:00 walk-4-reach-drop-drop
0:35 dance walk
1:11 walk-4-reach-drop-drop
1:46 dance walk
2:40 walk-4-reach-drop-drop
2:57 dance walk

***YouTube is not exactly the same version. Use Spotify or Apple Music for synchronized start.