Hi everybody!
Today we did two things:
1. A little exercise for you to practise how to do more than one basic step forward or backwards. Guys: you have to go staying with the same energy the hole time till you change the direction.
2. The second thing we did, it was the prison step. You can check it hier:
http://zouk-germany.com/beginners-prison-step/
Have fun!
Hi everybody!
Today’s step has a nice effect.
After the left turn of the lady, guys you will you have to lead the elastic in slow motion, for the lady to go just with the lright foot to the front. Ladies, please go with the same energy of the guy. Stay a little bit back, so you will feel better the leading of the guy.
Guys: If the lady is down after the elastic bring her back pushing with your left hand to the right and turn to the right, putting your right hand on her back. Now you will bring the lady again to the front. Use both hands for it and open a window with your left arm, so the lady is doing the wave through the window.
Ladies: If you are down you have to connect your right hand with your shoulder. In this wayy you will understand the leading of the guy. For the snake (big wave) bring your head up and at the same time push your chest to the front. If use a little bit energy you won’t have any hair on your face.
Have fun!
Hi everybody!
Pendulum is an important step because we are dancing it the hole time in a lot of variations.
Important for the ladies:
Important for the guys:
Nice nice nice! Very soon we will film some videos with variations of the pendulum.
See you next week!
Hi everybody!
In this step you have to pay attention with the turns.
1. The turn of the lady on one leg. The turn needs a preparation. Guys, if the lady is going with the left foot you give her the idea, she has to go down. In the same moment when she is transfering the weight to the left foot, you bring the lady up and help her to turn, keeping her in her axis. You will support the lady with both arms. For the ladies: Keep the tension on your body and go up while turning. While turning don’t stop the energy. The guy will block you but you have to turn thinking, you want to do another more turn.
2. The second difficult part is the turn for the guys while leading the turn of the ladies. Guys: You have to put your left hand on the same place you have your right hand (the right shoulder blade of the lady), that’s the secret. Ladies: While turning keep the tension in your center, do your steps on the line and don’t bring the head up alone. Wait till your partner lead the cambré (or whatever).
Have fun!
Hi everybody!
Today we are dancing a left turn for the lady and after that a left turn for the guys. We will repeat the hole time the same steps: left turn and lateral. Important: please do your third step on the on spot by left tunr and by lateral.
For the guys: Your mantra is “first the lady”. Think about leading her before you move. If you are turning, you will let the hand of the lady on your waist (the ladies keep the contact), so you know where to geet the hand again after the turn.
For the ladies: Turn always your upper body to your partner. If you do the last turn, be carefull with your left arm holding it in front of your chest.
Have fun!
The last week we just transfer the weight from one side to each other and today we want to see another variation playing with the wave. You can check it here
http://zouk-germany.com/09-03-15-intermediate-transfering-weight-line-audience/
Today.
Guys, please watch the video for the leading. It’s not a easy leading and you have to understand how it works. While dancing this step, think always “first the lady”. You should check if the lady understand what you are leading, wait for her answer.
For the ladies: If your left shoulder goes down, relax your neck, let the head hang to the left side and go into the wave. Don’t do the wave for yourself because the guy can play doing the step slower or faster.
See you next week!
Hi everybody!
If the lady bend to the front, guys we have for the beginners three possibilities: lead the cambré, bring the lady just up or bring the lady back to you leading the snake.
If you want to see the cambré, we recommend you this video:
http://zouk-germany.com/02-02-15-beginners-2-cambre/
Today we are doing the snake or miau variation.
For the lady to bend to the front, please guys, watch the video and try to understand the leading. You are bringing the lady to you and down before she transfers the weight to the left foot.
Ladies: Keep the contact with the hand of the guy. Bending to the front your chest goes at the begining to the front and your head is back. If you are down, your chest is in and your head is to the front.
For the snake or miau:
We hope you enjoy it! See you next week!
Hi everybody!
I’m sure, while dancing zouk you want to look nice. A very important thing to reach it is to dance for yourself. If you are just thinking about steps, you will dance like a robot. But if you feel the music and you try to move your body with the music, your dance will get nicer.
And how to do it? If your are shy person you can dance at home for you and little by little put it on your dance. It’s not about doing what you want if you are dancing zouk. It’s about bringing the move from inside to outside. Important for the ladies, because the guy is leading you, and if you don’t dance, you will look like a doll, maybe a beautiful one, but a doll.
Enjoy the dance and feel the music!
Hi everybody!
In Zouk there are a lot of kinds of turns and it’s very important for you to learn the differences between all of them. Today we will speak a little bit about the normal zouk turn (third step on the spot) and the turn on the line (you open at the end). The main difference in the leading: For a normal turn the guy just paint a circle over the head of the lady. For a turn on the line, the guy first bring the lady on the line and after that lead the turn.
For the combination: we are doing the lateral step, the left turn and after that the turn on the line with return (Yoyo).
Important things for the Yoyo:
Guys: After the first left turn of the lady make space on your right side for the lady to be comfortable. Everytime you bring the lady to you, you think on this space. You are leading the lady to the front with your hole body, not just with your arm. For the turn on the line, first bring the lady into the line and after that you turn the lady. If you are leading the last step remember to get the lady on 2 with your right hand.
For the ladies: Don’t put your weight on your heels while turning on the line because in this way you loose your balance backwards. Your focus is on your partner. For the first turns take care about your right arm and bring it over your left arm (in front of your chest and the elbow in front of your shoulder, not outside). For the last turn is very important to close your legs on 2 before you go your third step, so you will keep better your balance. Please take care too about your left arm and bring it up.
Have fun!
Hi everybody!
Technique is very important if you don’t want to heart yourself. We will learn today how to go down with your partner. PLEASE: Warm up your body and do the step under your own responsibility. These videos cannot replace a zouk teacher. They are like a map, so you know, the possibilities you have with zouk. BUt you need regular zouk lessons!
Ladies: if you are doing the “table cambré”, your feet are parallel under the line of your shoulders. Your knees go to the front. You try to sit over your feet. Your back is straigh and you look to the front. If you go up, you can use the energy of your legs to go up with the pelvis first, don’t get the energy from your back.
Guys: be prepared to support your lady and go down on your left knee. If you bring the lady up, let the move breath (watch the video).
See you next week!
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