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Hi!

Today we learn a nice step to understand how important are the shoulders for the head movements. Warm up your body and do this step under your own responsibility.

1. Head movement at the beginning from lateral.

Guys, you go back with the left leg, you bring the lady to the front and your left hand comes up and to you and your right hand comes down and to the front. Wacht the video to see how to lead the turn on the line. The beginning of the head movement is very important too. Ladies, you need the feeling that you are breathing to the side.

2. Head movement with contact on the shoulder line.

Guys, your right hand slides with contact till the axle of the lady. There you can control her shoulder line. Press to the front for the lady to go with the head to the front. Ladies, don’t focus with your eyes if you are doing head movements. Your head is following your shoulders. If your head is to the front, your chest is in making some space for the head movement. If your head is back, you bring your chest to the front.

3. The last head movement on the line.

Guys, bring your left elbow up and push with your right hand for the lady to go into the line. After her second step, you can press a little bit down for the lady to go with the head to the front and you bring the shoulder up for the lady to finish the head movement. Ladies, your head is following your shoulders. If you bring the head up, then you can focus again on your partner.

Today is a very happy day for us, because this video is the video number 100. Thank you for watching! Without you, this website doesn’t make any sense!

Let’s go!

It’s important to learn first the normal pendulum. Here you can watch all the details:

http://zouk-germany.com/18-03-15-beginners-2-pendulum/

Guys, for this new position for the pendulum you have to turn the lady and at the same time you go with her to the right. Then you can use her energy in a circle to lead the pendulum. For the ladies is important to wait, don’t dance now a choreography, wait for the leading of the guy because he can play with the step dancing faster or slower, or do somethind you don’t expected.

Have fun!

Next target: 200

Hi everybody!

We have today a nice move to learn how to play with the tension.

For the guys:

• After the left turn of the lady (with the right hand up and the left hand down) try to control the hip of the lady with your left hand, so you can block her if she is going to the front.
• The most important thing about this step is to learn to make some tension up if you are leading the elastic and after that to relax this tension, so the lady feels like natural to go down.
• If your right hand is down you will try to change the grip of your hand to connect better with the hand of the lady.
• One possibility: just bring the lady up, turn body to the left and continue dancing.
• The second one: you bring the lady back and again to the front, opening a window for the lady with your right elbow to the right and up. Make sure, the lady do the snake and have enough space.

For the ladies:

• For the elastic you open your chest and you bring your head a little bit back.
• If you are down keep the tension with the arm of the guy, your hand is connected with your shoulder. Wait for the leading.
• If you are doing the snake try at the end to bring you r head up with some energy. In this way you won’t have any hair (or less hair ) on your face.

Have fun!

Hi everybody!

We have two big kinds of turns in zouk: the zouk turn (third step on the spot) and the turn on the line (third step you open). There are for these turns two different leadings. Today we want to show you how to do multiple zouk turns (and not multiple turns on the line).

Guys: In a normal zouk turn you lead 1 and 2 in one direction and the third step in the opposite direction (so the lady is coming back). Now, if you want to lead two turns, you will lead four steps for the lady in one direction and the fifth step you bring the lady back.

Ladies: Today to spot on the partner is really important. The guy is leading now two turns, but he can lead so many turns as he want. Try to come always back to the guy after every turn.

Another thing! Imagine that you want to turn 3 times. Guys: you will lead six steps in one direction and the seventh in the other direction. With 4 turns it would be 8 steps and the nineth in the other direction, etc.

Remember, for the zouk turns the technique is different as for the turn on the line.

Hi everybody!

Today’s step has a nice effect.

After the left turn of the lady, guys you will you have to lead the elastic in slow motion, for the lady to go just with the lright foot to the front. Ladies, please go with the same energy of the guy. Stay a little bit back, so you will feel better the leading of the guy.

Guys: If the lady is down after the elastic bring her back pushing with your left hand to the right and turn to the right, putting your right hand on her back. Now you will bring the lady again to the front. Use both hands for it and open a window with your left arm, so the lady is doing the wave through the window.

Ladies: If you are down you have to connect your right hand with your shoulder. In this wayy you will understand the leading of the guy. For the snake (big wave) bring your head up and at the same time push your chest to the front. If use a little bit energy you won’t have any hair on your face.

Have fun!