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LEVELS OF SPINS AND TURNS

In this class we will introduce the 4 common levels of work for all types of turns. Each higher level adds to the learning of the previous level. Be aware of your level and practice from level 1 until your body internalizes it and you can go to the next level.

SPINS AND TURNS

This is the introductory class to the SPINS AND TURNS subcomponent. Today we will name the different types of turns that we have and we will expose the work system that we will use in this subcomponent.

POSTURE

The posture is the capacity of the dancer to achieve and maintain a vertical order of the body in static and movement, including the characteristics of each dance style.

Usually the posture is identified with being straight, but this is not exactly like that.
The body always acts in opposition to compensate itself, so the posture is the ability of controlling this corporal oppositions on every moment with the purpose of transmitting a constant presence at the stage.

Although the posture is a general concept, each style has its own peculiar way of maintaining yourself visible and present at the stage. We will study in a detailed way this positional distinctions of each dance style from the easiest to the most difficult.

ACTION USED IN BASIC CHOREOGRAPHY 1: KEY WORD AND IN MUSIC, JIVE

In this class we will dance the 4 levels of the Action Used in Basic choreography 1. It is important that the choreography is learned, you can study it in the previous class: BASIC CHOREOGRAPHY 1.
If you have doubts about any of the steps or levels, you can go into detail in the previous specific classes for each step: WEIGHT CHANGE ON PLACE (LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2, LEVEL 3), ROCK ACTION, SIDE CHASSÉ, SIMPLE SPIN, DRUNKEN SAILOR, DRUNKEN SAILOR PART 2, KICKS.

Today we will work on the Keyword, a concept that will help us interpret the choreography in music with a clear objective and result.

ACTION USED IN BASIC CHOREOGRAPHY 1: KEYWORD AND IN MUSIC, PASODOBLE

The time has come to interpret BASIC CHOREOGRAPHY 1 into music. It is important to have clear Steps, Timing and Directions. We also need to have internalized and learned all the previous classes: ACTION USED WITHOUT STEPS, MARCHAS, SUR PLACE, BOTAFOGO, MARCHAS WITH FLEXION PART 1, MARCHES WITH FLEXION PART 2, CHASSÉ and LOCKSTEP So that today we can be free and concentrated on the concepts of LEVEL 1, LEVEL 2 and LEVEL 3 of the Action Used in Pasodoble.