Electric Slide
Choreographed by Unknown
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Description: |
18 count, 4 wall, beginner line
dance |
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Music: |
Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths [ CD: Carousel / CD: Millenniums
Greatest Line Dance Party ] |
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SLIDE
TO THE RIGHT |
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1& |
Right foot step to side, left
foot slide to right foot |
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2& |
Right foot step to side, left
foot slide to right foot |
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3 |
Right foot step to side |
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4 |
Left foot touch beside right
(clap hands) |
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SLIDE
TO THE LEFT |
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5& |
Left foot step to side, right
foot slide to left foot |
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6& |
Left foot step to side, right
foot slide to left foot |
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7 |
Left foot step to side |
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8 |
Right foot touch beside left
(clap hands) |
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MOVE
BACK |
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9 |
Right foot step back |
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10 |
Left foot step back |
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11 |
Right foot step back |
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12 |
Touch left heel forward (clap
hands) and then lift it slightly |
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ROCK
FORWARD, ROCK BACK |
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13 |
Left foot step forward (begin
rock motion forward) |
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14 |
Tap right toe in place behind
you, and 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 tap. |
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15 |
Right foot step back (in place,
beginning rock motion back) |
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16 |
Touch left heel forward (clap
hands) and then lift it slightly |
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STEP
AND TURN |
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17 |
Left foot step forward |
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18 |
Scuff right foot forward, using
the momentum of the forward step and the scuff to turn yourself ¼ turn to
left |
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REPEAT |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |