The original 22 steps on how to do the electric slide were created by its choreographer, Ric Silver, in 1976. It's not very complicated but a lot of simplified steps are now being taught if you try searching for other dance websites. The electric slide is quite famous in many countries. This is probably because the steps on how to do the electric slide dance are fairly easy to remember and don't hinder our enthusiasm to continually learn while enjoying it at the same time.
For many years, the unrestrictive nature of the electric dance has been the motivation of many dancers to make different variations when dancing. I've seen dancers jumping, wiggling and doing more contemporary steps added to the basic.
This article, however, will not delve much on the modern variations. Instead, this will teach you how to do the electric slide in a simpler and easy-to-learn ways.
But before we get on the actual tutorial, there are a few things that I need you to remember. It's pretty basic and if you've had some basic knowledge about dance terminologies, this is probably no longer new to you.
Grapevine
Grapevine is a series of dance steps that usually go sideways. Whether you're going to the right or left, a grapevine series will involve crossing of your legs in front or behind the other leg as you try moving sideways. At the end of each sideways count, your feet must go back to its original stance and not get crossed or tangled. This means your feet must be beside each other at the last count.
Tapping
With the electric slide, tapping means stepping your foot lightly on the dance floor without putting ample weight on the tapping foot.
Dance proper
• Do a grapevine towards the right, 4 steps/counts. At the end of the count, you may clap or not. Usually, clapping is more like it!
• Do the same grapevine series towards the left with the same counting. The same as before, you may clap or not.
• Then move 4 steps behind you, move the right foot forward then the left. Then move the left foot backward followed by the right.
• Step your foot forward and then do a semi turn and stop. Then repeat all steps.
Remember: Do not go on too extreme. If there's one thing you should know about how to do the electric slide, it's done with relaxing rocking motion. Not too fast, not too slow. Don't look restrictive, go with the beat and let yourself flow.
