Level 2 2/9/08

topic posted Wed, March 5, 2008 - 12:14 PM by  Joyce
2 tension shimmy.
L, C, L then R, C, R.
2 tension back. Instead of standard two tension arms(wrists push out and back with sweeping movement of arms across from elbow out. elbows are held high and roughly even with shoulder height.) for back two tension the movement is angled to the side back and the bent elbow accentuates the hip that is working. the other arm is straight out.

3 step shimmy with a hip drop. sympathetic wrist floreo on the hip drop with the wrist on the side of the hip drop.
can be done with a turn. a look in the direction of the movement is the cue to turn. start turning on the 1, don't wait.

bookending:
3 step turn is a book end.

3 step turn
series of crossover steps with a hip drop (sometimes 4 crossovers, sometimes 2, then once the movement is going it can be a single crossover before going back into a 3 step turn)
3 step turn


arabic 2 work. with a turn and sweeping arms. like a barrel turn. look back over shoulder.
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Joyce
California

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