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Rh a Single Step (just like the Single Step in the Maxixe) right around the gentleman. This will, of course, turn the man around, and in doing so uncross his feet; when this is done the lady puts her right foot slowly forward and the man his left foot slowly back, and they go into the Cortez. By practising this step well you will find it quite possible for the lady to make a complete ring around the gentleman, but it depends greatly on his balance, and if he finds his feet getting wound up again all he has to do is to lift the left foot up and place it at the back for the Cortez. Care should be taken to go into and out of this step very slowly, easily, and deliberately.

This is simply an ordinary Waltz step done very slowly in time to the music, one step to each count—left, right, left, and right, left, right; it is a very important and useful step, and should be used to fill in between the more difficult steps.

The Eight Step has already been explained in the chapter on the One Step. In the Tango it is exactly the same except that instead of the dancers