HotLinerz's Dance-Log

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I had a spectacular view of how Gyrate was done LIVE during Mr Leong’s party last weekend, watching Wendy Teh and her group. They were awesome and the first stepsheet I look for after the party was – you guessed it – Gyrate!

The meaning of Gyrate is according to the Online Dictionary is:

gyrate [jire-rate] Verb to turn round and round in a circle

In the song, I think Gyrate refers to the circling of the hips! And so has the choreographer put that into the steps!

Here’s a breakdown for the Hands Bit – It’s too fast to be viewed on video, so still graphics will do a better job! Remember my watch is on my left wrist and the pictures are placed above the description!

Hands Bit:

1: After the clap, both palms are in front of face. Slide your right fingers down your left palm.

&: Then rotate both palm downwards.

2: Push up your left palm and arch back your right palm. At the same time, both palms move to the right hip.

&: Still with the same palm positions, move both palms to the left hip.

3: Rotate both palms up again, also bring both palms up to left chest.

&: Push up your right palm to arch back your left palm.

4: Push down your left palm again to arch back your right palm. You will get the same position as (3).

5: Still with the same palm positions, bring both palms to the right chest.

&: Rotate both palms downwards.

6: Rotate up the palms again. You will get the same position as (5).

&: Slide right palm/fingers along left arm towards left elbow. You will see a “rectangle”.

7: Slide both palms along the arms towards each other. The palm positions are as (6).

8: Then, push back right palm to arch back left palm.

Extra Tips from Hsiu-Fang Liu (USA):

The movements of hands are from upper right to lower right, then to lower left, then to upper left. Practice is the key!