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18.02.15. Beginners 2. Turn on the line with elastic after Prison.

Februar 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

We are in the beginners course but we start to do some moves for intermediate. Be patient with this step. Try to understand how it’s working and you will improve very fast.

If you want to see the easy variation slowly, please watch this video.

Let’s speak about the most important point. Guys, you hold the right hand of the lady with your right handand the left with the left. The first step you just want to give the idea of moving on the line. At the end of the first step you startwith the turn and your right hand goes up. The second step the lady is turning and you start to bring the left hand up. While the lady is going her third step, you look to the other side, you bring the right hand down and the left hand down too after keeping the connection with the back of the lady.

If you want the lady goes up, you go up with your body. The lady is keeping the tension on the arms and you lead her up in diagonal, thinking about leading her shoulders up.

Nice nice nice!

See you next week!

18.02.15. Intermediate. Hanging head movement (“boneca”) turning to the right.

Februar 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

Another kind of head movement is the “boneca” (“doll”). In this step the lady is like hanging on the hand, like a doll without energy to hold the head. As long as the hand of the guy is up, the shoulder (here the right shoulder of the lady) is up and the head fall to the left side. Between two and three the hand is coming down. The position of the shoulders changes and the head paint half of circle to the front.

We combine the “boneca” with this step (we did it two weeks ago).

Please, if you are practising any steps of the videos, you have to warm up your body and do the step on your own responsibility.

See you next week!

16.02.15. Intermediate. Circles with the chest and wave from the chest and from the hips.

Februar 17, 2015 / / 0 Comments

What can we dance if we don’t have any beat on the music?

There are a lot of possibilities for playing with your partner. Today we want to isolate our chest to learn how to lead the upper body in a circle or in a wave (from the chest or from the hips too).

Guys, watch the video and if you are trying to lead the lady, be sensitive with the lady, your hands have to be sensitive. Take care about your fingers, you want to have contact with the lady with the hole hand. If you don’t want the lady loose her balance you have to control the center of the lady and try to keep her center over her feet.

For the ladies: don’t anxious and wait for the leading. Try to understand where is the leading and isolate this part of the body, don’t do the moves without control.

Guys, if you are practising this moves with a new lady at the party, first look with a soft leading and enough time if the lady understands you. If don’t, please don’t force the move.

Zouk Germany. 15.02.15. Intermediate. Turn on the line with head movement from Titanic.

Februar 15, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi!

Thank you very much for visiting Zouk Germany and watching our videos.

We continue today putting some new steps in the combinations (here you can see the step of the last lesson) . We want now to do a turn on the line for the lady with head movement from Titanic. Ticanic is position where the lady is in front of the guy and both are looking in the same direction.

Ladies: In a simple turn on a line we go three steps. If our head is to the right and we are turning to the left, the first step we stay with the head on the right, the second one we bring the head in front of your chest (your chest is in, your pelvis is to the front, you go a little bit down) and the third step you bring your head. It’s all about following your shoulders if you are Th first step the shoulder line doesn’t chenge, the second step both shoulder in a line parallel to the floor and the third step changes the position of the shoulders to the opposite.

Guys: You have to play with the shoulder line of the lady to lead the head movements. The first step you just go, the second one you start the head movement to the front and the third step you have to change the shoulder line.

Two possibilities for the end:

1. Lead the long left turn on the line (Bumerangue) to the left with head.

2. Leading another turn to the right and bringing your left hand over your head. For this possibility the guys need to lead the lady for staying with the head to the front (you can control and lead the lady with the right hand) and to turn the lady with the left hand. The left hand is not up because you want the lady stay with the head to the front and you bring the hand over your head (watch the video).

Have fun and see you next week!

11.02.15. Intermediate. Turning on the line with head movement in the closed position.

Februar 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Dear people,

we love this step. Please, if you want to dance it safe, do a warming up and dance the step on your own responsibility. Another thing: guay, at the party be sensitive and careful with the woman, her feelings are more important than a step. Lead the step soft and if you see, the lady don’t understand the leading, don’t force her in the step.

The beginning of this step needs a good preparation. Guys, you have to go the first step backwards and at the same time you bring the left shoulder of lady back and down and the right shoulder up (you do it with your left hand up). Ladies: you are breathing to the side opening your chest. The first step the head goes just to the side.

The second step. Guys, you go to the side with your right foot out of the line of the lady. You have to make some space for the lady (if you need it, put your chest in for some extra space). You paint a circle till the head is in the center. Both shoulders should be parallel to the floor. For the ladies: contract your center (go a little bit down on your knees, pelvis to the front, chest in for a head movement with a good balance). If your head is on the front, you think about stretching your neck (back side).

Third step. Guys, you open to the side, the right hand goes up and the left hand down. Ladies, you open with the right, paint the rest of the circle to the right and breath. You go a little bit down on your right leg and you stretch your left leg.

Fourth step. Guys and ladies, just transfer the weight to the left. The head stays on the right side.

Fifth step. Head in the middle, shoulder line parallel to the floor.

Sixth step. Opening to the left (right hand down guys, left up). Ladies, breath to the side.

For the cambré. Guys: you bring the lady from the right to the left and stop her by the second step. Just turn a little bit more the lady, let her do her preparation for the cambré and lead it.

Have fun!

P.D.: Big hug for Roque ;-)

10.02.15. Intermediate / advanced. Wave to the side with the hips and head movement.

Februar 11, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

We repeat today the steps of the last weeks and started a new one.

  1. Head movements behind the lady and turns.
  2. Spiral 2.

For the wave to the side with the hips you have to go little by little to the side first with the hips, then with the flank, the shoulders and at the end the head.

