source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg5flk8mYAE
The Rebels
Ed & Inez Thompson are incredible original Pure Balboa dancers. Natalie Esparza (in the dark dress dancing with the man (Phil) in the pink shirt) was an original SoCal Swing dancer. Bal-swing legend @Willie Desatoff with his wife Lila is after them. - @Bobby White
first example of “walking back” in balboa I could find Willie and Lila at end 14:45. Also the forward traveling out and ins. Notice music choice!!
1:27 spank the baby ish walks 1:36 spank the baby ish walks again
Cuban and Sterget 2:54 hard stop 3:00 cross hand to turn and back again x3 3:35 cute dip
Ed and Inez 4:30 traveling backwards up basic 4:34 pendulum 4:45 lollies 4:53 all quicks in place 5:02 all quicks forward 5:09 pendulum 5:26 cross kicks
Chris and Melanie - off beat, imitating balboa, don’t actually know how to do it. Notice the bachata timing? 7:17 cross hand to turn and back again x3
8:35 Jonathan Bixby and Sylvia Sykes 9:07 multi swiviels, ahh, young hips 9:15 cross kicks 9:30 paddles 9:35 back crossing 9:37 sway sway… IS THIS BALBOA? 10:02 hard stop, is this balboa? 10:04 spank the baby lite - is this bal? 10:08 slow to fast contrast, very modern
Phil and Natalie Esparza 11:32 pivots (but quick) 13:21 spank the baby walks
Willie Desatoff with his wife Lila How much time was he “pure” bal and how much was bal-swing? This smooth style became what i would argue so prevelent, it is now a 3rd version. 14:13 texas tommy