Electric Slide
Choreographed by Unknown
Description:18 count, 4 wall, beginner line dance
Music: Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths
SLIDE TO THE RIGHT
1&Step right to side, slide/step left together
2&Step right to side, slide/step left together
3Step right to side
4Touch left together
Clap
SLIDE TO THE LEFT
5&Step left to side, slide/step right together
6&Step left to side, slide/step right together
7Step left to side
8Touch right together
Clap
MOVE BACK
9Step right back
10Step left back
11Step right back
12Touch left heel forward
Clap and optionally lift left heel slightly
ROCK FORWARD, ROCK BACK
13Step left in place
14Touch right toe in place
At same time rock forward or dip down and touch floor with right hand, (or just get funky, shake shoulders, hips, whatever). Lift toe slightly off the floor after the touch
15Step right in place
16Touch left heel in place
Clap and optionally lift left heel slightly
STEP AND TURN
17Step left in place
18Hitch right knee
Using the momentum of the hitch, turn yourself ¼ left to begin the dance again
REPEAT
This 18-count dance has been around for many, many years, and has seen thousands of variations. For example, some dancers will turn the first 8 counts into a vine right with a scuff and a vine left with a scuff, with an optional full turn on either or both vines. This is a very common variation. But the slides as shown in counts 1-8 above are presumably where the dance got its name, so we choose to offer it this way
In April of 2003, Ric Silver produced a 22-count contra line dance called The Electric (aka Electric Slide), which he claims to have choreographed in 1976. THE 18-COUNT "ELECTRIC SLIDE" IS NOT AN INCORRECT VERSION OF "THE ELECTRIC". IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DANCE, WHICH HAPPENS TO HAVE A SIMILAR TITLE AND THREE SIMILAR STEPS. NEITHER IS A VARIATION OF THE OTHER. "The Electric" is available at the Kickit website, by permission of Ric Silver
The 18-count Electric Slide appears to be the one being danced worldwide. It is not clear if Ric Silver's "The Electric" was ever danced in public
Music: Electric Boogie by Marcia Griffiths
1&Step right to side, slide/step left together
2&Step right to side, slide/step left together
3Step right to side
4Touch left together
Clap
5&Step left to side, slide/step right together
6&Step left to side, slide/step right together
7Step left to side
8Touch right together
Clap
9Step right back
10Step left back
11Step right back
12Touch left heel forward
Clap and optionally lift left heel slightly
13Step left in place
14Touch right toe in place
At same time rock forward or dip down and touch floor with right hand, (or just get funky, shake shoulders, hips, whatever). Lift toe slightly off the floor after the touch
15Step right in place
16Touch left heel in place
Clap and optionally lift left heel slightly
17Step left in place
18Hitch right knee
Using the momentum of the hitch, turn yourself ¼ left to begin the dance again
In April of 2003, Ric Silver produced a 22-count contra line dance called The Electric (aka Electric Slide), which he claims to have choreographed in 1976. THE 18-COUNT "ELECTRIC SLIDE" IS NOT AN INCORRECT VERSION OF "THE ELECTRIC". IT IS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DANCE, WHICH HAPPENS TO HAVE A SIMILAR TITLE AND THREE SIMILAR STEPS. NEITHER IS A VARIATION OF THE OTHER. "The Electric" is available at the Kickit website, by permission of Ric Silver
The 18-count Electric Slide appears to be the one being danced worldwide. It is not clear if Ric Silver's "The Electric" was ever danced in public
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