Today we did some exercises to improve your moves going with the hips. The secret: to push with the last foot to have some extra energy for the move.
These kind of exercises are very important for the quality of your dance.
Have fun!
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Hi!
We did today the little sun (the bumerangue variation with both hands up painting a circle). After the bumerangue step we want to go one more step (backwards for the guys and forward for the lady) and then we will go into the snake.
For the snake, guys, first you lead the lady to the front and if you see, she is going forward, then you pull with your left hand down and you bring your right hand to her left shoulder. To open a window you put your right elbow up, so the lady has enough space for the snake. You need to go one step to the left to feel comfortable.
Ladies, if you go into the snake you will go with your shoulders and with your head. If you goes with the head up, you will go with your chest to the front.
While opening please ladies, look before you stretch your arm, because at the party there are always a lot of people and you can hit somebody.
Today we learn a very popular step. We call it the door because we are going like through a door, first the lady and after that the guy.
For the ladies. You are doing your steps always on the line. Two steps on the line and on the third step you come back (like lateral). Try to turn your upper body always for your partner.
For the guys. You lead a left turn with your right hand up and your left hand down. After the turn you bring the right hand down (you have to close the door) before you go into the next turn. For the next turn open the door (right hand goes up on 1) change the position of the hands (right goes down and left goes up) while turning to the right and close the door again. At last you will lead a normal left turn and get the lady with your right hand on 2.
Have fun!
Hi everybody!
Today we did this step in the class:
http://zouk-germany.com/20-04-15-beginners-1-left-turn-guys-cross-step/
Have fun!
Bug hug,
Fernando
Hi!
We started today with the “little sun”. You can see the step here:
http://zouk-germany.com/26-05-15-beginners-bumerangue-variation-little-sun/
For the guys :
After that, you will turn the lady to her left with both hands down. Important:
1. You hold just the fingers of the lady.
2. You let the street of the lady free.
3. At the end you block her way, so you can lead the wave and the lady stays.
Now comes the wave. Lead the wave with your body.
Turning the lady to the right you will go with her and stop her with your left hand. Then we do the ping pong step.
For the ladies: The most important thing for you for this step is your ladystyling with the arms while dancing the ping pong. With the first turn to the left of the ping pong you bring your right hand up on 1, you change the arms on 2 (right goes down and left goes) and on 3 you will face your partner. From here you will always change the hands on 2.
Have fun!
I love doing easy steps in another way! Nothing important changes but the expression is different.
Guys: you just want today to lead the bumerangue step (or bonus) painting at the beginning a big circle (like a “sun”) with your hands. First bring the lady to the front and after that paint the circle. For the last turn, guys, let the right hand free and turn the lady with the left.
For the ladies nothing changes, just do the bumerangue step.
Have fun!
Hi!
Today we have a nice and easy variation for the elastic.
Guys, normally if you lead the elastic, you let by one your left hand on the belly of your partner and go around her looking at her. Today’s variation is very easy: Don’t let your left hand on the belly and go on 1 looking to the front. You can look by three over your left shoulder to see the lady coming backwards and on 1 you get the lady with your right hand.
For the lady: you are dancing the elastic, nothing changes.
Hi!
The ping pong step is a very popular zouk step. The ladies are dancing the lateral step, and the guys too crossing backwards but the position is other as usual.
For the ladies: Important to do your third step always to the front and to bend your upper body to your partner. With your arms: If you turn to the right you bring your right arm up. If you turn to the left, you bring your left arm up. You will change the arms always on two. If you don’t feel confident with the arms, just stay with the arms up and stretched the hole time.
For the guys: You do the lateral step crossing backwards and you change the hand. If you want to get the lady and do the basic step, you won’t go with the right to the right on 1 but you will cross with the right to the left and bring the lady into the basic step.
Have fun!
Something very beautiful if you are dancing: you can go everytime out of the beat. Imagine you are dancing the lateral step and there is no beat in the music. Then you can lead this move in slow motion and after that you go again into the beat.
For the guys: You can lead this step in both directions. The leading hand is always the “inside” hand of the lateral step. Then you play slowly with your partner and you go on 1 into the beat again.
For the ladies: If you are turning at the end, remember, you go two steps and after that you have to come back. Have fun!
Hi!
Today we did the elastic and here you find the video and the explanation.
http://zouk-germany.com/beginners-bend-front-elastic/
Have fun!
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