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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.

23.03.15. Beginners 1. Turn on the line changing the direction.

März 24, 2015 / / 0 Comments

A little variation on one step can change the hole dynamic of the move. Today you want to open the lateral and to bring the lady to you but this time guys you will turn.

For the guys:

  • The line is for the lady, not for you.
  • Make sure that the lady has enough space and feel comfortable.
  • Lead the move with your hole body and not just with your arm.
  • If you let the lady free on 1, you will get her again on 2.

For the ladies:

  • Keep your steps on the line and don’t forget the connection with the partner.
  • Don’t transfer the weight to your heels because you will loose your balance.
  • By the last turn you have to close your legs on 2. Wait for the leading of the guy, don’t fall to the front alone.

23.03.15. Beginners 1. How to open the lateral to the right.

März 24, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Today we learn a very important leading because we use it very oft while dancing zouk. Zouk has all these nice steps with beautiful moves on the line.

For the ladies:

  • While opening control your steps and don’t go with your weight over your heels because you will loose your balance.
  • Keep the connection with your partner turning your upper body a little bit to him.
  • For the second turn close your legs on 2.
  • If you feel the hand of the guy on your back, bring your elbow over his arm.
  • Don’t fall to the front after the third step, feel the connection with the partner on your back and go with his leading.

For the guys:

  • For the opening to the right you need more energy on 2 and after that you have to brake the move.
  • The leading for the second turn is like opening a door: You bring the lady to you on the line, you lead the turn and then you let the hand free. On 2 you get the lady again.

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!

17.03.15. Beginners 1. Left turn for the ladies and left turn for the guys.

März 19, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

Today we are dancing a left turn for the lady and after that a left turn for the guys. We will repeat the hole time the same steps: left turn and lateral. Important: please do your third step on the on spot by left tunr and by lateral.

For the guys: Your mantra is “first the lady”. Think about leading her before you move. If you are turning, you will let the hand of the lady on your waist (the ladies keep the contact), so you know where to geet the hand again after the turn.

For the ladies: Turn always your upper body to your partner. If you do the last turn, be carefull with your left arm holding it in front of your chest.

Have fun!

16.03.15. Beginners 1. Turn on line and back (yoyo) after a left turn

März 17, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

In Zouk there are a lot of kinds of turns and it’s very important for you to learn the differences between all of them. Today we will speak a little bit about the normal zouk turn (third step on the spot) and the turn on the line (you open at the end). The main difference in the leading: For a normal turn the guy just paint a circle over the head of the lady. For a turn on the line, the guy first bring the lady on the line and after that lead the turn.

For the combination: we are doing the lateral step, the left turn and after that the turn on the line with return (Yoyo).

Important things for the Yoyo:

Guys: After the first left turn of the lady make space on your right side for the lady to be comfortable. Everytime you bring the lady to you, you think on this space. You are leading the lady to the front with your hole body, not just with your arm. For the turn on the line, first bring the lady into the line and after that you turn the lady. If you are leading the last step remember to get the lady on 2 with your right hand.

For the ladies: Don’t put your weight on your heels while turning on the line because in this way you loose your balance backwards. Your focus is on your partner. For the first turns take care about your right arm and bring it over your left arm (in front of your chest and the elbow in front of your shoulder, not outside). For the last turn is very important to close your legs on 2 before you go your third step, so you will keep better your balance. Please take care too about your left arm and bring it up.

Have fun!

15.03.15. Beginners 1. Basic step with feeling, two basic steps backwards and the wave.

März 15, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

A lot of dancers think that if they learn a lot of steps they will become masters. And that’s not true. The easy things, like a basic step with feeling, are not so easy.

Today you learn on the video how to transfer the weight, how to change from 1-2 to 1-2-3, and a little combination for you to practise.

Guys: you can lead the move with your right under arm at the same time as you transfers the weight from one side to the other. You can move free through the space, dancing the basic and keeping the contact with your partner. Be sensitive about your partner adn lead her carefully.

