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06.07.15. Beginners. Elastic and snake in the close position from the basic step (the guy goes to the side).

Juli 7, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

Today’s step is very nice to play with the music from the basic step.

For the ladies: A very important part is to keep the contact the hole time with the hand of the guy on your shoulder blade. You will only feel the leading if you keep the contact. For the elastic go first with your hips, then with your chest and at the end with your head. If the guy leads you up, the head stays till the end down, then you go up and focus on the guy. If the guy leads the snake, when your head goes up, your chest goes to the floor.  Important: Connect your right hand with your upper body if you are down.

For the guys: Go away from the line of the lady and try to lead the move with your body. You can play with the velocity of the move and with the music. If you bring the lady up, you go with your right foot again in front of the lady.

Have fun!

05.07.15. Beginners 1. Right turn from basic step, lateral and elastic.

Juli 5, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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Some important things for this step:

  1. Preparation for the right turn. The guys let the lady goes backwards, and slide the right hand till they have the left hand of the ladies.
  2. Right turn for the ladies. Ladies, go your third step on the spot. Guys, you cross with your left foot and on 2 you let your left hand on the back of the lady and slide the hand till you have the hand of the lady. Go around the lady.
  3. Lateral. Guys, go a litte bit far away of the lady to feel the tension of her arm.
  4. Elastic. A normal elastic.

Have fun!

05.07.15. Beginners 2. Lateral painting a circle with the arm of the lady and left turn.

Juli 5, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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Today we learn an easy combination for the beginners. The idea is to do the lateral step and a left turn but in a cool way.

Important for the ladies: Go your third step on the spot and let you arms stretched for this moves.

For the guys:

  1. Leading the lateral you bring your lady first to your right and after that you change the grip of your left hand (the thumb goes down).
  2. You lead the next lateral and after that you turn to your right. At the end of your turn you need to be a little bit far away of the lady to feel the tension of her arm.
  3. You lead the next lateral and with your right arm you will paint on 3 a circle with the arm of the lady (watch the video).
  4. You lead the turn of the lady but you keep the contact with the lady with your right hand.

05.07.15. Beginners 2. Take care about your posture: shoulders down, pelvis to the front and closing the ribs.

Juli 5, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

Today we are speaking about an important matter for your posture while dancing zouk. It’s about bringing your shoulders and your pelvis in a line (shoulders down and pelvis to the front) and to contract your center closing your ribs. In zouk we do alot of crazy things but with control and tension in our body.

Have fun!

01.07.15. Intermediate. Elastic and Chassé after a left turn on the line.

Juli 1, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

With this step you can have a nice effect in the music.

Turn on the line.

Guys: Pull the lady into the line and turn her with the left hand up and the right hand down.

Ladies: Do your steps on the line and try to close your legs.

Preparation for the chassé.

Guys: You are leading a elastic with your body, going first with the hips to the side. Your right under arm is in the low back of the lady and it will go little by little up. Ladies, you go first with your hips, then with your chest and at last with your head.

Chassé.

Guys and ladies: wacht the video to see the chassé steps. Guys: In the middle of the preparation you will go faster and with more energy (watch the video) for the lady to understand, that something special is coming. You are close to the lady and you are bringing the lady with you. For the ladies: if you go up, don’t bring your head back but focus on your partner.

01.07.15. Beginners 2. Be sensitiv about the hair of the lady.

Juli 1, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Dear guys: Be sensitive if the lady lady has the hair on her face and help her to get it out.

Variation 1: Elastic going backwards.

Guys: You go with your right to the front but you don’t transfer the weight to your right, stay on your left. Watch the video to understand, that the leading is like a circle. Ladies: You will back with your left leg but at the beginning you don’t transfer the weight to your left (the guy doesn’t let you go to your left). First go with your chest to the front and after that with your head. If you are down it’s important that you connect your hand with your upper body to feel the leading of the guy.

Variation 2. Chassé going backwards and elastic.

Now we want to do a chassé. Watch the video to see the steps. Guys, at the beginning you need some energy with a preparation down and going up after that. On two you will lead the lady like in a circle (watch the video) for her to bend to the front and on 3 you go with your right foot to the front but you don’t transfer the weight (you will do it little by little). Ladies, on 2 you bend to the front, first with your chest, then you go with your head. From here everything is like in variation 2.

01.07.15. Beginners 2. Travelling with the lady in a close position.

Juli 1, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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The first three steps.

Opening like lateral but at the end the lady doesn’t come back, she is crossing backwards (and the guys are crossing  forwards). Ladies: You cross backwards with the right but your upper body has a torsion to the left. Guys: You can lead this torsion.

 

Left turn.

Normal steps for the lady. For the guys: We go to the right with the lady and then we cross backwards. Your right hand has contact with the lady the hole time.

 

The beginning of the next three steps.

Guys: You want to lead this steps in the line, now you has to cross to the street to the other side.

Have fun!

30.06.15. Advanced. Rond the jambe with spiral 1, elastic and cambré.

Juni 30, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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Little by little:

Rond de jambe.

  • Guys: you want the lady stays on her left foot. Please don’t bring her another more step to the front. Go down with your body and with your leading for her to understand and pay attention. Turn your upper body to lead the rond de jambe.

  • For the ladies: Your arms are connected with your upper body, you need some tension for it. Stretch your right leg and you can look at your foot too for the styling.

Spiral 1.

  • Guys: You go with your left foot to the front to make some space for the lady. You bring your right hand to your left shoulder and with your left hand you will paint a circle for to lead the spiral. Think “first the lady, then I go”. Your eyes can follow your left hand. At the end you are facing the lady.

  • Ladies: look at your left hand and stretch your body to the front, that’s the most important thing. Think always on stretching and not on making short your back.

Elastic.

  • Guys. Lead the elastic with your body and then you let your right hand on the shoulder blade of the lady.

  • Ladies: Go first with your foot, with your hips, with your chest and at the end with your head. If you feel the hand of the guy on your back, press against the contact to understand the leading.

For the cambré.

  • It´s a normal cambré. Please ladies, you need a good preparation putting your pelvis to the front, your chest in and your head to the front.

Have fun!

30.06.15. Beginners. Combination: Lateral, bumerangue under the arm, turn for both and wave.

Juni 30, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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Some tips for the combination:

Bumerangue. Guys: Bring the lady into the line, pulling from her left hand. Your right hand stays over her head till the second 1 of the bumerangue. Ladies: Do your steps in the line and watch the video to see the ladystyling.

For the turn of both. Guys: Focus on the lady and come back to her, you come back with your third step to her. Ladies. Remember to close your legs and wait for the contact of the guy on your shoulder blade, don’t go alone without the contact.

For the wave. Guys: You can do a little preparation for the wave bringing your shoulders back on three before the wave comes.

Have fun!

29.06.15. Beginners. Following means to go active against the contact

Juni 29, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

Couple dance is a really beautiful thing: two become one in the couple. For it we have leaders and followers (one guy and one lady, two guys, two ladies, everything is posible). We are always speaking about guys and ladies but it would be better to say just leaders and followers.

A very important task for the follower is to make the connection with the leader through the contact. Everytime we have a new contact, the lady have to press against this contact (not to much, just to feel the leading of the leading and not to go alone without a connection).

It doesn’t matter where is the contact. Today’s combination shows you some possibilities.

Have fun!

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