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If you follow this link, you will find the explanations of the step in the first part of the video.
http://zouk-germany.com/01-04-15-easy-head-movements-turn-spot-cambre/
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We do today a little variation of the cross step.
Guys: While crossing behind with the right, you will bring your left hand over your head. Then with the ladies on your right side you will lead a basic step and after that, with your right hand on her waist you will lead the left turn. You get the lady on two.
For the ladies: Take care about your arms while turning and put your under arms in front of your chest.
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Hi everybody!
We learn today how to do head movements while turning together on the spot. For the ladies: Please warm up your body before dancing this step and practise under your own responsibility.
Here you can remember how to turn on the spot togehter to the right:
http://zouk-germany.com/turning-together-on-the-spot/
Now we want to do some head movements while turning.
Guys: While turning you have to keep the same energy he hole time. The leading for the head movements comes from your upper body. Your arms are connected with the lady. If you go by 1 with the right, you will bend to the right, your right hands goes down and your left hand goes up. Then you bend back in a circle by 2 and 3. By the second 1 with the left your upper body is to the left. By two and three you will bend to the front. By the third 1 you start from the beginning.
For the ladies: Remember to relax your head and strecht the opposite side of the neck while doing the head movements. Connect your arms with the arms of the guy, your shoulders stay down. Don’t focus with your eyes while doing head movements.
The end. Guys: for opening the position, you bring the lady to your right side. Your right hand goes up and the left hand goes down. Ladies, close your ribs if you open and don’t transfer the weight to your heels because in this way you will loose your balance. A cambré for the end after the opening is possible too.
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Hi everybody! Today we just repeat the step we did two weeks ago and we did some exercises for the arms of the ladies.
Ladies: Maybe in other dances like in salsa you have a lot of tension in your arms but the tension in zouk is different. Relax your arms and try to be a little bit back to feel the connection with your partner. The connection, if you are dancing the lateral step, is not about pulling with your arms to you but staying a little bit back, so you have a natural connection without a lot of energy on your arms. Let your elbows and your wrists go down to be more feminine (elbows up are more masculine).
You can see here the explanation of the hole lesson:
http://zouk-germany.com/29-03-15-beginners-2-self-hug/
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Today we learn another variation for the pendulum. Before practising these steps, please, warm up your body and do the steps under your own responsibility.
The ping-pong step.
A very popular step of zouk. The lady is doing the lateral step (third step on the spot) and the guy is doing the lateral step too but crossing backwards. Ladies, watch the video to see how Claudia is bringing the hands up and down for the turns.
The pendulum.
Watch the video of the pendulum:
http://www.zouk-germany.com/18-03-15-beginners-2-pendulum/
Important for this variation of the pendulum: While the lady is turning to the left, the guy has to go around of the lady. On the third step the guys will bring the right hand up till the shoulder blade (with some contact under the axle) and then you bring the lady aroung of you to do the pendulum.
You find in the video two variations for the cambré with different expressions for the guys. Don’t forget a good preparation for the cambré.
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Today we learn a nice step to understand how important are the shoulders for the head movements. Warm up your body and do this step under your own responsibility.
1. Head movement at the beginning from lateral.
Guys, you go back with the left leg, you bring the lady to the front and your left hand comes up and to you and your right hand comes down and to the front. Wacht the video to see how to lead the turn on the line. The beginning of the head movement is very important too. Ladies, you need the feeling that you are breathing to the side.
2. Head movement with contact on the shoulder line.
Guys, your right hand slides with contact till the axle of the lady. There you can control her shoulder line. Press to the front for the lady to go with the head to the front. Ladies, don’t focus with your eyes if you are doing head movements. Your head is following your shoulders. If your head is to the front, your chest is in making some space for the head movement. If your head is back, you bring your chest to the front.
3. The last head movement on the line.
Guys, bring your left elbow up and push with your right hand for the lady to go into the line. After her second step, you can press a little bit down for the lady to go with the head to the front and you bring the shoulder up for the lady to finish the head movement. Ladies, your head is following your shoulders. If you bring the head up, then you can focus again on your partner.
