Lesson with Ieva on 5/1/2012

We worked on Waltz today

1.      Posture:

a.      Need to keep the posture picked up. Like the handsomely picked up position.

2.      Movement:

a.      Use the lowering for the movement, do not do the lowering with no purpose.

3.      Left whisk:

a.      Weight on inside of the standing foot (left foot)

b.      Left foot need to move to place quickly.

c.      In the step going into the left whisk, use foot pressure to travel through the partner, not around.

d.      She talked to Denis about not turning too much at the end?

e.      Throw away over sway: she said that foot can not cross, but shoulder can turn more if partner turns more.

4.      Zigzag:

a.      Keep the upper body still relative to partner’s position, do not slide back and forth

5.      Natural Pivots:

a.      In forward step, quickly move weight onto right foot (turned out) and turn.

Questions for Ieva,

1.      Reverse turns:

a.      How do we do tumble turn, where to step my right foot, why does he step on my left foot?

b.      Also this happens in the telespin step.

2.      Tango:

a.      Can we work on some tango basics?

b.      What are the basics for tango walk, and progressive link, then close promenade?

Standard Lesson with Catia on 8/31/2010

1. keep the right hip area to the leader,
2. stretch between the left shoulder and the right hip. Keep on doing that though out, especially at the end of the natural turn as well.
3. In spin turn, don't just turn, move forward instead. Since we have two people dancing together, we can't just turn without moving in space, we need to move around, instead of turn, and this move around is powered from the base, starting from the knee going forward.
4. In quick open reverse, Keep the right hip toward the partner, feel like pressing from the left butt toward the partner. Do the same in tumble turn, keep toward the partner.
5. throwaway over sway:
1. with right foot prepared forward,
2. step on right foot,with left foot closed.
3. stretch and shape