Highlife (West African Dance)
Instructions
Basic steps :
2 count toe points: heel-touch right, step right or heel-touch left, step left
4 count to the side: step right-left-right, touch left or step left-right-left, touch right
All figures are 16 counts and accompanied with various arm movements
Intro 8 counts
1
8 x 2 cts
toe points (stationary)
2
3
4
5
6
4 x 4 cts
4 x 4 cts
4 x 4 cts
4 x 4 cts
2 x 8 cts
push digs to right and left
prayer to right and left
rising prayer to right and left
bend at elbows to right and left
bend at elbows using toe point step and turning right, then left
7
8 x 2 cts
toe points (stationary)
8
9
10
16 cts
4 x 4 cts
16 cts
bongoes stationary
bongoes to right and left
bongoes stationary
11
8 x 2 cts
toe points (stationary)
12
13
14
16 cts
4 x 4 cts
4 x 4 cts
swimming (like breast stroke)
swimming forward (front crawl hopping forward on each stroke)
swimming backward (back stoke stepping backward on each stroke)
15
8 x 2 cts
toe points (stationary)
16
17
18
16 cts
4 x 4 cts
16 cts
big chicken moving forward
little chicken to right and left
big chicken moving backward
19
8 x 2 cts
toe points (stationary)
20
21
4 x 4 cts
4 x 4 cts
arm in terror moving forward
arm in terror moving backward
22
4 cts
toe points (stationary)
24
finale
take one step and finish stationary position: arm in terror
35th Annual Door County Folk Festival (DCFF), Wisconsin, 2014