3 Laws of a good lead

1) We must always take care of the well being of our partner
2) We'll never blame our partner if anything goes wrong
3) We must remember to stay humble

Beyond Basics

We always ask our students to keep doing the basic class...

But there will come a point, when we will ask them to STOP doing basic. Conflicting instructions?

It might seem so, but actually there is no conflict!

The basic is still there! But it's been disguised, camouflaged!! The weight shift, the lines, the hook, the fundamental techniques, they are all there!! We just learn to hide them behind styling and other adjoining moves! Make the basic look good different. That's what advance dancers do :)

Independent Arm Movement

A move done by advanced dance and a beginner dancer can look very different. Very often, beginners and most intermediate dancers couldn't tell what made the difference....

One of the factors or tricks used by advance dancers is ... FAST independent movement of their arms.

1) When one arm of moving, KEEP the other parts of the body still
2) One when that move is completed then start on the other arm.

The impact of the above, ... makes the moves look extra sharp AND complicated. And in order to achieve it, it will often require VERY fast and accurate movement.

e.g. doing a Sombrero in rueda, it is very easy to turn the girl with both arms. But a more impressive way of doing it, is to turn with the right arm (open the girl up to face centre), then turn the left arm (close her position and turn further), then complete the move with both arms and comb.

One small change and the entire move looks different and much more impressive.