Guys: for the leading of the wave you push with your left hand the opposite hip and block the upper body of the lady holding the right hand to the right. You can lead the wave if you bring your left hand up and your right to the left. For the wave in the other direction you start pulling with the right hand to the right and blocking with the left the upper body of the lady, so she is going with her hips. Then you let the left hand go down.

For the turn with the head movement you push with the left hand (in this wayy the lady is going into the line), your right hand come to her shoulder and when she is facing you, you bring her both shoulders in the same line (parallel to the floor).

For the ladies: the move with your hips is fluent, you recommend you to practise at home in front of the mirror. For the head movement you stay by 1 to the side, by 2 your head is in the center and you contract (your chest is in, your pelvis is to the front) and by 3 you bring your head just up. Of course there is more possibilities for the head but the is leading now this one.

So! We hope you enjoy and we see us next week!

09.02.15. Intermediate / Advanced. Lateral with headmovement and spiral.

Februar 10, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everbody!

Today we did a beautiful headmovement. If you try it at home, please get first warm and do the step on your own responsibility.

For the headmovements the head is not active. Your head ladies is always following the shoulder line. Guys: you are playing (careful) with the shoulder line of the lady.

Ladies:

  1. For the first sidestep (lateral) is very nice if you bring your head to the left side breathing and opening your chest. The second step you stay with the head to the left side and between 2 and 3 paint half of circle with your head to the right. By painting a circle to the front you bring your chest back.
  2. For the turn you will bring your head back and to the left side again. If your head is back you try strecht the frontal part of your body. When your head is down, pay attention because you don’t know what’s coming next. Try to be connected with the guy.
  3. If you are doing headmovements please do short steps.

Guys:

  1. Your arms will be a little round, like holding a ball.
  2. For the first step of the lady you start bringing the left arm up und the right down. The second step you stay in this position, doing your steps and going in front of the lady. The third step you change the frame (now left is down and right is up). you are a little bit to the left, so the lady has enough space for her turn.
  3. If you do the turn with the spiral, you bring first the lady into the turn pulling with your right hand and after that you change the frame: the right hand starts to go down and with the left hand you paint a circle first up and after that down.
  4. Now you are finished und you need just to bring the lady up.

Some more important things for the leading:

  • Try to lead from your upper body.
  • Be careful about your lady if you are dancing it in a party, don’t be rude.
  • The lady needs the feeling, she has a lot of space. Ask the lady for her feedback to improve you leading.

04.02.15. Intermediate. Turn on one leg and openning to the right with head.

Februar 5, 2015 / / 0 Comments

We have today two beautiful elements: a turn on one leg for the ladies and a opening to te right with the head.

Turn on one leg.

Guys: if you are leading the sidestep (lateral) to the left, lead the first step like matrix (slow motion) and after that use a little bit of explosive energy. You have take care abut the axis of the lady. Your left hand pull and paint a circle over the shoulders of the lady, the right hand has to push and hold the the lady.

For the ladies: if you are turning, you imagine you are growing to the ceiling, you make your center strong and bring both legs together. Don’t forget to spot on the partner.

Opening to the right with head.

Ladies: you are doing your steps on a line. Your first step with the right foot your head stays to the left side. Your second stepyour head go down in a circular movement and the third step your head go to the right (again in a circular movement).

Guys: you are playing with the shoulders of the lady. At the beginning your right hand is down and the left hand is up. The second step both hands are in a line. The third stepright is up and left is down.

For the cambre: just two steps. Guys, watch the video. The first step you just lead the lady to the left and after that you are painting a circle (you are moving your right hand like a DJ) and lead the lady down for she to do her preparation for cambre. You will be carefull with the cambre, please prepare your body adn don’t do any crazy things, you have to do cambre slowly. If there is pain: don’t ontinue! Ladies: just do your preparation for the cambre and go little by little. At the same time your knees go to the front and your pelvis is always to the front. If the guy is leading you up, push with the right foot up.

See you next week!

02.02.15. Intermediate. The lady will be blocked and long turn backwards.

Februar 3, 2015 / / 0 Comments

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Today’s step

A nice combination today! I really like this effect with the lady going to the front, be blocked and come back. Guys: Don’t be shy with your leading, bring the lady really to the front and block her. If you want that your leading be clear, you need to be sure about the direction of the leading and the direction of your steps. For the first left turn you travel with the lady to your right. After that you need to bring the lady to you in a line and after backwards in a line too.

For the ladies: the critical point is to stay with some tension on your left arm after the guy is blocking you. Without this tension you will lose the momentum for the turn.

You can combine this step with the step of the last week.

Bye!

01.02.15. Intermediate. Elastic backwards, “indian doll” and long turn on the line with head.

Februar 1, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Today we did a very beautiful combination in Bremen.

We want the lady do the elastic going backwards. You will change the hand and guys, you want the lady do her steps on a line, so we will pull for the first step to the left and after that we will put ore energy on her second step so the third step is going backwards automatically. For this leading you have to be concentrate: if you see, the lady is going backwards with the left foot, before she transfers the weigh to the left, you have to paint a circle with your leading (up, to you and down)

For the ladies: do a good preparation for your cambre, contract your center and put your pelvis to the front. Then you go little by little with the back and at the same time you bring your knees to the the front. For the snake go first with the head.

Guys: open a window with your arm. The next difficult thing is to lead the arms of the lady up. At the beginning you pull with the right hand to the right and with the left hand to the left. Explaining it with a text doesn’t work, so it’s better here to watch the video.

For the long turn on the line with a head movement: ladies, the first four steps you go with the head to the right side. The fifth step you paint half of circle feeling the weigh of your hair so at the end you can put a little bit energy and in this way you don’t have your hair on your face.

Have fun with the step and see you next week!

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