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Category: B. Beginners 2 (page 7 of 10)

01.04.15. Intermediate. Bumerangue from cross step and elastic behind the guy.

April 8, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

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/

Have fun!

01.04.15. Easy head movements with a turn on the spot and cambré.

April 1, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

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).

30.03.15. Beginners 2. Three possibilities after bending to the front from basic step.

März 30, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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If you bend the lady to the front while going the basic step and the lady stay down, you have as beginner three possibilities:

  • To bring the lady to the front and do the snake. Hier pay attention on the video about how the head and the chest are working together (head to the front chest in, head back chest to the front).
  • To bring the lady up. The right hand of the lady is connected with the upper body and and the guy is leading in diagonal.
  • To bring the lady in the cambre. You can check this video for a better explanation of the cambre:

http://zouk-germany.com/02-02-15-beginners-2-cambre/

30.03.15. Beginners 2. The lady behind the guy after a left turn.

März 30, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

Sometimes is very nice if you aren’t dancing in the typical position with both dancers facing each other.  Today we learn a step for it.

For the guys: For leading this step there is an important thing. Try to keep the hole time the contact with the lady (your left hand while turning and your left under arm too). While turning the lady to the left you go one step less than the lady and after that to be in front of the lady you go just 2 steps (the lady three).

For the ladies: Take care about your arms. Normally the guy put the hands on your waist to turn you, so you have to pay attention and bring both hands up.

29.03.15. Beginners 2. The “self-hug”.

März 30, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

Something important for the ladies today: if you re doing anything with your upper body and the guy turns you, how to go your steps? Easy: If you are turning to the left, your left leg is the axis of the turn and it stays the hole time on the spot. If you are turning to the right, your right foot stays on the spot.

Have fun!

25.03.15. Beginners 2. Turning together on the spot to the left.

März 26, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

We have learnt how to turn on the spot to the right and today we do the same but turning to the left.

Important things for the turn on the spot:

  • Both dancers are keeping the contact with the right leg.
  • The axis of the turn is in the middle between both right feet. If you turn, you have the feeling, the right foot stays always on the same spot.
  • You stay with your body facing your partner.
  • Your chest is in and your pelvis is to the front.

For the guys:

  • You go with the turn on the lady, you have to move to the right side while leading her left turn.
  • After the turn, bring the lady to you and connect with her leg.
  • Keep the energy bringing your left shoulder the hole time to the left.
  • If you do 1 with the right foot, you can let the lady go backwards and lead the elastic.

For the ladies:

  • Keep the contact with the hand on your shoulder blade and with the leg of the guy.
  • Your upper body stays relax.

Have fun!

23.03.15. Beginners. Basic moves with the chest and the hips.

März 24, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

Now you have a lot of videos for learning zouk, but the videos are not a teacher. You need the feeling of a teacher to help you to improve your dance. There is a thing like the “zouk body” and in order to get this we do a lot of exercises in the regular classes.

We want to speak today about the hips and the chest for the beginners. These are some of the moves you have to practise, if you want to get the zouk body.

  1. Painting an eight with your hips. A very basic move you have to control, if you want, that your basic step on the spot feels good. The first energy goes down and a second energy comes up and open your body to the side.
  2. You need to isolate the move of your chest. Try to move your chest to the front and back without moving the shoulders or the belly. This exercise will help you to improve your wave and your elastic.

Be patient with you while learning this stuff. The body needs some time to learn. At the end, you will feel the move like natural.

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. 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!

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!

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