Now guys you will lead the bumerangue step with your left hand. The first step the lady goes and you go on 2. On 3 you will let your right hand over the shoulder of the lady. Watch the video to see how to lead the lady for her to cross in front with the right. Ladies: it’s very nice if you try to paint a circle with your right foot on the floor and you can go with your right hand over your foot too.
Guys, take care about the lady and bring your left arm over her head. Then you will lead the lady two steps back, the first with your right hand and the second with your left hand. After that you will turn the lady in but pull first into the line.
The point is to block the lady with your left hand on her left shoulder on 2. First you lead the elastic on 1 and on 2 you put your left hand on her left shoulder. Normally the ladies go with the left hand up dancing the elastic and you have to avoid it.
On 3 you will be on the other side and then lead the lady two steps backwards openig to your right.
For the ladies: I like the styling opening with your right hand to the right, because you move in this direction. Look before you stretch your arm because at the party we don’t have enough space and you can hit other dancers.
Today we did some moves if you are with the lady on the spot at the beginning of a sound and there is no beat.
Wave to the side from the hips
If you go to the left, you will first transfer the weight to the left but you bend your upper body to the right. Then you go little by litlle to the left with your upper body. The same in the other direction: first you go with your hips transfering the weight to the right but your upper body stays to your left. Afer that you go little by little with your upper body to the right.
Circles with the head
Ladies: relax your neck and think at the same time on stretching the opposite side. Transfer the weight with your head (if your head is on your right side, you have your weight on your right leg). If you bring your head to the front, then you put your chest in for keeping your balance.
Guys: play with the shoulder line of the lady and make some space for her to feel comfortable.
Wave to the front
Guys: if the lady is going with the head to the front you can make some space going with your left foot backwards and leading the wave.
Ladies: if your head is on your left side you have your right foot free. If the guy lead you into the wave you can go with your right to the front.
Today we did one exercise to practise the spiral 2.
The steps are the normal steps for a zouk turn (third step on the spot). The head will follow the shoulders. For a left turn, the head goes to the left the first step, the second step to the front and to the side and in the third step you will focus on your partner.
For the right turn, first step head to the right, second step to the front and left, third step you focus on your partner.
If you are doing the step with your partner, guys, you turn together with the lady and after that you will lead the spiral with your hands on her upper arms. Watch the video to see how. Ladies, don’t forget to do your third step on the spot and to focus on your partner at the end of the turn.
We are dancing today one turn on the line with head, half of circle with the head too, one spiral and another turn on the line with head.
First turn on the line with head in the close position
Guys, the first step you bring your lady to the front and you go to the side. You bend your upper body to the right, helping her to start the head movement to the left. The second step you bring the lady one more step on the line, you lead her head to the front (both shoulders are parallel to the floor) and your right foot is between both feet of the lady. The third step you open on the line, lead the head of the lady to the left and get the right arm of the lady with your left hand. In this way you can start the leading for the spiral. Try to start the spiral without a pause.
For the ladies, at the same time you try to stretch and to relax your neck. First step head to the left, second step to the front, third step to the right. If you bring you head back for the spiral, don’t think on going back, think on stretching the front part of your neck, this point is very important for you.
Spiral
On 1 you paint half of circle back, on 2 half of circle to the front and on 3 half of circle back again. On three guys, you can help the lady for her to open with the right hand over her head.
Ladies, watch the video to understand how to feel the hair (it’s not necessary your real hair, it could be an imaginary hair or weight hanging from the top of your head).
The second turn on the line with head.
It’s a normal turn on the line with head in the closed position. Like the first turn but without going with the right foot between both feet of the ladies. The guys don’t have to go in front of the lady.
The end
The guys bring the ladies in front of them. First step the head is to the side, second step the head is to the front, the third step the ladies go with the head up.
For the first spiral, ladies, you will look your left hand and think on stretching your upper body to the front. Guys, watch the video to see how to change the grip of your left hand and bring your right hand to your shoulder. For the beginning of the spiral you will go with your right to the right bending your upper body to the left. Give time the lady for to do her move, be a gentleman, invite her . Look now to the other side and look at the lady.
For the elastic the guys need to lead with the body, you go with your hips to the side. If the lady is going into the elastic, the guys let the right hand free and get the shoulder blade of the lady. Now the ladies have contact with both hands of the guy and you have to keep the tension against both hands. Go little by little into the cambre and contract your center. Don’t do the cambre now if it’s a new step for you, watch first this video:
Normally if we are teaching this step in the class the guys are very happy, because it’s a easy step but you look cool
Guys, for this turn you have to learn to put your right hand in the place of your left hand. In addition you focus on your partner on 2. On 2 you have to look to your partner to your right side. Try to be a little bit faster than the lady.
For the ladies: Watch the video to know what to do with arms.
We worked again with the titanic and the head movements on the line today. The new thing was to paint a circle with the head after the left turn on the line with head. For it, guys, you have to block the lady with your left hand and paint the circle with the right (you are playing with the shoulder line of the lady). Ladies, try to stretch the opposite side if you are doing the head movements. You have also to transfer the weight from one side to the other together with your head.
The second new thing was the turn for the guys while leading the bumerangue step (bonus) for the ladies. From titanic you lead on 1 the bumerangue but guys, you start to go with your left foot on 2. then if you go on 1 with your left you will turn to the right, go a little bit more on the line with the right feeling the tension between your arm and the arm of the lady and on 3 you come back for to lead the third step of the lady.
Guys: Your arms are pressing up, keeping and feeling the frame with the partner. You will start bending with the upper body to the right if you go by one with the right. The move comes from your upper body. Then, when you go with the left backwards, you start bending your upper body to the left and turning 90° to the left too. Continue turning every 1-2-3 another 90° to the left. If you want to end the move, you will go on 1 with the right, on 2 the head of the lady is in the center and on 3 you bring the head of the lady up.
Ladies: Your are pressing down to keep the contact with the guy. You are thinking the hole time on stretching the opposite side of your body. Your head is following your shoulders.
. Look now to the other side and look at the lady.
