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23.03.15. Beginners 1. How to open the lateral to the right.

März 24, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Today we learn a very important leading because we use it very oft while dancing zouk. Zouk has all these nice steps with beautiful moves on the line.

For the ladies:

  • While opening control your steps and don’t go with your weight over your heels because you will loose your balance.
  • Keep the connection with your partner turning your upper body a little bit to him.
  • For the second turn close your legs on 2.
  • If you feel the hand of the guy on your back, bring your elbow over his arm.
  • Don’t fall to the front after the third step, feel the connection with the partner on your back and go with his leading.

For the guys:

  • For the opening to the right you need more energy on 2 and after that you have to brake the move.
  • The leading for the second turn is like opening a door: You bring the lady to you on the line, you lead the turn and then you let the hand free. On 2 you get the lady again.

22.03.15. Intermediate. Elastic with the ladies behind the guys from lateral.

März 22, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

For this step there is a important thing for both and that’s the leading for the elastic from this special position. Guys, watch the video to know how to use the energy. Look the place you have to put your fingers. Ladies: Your hand needs to be connected with your upper body. Don’t bend your elbow and don’t bring your shoulders up.

For the guys:

  • You have to lead the lady on the line, so you have to pull into the line at the beginning of her turn.
  • Look the video to see how to change the grip of your hands before you do the elastic.
  • First lead the elastic, then you go.
  • Relax your right hand after the elastic, so you can go with the hand in front of the lady.

For the ladies:

  • You are turning on the line, don’t forget how to do your steps.
  • Before the elastic, connect your arms with your body.
  • After the elastic, if you fell, the guys is relaxing his right hand, then relax your left hand.
  • Go up as fast as the leading of the guy.

Enjoy zouk!

22.03.15. Beginners. How to go more than one basic step.

März 22, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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!

18.03.15. Intermediate. Elastic after left turn and snake.

März 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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!

18.03.15. Beginners 2. Pendulum

März 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

Pendulum is an important step because we are dancing it the hole time in a lot of variations.

Important for the ladies:

  • If the guy is painting a circle with his leading, the hole side of your body is connected. He is leading your body direct under your arm, but you go with your foot too.
  • After the circle don’t go down alone and wait.
  • While doing the pendulum try to keep your weight for yourself, you are not going backwards, you are going down (on your knees, pelvis to the front, chest in, head to the front).
  • After the guy leads you up, you wait for the next leading.
  • For the cambre don’t forget to do your preparation, bringing your pelvis to the front.
  • While going up, press with your right foot up, don’t hole the energy from your back, try to hole the energy from your legs.

Important for the guys:

  • You want to lead the lady down, so you need to prepare the lady first up.
  • Your right hand is direct under the arm of the lady. You are painting half of circle with your right hand.
  • Stay on your right foot. You will lead the pendulum and transfer the weight from the right to the left at the same moment as the lady is transfering from the left to the right. Make sure you have enough space for the lady. If don’t, you kann go with your left foot a little bit back and with your chest in.
  • Before you lead the cambré, do the preparation for the lady.

Nice nice nice! Very soon we will film some videos with variations of the pendulum.

See you next week!

17.03.15. Advanced. Turn on the line for the lady bending to the front and turn for the guys.

März 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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!

17.03.15. Beginners 1. Left turn for the ladies and left turn for the guys.

März 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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!

16.03.15. Intermediate. Opening on the line and wave to the side from the head.

März 17, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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!

16.03.15. Beginners 2. Snake (or miau) for the lady after bending to the front.

März 17, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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:

  • Guys, if you lead the lady to you again, she needs space, so tranfer your weight to your left.
  • Ladies, you bring first your head to the front, after that your chest to the front and then you do the wave.

We hope you enjoy it! See you next week!

16.03.15. Beginners 2. Feel the music and dance for yourself.

März 17, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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!

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