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[00:00] Again I'm going to face this way so you can repeat what I'm doing in the video.
[00:05] Today we broke down, we came in, we added cross back, cross forward to our lateral step.
[00:10] That was the first step. Our lateral is normal.
[00:13] Okay? Cross, back, bum, bum, bum. Cross, back, forward, bum, bum, bum.
[00:23] This is not styling yet. If you want to style, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, whatever you want to do.
[00:30] Just remember guys, always basic or any other step is toe, heel and I push the floor and this is how I arrive.
[00:39] I receive my wings. So your lateral shouldn't be like this, okay? Receive, arrive, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.
[00:49] It doesn't matter what you do with your feet but we always arrive on the bow of our foot in every movement.
[00:55] Don't forget this as you practice your foundational partner work because again your basic is getting into this.
[01:03] Okay? When you do this, kind of like it feels awkward versus one, two, three.
[01:09] Keep the energy going, don't cut it off in the middle because if you do this, it's kind of like restarting.
[01:15] We do basic like that. The next movement we broke down was three evolutions, four or three, four evolutions of cuadrado.
[01:22] Step, step, step, tap, step, step, normal steps.
[01:29] Quadrado two, pass, pass. Three, cross, pass. Four, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.
[01:44] With the bolero. We broke down the grip. Remember that the grip is twist and energy diagonal.
[01:51] My torso tries to stay as parallel to the follower as possible. Energy down meaning we prep the bolero.
[01:59] Our prep is diagonal forward up because our movement is back low and down, okay?
[02:05] From here, respect the center. Again, come back to the center. You can tap. You can pass. Doesn't matter.
[02:10] You go rumble, then down. Again, I receive my weight by pushing and relaxing my head.
[02:18] Madrid, if you prep, practice with the prep because that's going to symbolize how we get social.
[02:25] We did the open, close. Like robots. Open, close. Like dancers. Open, close. Like advanced dancers. Open, close.
[02:36] But the whole motion is open, close, shift, wait. Open, close. Same thing. Open, close. Shift, wait. Open, close.
[02:46] So, you can delay step one. Style to beat. Bum, bum, bum, bum. Depends what music says.
[02:54] But use these little steps in your basic. When you do social dancing. Without isolating your lower part.
[03:04] If you go, you know it's going to be basic on one side. That's why I actually like little steps.
[03:08] So, you can go without breaking your frame. So, don't take your whole body with it. That's why we practice cross back.
[03:15] With the hip, but not with the torso. Same thing with practice in a quadrado.
[03:21] I try to keep my torso as parallel to the follower or leader. Okay? That's a partner.
[03:26] You guys don't need the pattern, do you?
[03:30] It makes sense. Yeah. Really? Sure.
[03:34] I'm not sure. Gotcha. Okay. Pattern. We did the quadrado number four.
[03:39] Now, the styling quadrado. We went one. And two. Three. Five. Six. Seven.
[03:48] Prep. And one. Two. Prep. Five. Six. Prep. Drop.
[03:56] Boom. Bounce. And turn. Prep. One. And two. Tap. Tap. Tap. Okay?
[04:05] Know your preps. If you ever want to put these different movements together. Lateral with Madrid.
[04:10] Both lateral and Madrid are downward moves. In between, bolero. Madrid consists of the twist.
[04:16] You can step, step. Or you can just twist, twist. Doesn't matter. In between, depending if you go to the rompo, it's a down. In between, bolero.
[04:26] If you want to style your Madrid, twist, twist, and give the follower a turn. That's going to be you have to still bolero her to put a prep. Okay?
[04:35] That's more advanced versions. Okay? Partner work.
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