Getting Back On Beat in Chicago Style Stepping with Ernest Williams and Teresa Madyun 

Thank you Tanya for your feedback. Stay tuned for more. Also consider becoming a member on my site to get access to much more in my Foundation course. It starts from the beginning but it ramps up pretty quickly over the months.

Thank you! I appreciate your feedback.

Thanks Bro!

Hi Gordon. Thanks for the question. The answer is not easily explained in writing and not easy to purposefully recreate it since it happens unintentionally. Sometimes people take one extra step or one less step than is required. Sometimes people add or take away a beat unintentionally. Sometimes somebody steps too fast or too slow which gets them off beat as well. Of course the music can change and if you don’t adjust then you will be off beat. I hope this helps.

Great vid, Most times the leader fixes it, but I do it also, when I can tell they don't know we we are off beat.

Hey Swan! This is from a new skool perspective. I believe staying on the up beat is more important to new skoolers. In my observation ole skool and even more so freestyle often go back and forth between dancing on the upbeat and downbeat. So for ole skool and freestyle, people would not necessarily have a problem if the music changed the beat underneath them, and they would not feel the need to adjust the dance at all. There are some ole skoolers that try to stay on either the upbeat or the downbeat for the whole song. For them this concept could apply, but again I don't think it's as imperative to them as it is to new skoolers.

@@SteppersFlow Thanks , I am glad you are taking the time to familiarize new skoolers what the difference is ! I know many people think all of the dances are the same .

Hey! I’m currently living in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Just moved here from Chicago the end of 2022.