Rifle Choreography For Beginners
A step-by-step course introducing the fundamentals of rifle choreography. Learn 5 beginner level choreography phrases and boost your vocabulary, knowledge, and understanding of how to smoothly spin your rifle!
This is a beginner-focused choreography course, thoughtfully designed for those students new to the world of rifle or instructors wanting to learn beginner-friendly phrases for their students. If you're looking to step beyond basic technique and explore the creative side of spinning rifle, this course provides the comprehensive instruction you need to begin learning rifle choreography.
We delve into a variety of choreographic elements, through 5 specially crafted beginner phrases, each tailored to enhance your understanding and enjoyment of rifle choreography. By the end of this course, you will have expanded your repertoire, boosted your ability to learn rifle choreography, and learned how to add flair and performance quality to your spinning.
Each phrase is presented in a dedicated section, complete with a full tutorial, breaking down each individual skill, and a music run! There are also optional 'Check Your Spinning' sections at the end of each chapter, where you can submit a video of yourself doing all or some of the choreography, to encourage you to seek feedback and refinement!
Motivation (Tutorial)
Motivation (Music Run)
Check Your Spinning (Optional)
Skrt Skrt (Tutorial)
Skrt Skrt (Music Run)
Check Your Spinning (Optional)
Atlantis Adventure (Tutorial)
Atlantis Adventure (Music Run)
Check Your Spinning (Optional)
Bearing Fruit (Tutorial)
Bearing Fruit (Music Run)
Check Your Spinning (Optional)
Some of the skills you'll LEARN in this course!
A. Foot Positions
1st Position
2nd Position
4th Position
B. Dance Movements
Plie
Passe
Sauté
Chassé
Arabesque
Relevé
Basic Ground Roll
Forced Arch
Lunges
A. Poses and Equipment Positions
Flat
Angle/Port
Vertical/True Port
Cross Port
Flat Above Head
Flat in Plie
Cradle
B. Hand Techniques
Spins/Dropspins (Right & Left)
Spin Taps
Flourishes/Wrist Rotations
Simple Strap Work
Simple Grabs in Backhand (NOT from or into tosses)
C. Additional Techniques
Standard Toss Dip
Different Preps into Tosses
Horizontal Grabs Above the Head
Throwaways (Popular Choreography Move)
Extensions (Popular Choreography Move)
Toaster Turns (Popular Choreography Move)
Backscratcher (Popular Choreography Move)
A. Standard Tosses
Standard Single Toss
Right Hand Single Toss
Standard Double Toss
B. Special Tosses
Lob Toss
Simple Parallel (Small Flat Toss)
Simple 45 (Small Angled Toss)
Small Right-Handed “Blade Toss”
A. Positive Emotions
Happy
Joyful
Cheerful
Ecstatic
Elated
B. Strong and Poised Emotions
Stoic
Strong
Triumphant
Powerful
Poised
Grounded
Anchored
Connected