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Some details for the step of today:
Turning with the head to the front and opening to the side.
Guys: You try to keep the contact the hole time with the lady. Your right hand slides and keep the contact first with the left arm of the lady, turn the lady and at the end, push her upper body and hold her arm. Your intention is to look at the lady. You go down on your right knee and your left leg is stretched.
Ladies: If you bring your head to the front don’t forget to put your chest in, so your head will stay over your center and you don’t loose your balance. While turning with your head to the front your pelvis is to the front too. Keep the contact with the leading of the guy. While opening pay attention to the ladystyling. Your right hand goes to the side and your eyes follow your hand. You go down on your right knee and strecht the left leg.
Chassé
Guys: Watch the video to understand the leading down and up. You try to block the lady, in this way she can’t turn to you before doing the chassé. After the chassé, if the lady is transfering the weight to the left, you will turn the lady to you for the cambré.
Cambré and snake.
A typical cambré. Please don’t forget the preparation. For leading the wave, guys lead the shoulders of the lady and put your right elbow up. Watch how to transfer the weight while doing the snake and the second cambré. Ladies, if your head is to the front, your chest is in. If your head goes up, you push your chest to the front.
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Hi everybody!
Cambré is a very important step for the beginners and for zouk. For some other dances like salsa or tango the ladies can go to the parties and learn some tricks, but in zouk you can heart yourself if you try to do some steps without knowing the tecnique. Cambré is one of these steps.
We will do a left turn with the right hand down and the left hand up. Guys, make some space on your right side for the lady to be comfortable. You will lead a elastic with your body. You go with the left hip to the left, so the lady is going with the hips to the front. You will bring the lady down and the lady is doing the preparation for the cambré (pelvis to the front, chest is in, contract your center, head to the front).
Ladies, you will feel the arm of the guy on your back, please, press a little bit against the arm to feel the leading of the guy. Guys support the lady if she is doing the cambré but ladies, don’t trust the guy and keep your own balance. While going back, the ladies have to go to the front with the knees. The pelvis is the hole time to the front and you contract your center. The last part of your body going back is your head.
To bring the lady to the front, guys, start bending your upper body to the left and do a wave to the side and help the lady to do the wave to the front.
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We start with the first three steps of the cross step. From here we want to dance the bumerangue but the guys have to turn too. Guys, lead the lady to the front with both hands and then bring your left hand up over the head of the lady while turning to the right. If you let your right hand over her back after the turn, then you will get easily the left hand of the lady.
For the ladies we have seen one more possibility for the ladystyling, twisting with more energy.
That was the first variation. But after the bumerangue of the lady we show you how to turn the lady on the line and do the elastic behind of the guy. For this you can check this video too:
http://zouk-germany.com/25-03-15-intermediate-left-turn-right-hand-left-elastic-behind-guy-snake/
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These beginners are doing nice things!
Left turn and the beginning of the head movement.
Guys: You let on 2 your right hand on the shoulder blade of the lady and press to the front.
Ladies: You have a new contact point, so you have to press against it to feel the leading. Don’t try to look at the guy, don’t focus and let the head goes from one side to the other.
Head movements.
Guys: don’t get the neck of the lady, the ladies don’t like it, they are not a chicken 
Watch the video to see where to lead the move. Try to be in the opposite side of the lady.
Ladies: Transfer your weight with your head (the same leg). The head movements are breathing, you have to open your chest if your head is on the side. If your head is in the front, you chest is back, making some space for your head to be over your center. Don’t bend to the front! Your left hand is free, don’t let your hand die! Some tension for the hand is better.
Turn on the spot.
Guys: watch in the video the place to lead the move, the basis of the neck.
Ladies: If you are doing anything with the upper body and you are turning on the spot, your axis is the same leg as the direction of the turn. For example now you are turning to the left, so your felt is staying on spot.
Cambré.
Guys, block the lady going to the front with your left hip. Don’t bring the lady back for the cambré, because she will loose her balance. Just let the lady go in the cambré.
Ladies, for the cambré put yor pelvis to the front and contract your center (that’s the most important thing everytime you are doing cambré).
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