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25.01.15. Beginners 2. Easy head movements and how to be behind the lady.

Januar 25, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Today I’m singing for you! Sometimes I forget the microphone…

So! We explained the long turn on the line and the turn for the guy. Now we have to speak againg about the head movements.

Guys: first you lead the lady to the front. If she is going, you bring your left hand a little bit up under her shoulder. In this way, the lady will let the head fall to the left side. On “2” you let your left hand on the left shoulder blade of the lady and press a little bit to help her to turn and do the head movement.

For the ladies: we will feel that the guy is bringing our right shoulder up, so we have to let our head fall to the left side. Keep the contact with the hand of the guy on your shoulder blade. If you are painting half of circle to the front you should put your chest in. In this way you don’t lose your balance.

For the elastic. One of the reasons I love zouk it’s because we can play a lot with the space. We are learning now, how to be behind the lady. We can do it from elastic. Guys, at the beginning from elastic we will go just “1” and “2”. The lady is going “1”, “2” and “3”. Guys, your second step with the right goes directly behind the right foot of the lady. Then you bring the lady to you and you block her.

We will explain the variations from here next week.

Thank you for watching!

21.01.15. Beginners 2. Prison step.

Januar 21, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

In this course for beginners we’re learning  some interesting steps. Yeah!

Prison-step: guys, you lead a left turn for the lady with two hands up and you change the hands while turning. After that it’s very important for you to imagine a line for the lady and you pull the lady to you over this line. During the turn on the line the ladies are doing five steps, the guys four. After that we lead just the long turn on the line (Bumerangue). By one you just lead and you go on two.

For the ladies: keep your steps on the line if the guy is pulling before a turn.

See you next week!

19.01.15. Beginners 2. Long turn on the line from sidestep and turn for the guys.

Januar 20, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Zouk is a good exercise for your mind: most of the steps you can dance to the left and to the right. We have for example a left turn and a right turn. Today we will do the same step, the long turn on the line (bumerangue) from the sidestep (lateral), in both directions.

At the beginning, guys: if you are doing the variation with the right turn for the lady you need to be placed in front of the lady but a little bit to the right. The line is for her, that’s the reason she has to move free on this line and we go away. For the leading don’t be close to the lady: In this case oou don’t feel the tension of her arms. Lead the lady to the front and turn her. While you’re turning, you hold your hands over the head of the lady, to help her keep the axis and don’t lose the balance. After her turn we go backwards and lead the sidestep (lateral).

For the ladiess: if the guy is pulling in one direction and after that he’s turning you, that means, you have to turn on the line. In this case you have to see and walk the line. But don’t forget to focus on the partner while turning.

Have a nice week!

18.01.15. Beginners 2. Easy head movements.

Januar 18, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Today we started with some headmovements to understand how they work.

For the ladies: pay attention to your feet, you have to transfer the weight. If your head is on the right side, then your weight is on your right leg. If your head is on the left side, then your weight is on your left leg. Put your pelvis to the front if your head is painting a circle. forward. Your chest is in and you bring your ears to your shoulders on boht sides. And don’t let your free hand dead to the side, use your ladystyling.

For the guys: you don’t put your hand on the neck of the lady, be careful with your lady. You transfer your weight and you’re always on the opposite side of the lady.

See you next week!

14.01.15. Beginners 2. Bumerangue reverse and little steps

Januar 14, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

I hope you enjoy Zouk Made in Germany so much as me! It’s funny to do the videos and I’m happy if the videos are helping you.

The combination for today. Bumerangue reverse from the basic step for the ladies under the left arm of the guy.If you want to watch the bumerange reverse (a long right turn on the line) from the lateral step you can check this (subtitles are in English available):

After the bumerangue please guys, first bring your lady to the front and after that you can turn.

For the little steps the most important thing is to feel the center of the lady over her feet, so you can help her keep the balance. Watch the video for the opening, the leading with the right hand it’s important, so you can bring the lady on the line.

At the end the guys need to pull with both hands, so the lady is coming and after that we bring the hands over her head.

See you next week!

12.01.15. Beginners 2. Lateral, turns, bumerangue reverse and cambré.

Januar 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Today was the first day after the holidays and we wanted to repeat some steps to refresh our minds.

We did the combination lateral + left turn and lateral with right turn. For the guys: you can use your body for a better lead. If you watch the video you will heard “we cross the street”. That’s about using the body to block the way of the lady so she doesn’t do the lateral step but the turn. Our uperbody shows the lady the direction she has to go. For the ladies: you just need to do your third step always on the spot and direct your uperbody to the guy.

About the bumerangue reverse. For the guys: the lady has to do her steps on the line, so we have to go out of the line during the first “1,2,3” and after that you come back and do the basic step forwards. For the leading, your right hand is helping the lady to understand the turn and the left hand is painting a circle over the head of the lady. For the ladies: please, try to do your steps on the line and focus on the partner while turning.

For the cambré we will watch very soon a long explanation, but the most important thing for the ladies is to put your pelvis to the front while doing the cambre. If the guy is bringing you up, then you push up here with your right foot. For the guys: After the turn  you bring the lady to you and you have contact with her, there is no free space on your left side. VERY IMPORTANT: help the lady to do her preparation for the cambré and stay on the right foot. Then let her do the cambre and stay the hole time on the right foot. You don’t need to lead a deep cambré, please be careful with your lady.

See you next week!

11.01.15. Beginners 2. Bumerangue + turn after yo-yo

Januar 11, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody! Today in Bremen we have done two things.

At the beginning we did one exercise for the ladies to understand how to be light for the guy. We have to feel the hand of the guy on our back. If we are going forward we have to do it active, not waiting a lot (the hand is too hot!) but without losing the contact. If we are going backwards we have to keep the contact too and go actively backwards-

After that we did one nice step. First we did the bumerangue and the guy is turning to the left too. Please guys, during the bumerangue let your hand over the head of the lady and not over yours. We bring the lady to us like with the yo-yo and when the lady goes away from us we will turn to the left. Watch now the video. You have to turn focusing on the lady and feeling the tension of her arm.

For the ladies: we are doing our ladystyling. After the turn, when we are doing “one” with the right foot we start with the ladystyling.

See you next week!

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