For the ladies: you have to press with your belly to the front and keep the contact with the guy. Your left arm is over his shoulders.

Enjoy the dance! ;-)

10.03.15. Beginners 1. Left turn from lateral with left hand up and right hand down.

März 12, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

The beginners 1 course is getting interesting ;-)

Guys: you want to lead a left turn for the lady from lateral. You have a lot of possibilities for the turn. It depends on how are you holding the hands of the lady. Today your left hand will be up and your right hand down. While turning the lady you go with the right foot to the right. From here you will do the lateral step just to the side the hole time and lead the lateral step for the lady. Three things:

1. Your left arm is always over the shoulder line of the lady, so you have more space for her turn.

2. You start the leading of the turn of the lady on 1. If the lady is going to the front, just before she puts the foot on the floor you lead the turn (lateral step is half of turn) from your body and arms continue the leading.

3. If you want to do the basic step don’t go with the right to the right but let the lady go, do your steps more oder less on the spot and get the lady with the right hand on her back.

For the ladies, remember that you are supposed to do always the third step on the spot. Try to turn alwas your upper body to the guy, so you keep the connection with him. If the guy is turning you the last time, bring our left arm ober his arm.

09.10.03. Beginners 1.Zouk feeling: The beat. Lateral and left / right turn combination.

März 9, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

Today we speak in the lessons about something very important. What you see in this website are just videos about the steps, but these can’t give you a real feeling about the dance. We want to film some videos to give you an idea about the “zouk-feeling”. Of course it’s something you cannot learn from videos, but we want to give you just an idea. Maybe it helps you to understand zouk a little bit better.

A basic: the beat and our steps on the floor. Something very typical of zouk it’s our beat. The first thing it’s to feel the beat like a heart “beating”. This beat has a strong time and two light times. The strong time has a lot of energy and we can use this energy in our dance. In the video you can see, hiw this energy is going down on the floor and comes back up.

After we repeat the the combination lateral – left turn – lateral:

http://zouk-germany.com/16-02-15-beginners-1-combination-side-step-left-turn-side-step/

And the combination lateral – right turn – lateral too:

http://zouk-germany.com/03-03-15-beginners-1-two-combinations-lateral-right-turn-lateral-lateral-left-turn-elastic/

For the guys. Think about your are crossing a street the hole time. For the ladies: do your third step on the spot the hole time and try to keep your upper body to your partner.

See you next week!

03.03.15. Beginners 1. Two combinations: lateral-right turn-lateral and lateral-left turn-elastic.

März 3, 2015 / / 0 Comments

Hi everybody!

1. Combination Lateral – right turn – lateral again.

To learn the first of today is a very important thing because normally in traditional zouk the guys are leading the lady to his right with a lot of left turns for her. Today we will do the opposite: the guys lead the lady to his left and the lady turn to the her right.

You are leading the lateral step. While bringing the lady to the left, you have to cross the street and be in front of the lady (a little bit to the right). The ladies do the lateral step. Now guys you turn the lady with your right hand on 1 and you cross with the left in front. On 2 you let your left hand on the back of the lady and on 3 you slide your hand till you get the right hand of the lady. You should be again on the other side of the street. After that you turn the lateral to your left. After the turn you should be in the same position as before.

For the ladies: we use the same tecnique for the right turn as for the left turn. The first step you go on the line, the second step too but not so long and the thrid step you twist and come back to the right.

2. Combination lateral – left turn – elastic.

A very easy combination for you to practise.

Guys, lead the lateral step. If you bring the lady to your right, you cross the street. At the end you are in front of the lady a little bit to the left. You will lead the left turn and your third step you come back, so you have more distance between you and your partner and you can feel the tension in the arm of the lady. From here you lead the elastic and you go around the lady. Your upper body is by the way to the lady and you do your steps close to her.

Ladies, your upper body try always the face your partner. While turning you go your third step on the spot. If you do the elastic with a little bit drama is nicer ;-)

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