Teapot (6 counts ; 12 musical beats) : Brief Description

Steps

1: (Step back)

The man leads the lady to move backwards (stepping back on her right foot in preparation for an anticlockwise rotation) — by pushing her right hand slightly with his left hand — as he moves backwards-left off the lady's line, leaving it free for her to step forwards and offers his right hand for the lady to take his right hand in her left hand.

2: (Step in)

The man leads the lady to move forwards and turn 360^o clockwise (with weight on her right leg) under his left hand (and the lady's right hand) — by raising his left hand (and the lady's right hand) above his head behind his neck and bringing his right hand (and the lady's left hand) between them, behind the lady's back onto her left hip — as he moves forwards.

3: (Circle clockwise)

The man leads the lady to move with him so that both partners circle 360^o clockwise side by side — by pushing the lady's back slightly with his right hand.

In the traditional version of the move the man has the left-to-right hands behind his neck forming the handle (with his right hand on the lady's left waist) while the lady's left hand is not held — typically pointing down at the ground, forming the spout!

Some dancers syncopate the walks: stepping forwards on the and beat on their outside legs (on the ball of the foot), and closing the inside foot to the outside foot with weight on the beat (so that the outside foot is free to walk forwards).

4–7

The Teapot ends like steps 3–6 of the Slidebreak.