Anna Kovalova | Latin Dance Lesson
here is a fun Paso Doble combination for you because I haven't seen too many online
it includes some pieces from my course dance with Anand calm let me quickly demonstrate it for you
well I started with the preparation step backward on count one now for seven counts will go down
flex are your our knees till count eight seven eight now we'll take a step forward in a cross
to the side replace forward in the cross to the side replace now with the right foot we'll take
a lunge forward one two three four recover on to your straight leg and now on five will pivot on
our standing leg six now take a step forward and close your feet as you turning I will break down
the movements for you so it easy to practice at home we'll start with the preparation step step
on your left foot backward on a one make sure that you're not falling into this step try to stretch
your chest and your elbows in opposite directions together with the step try the same stretch your
chest and stretch your elbows take a step back now for seven counts we will lower ourself by bringing
our hips forward make sure that your spine is flat you're not arching your low back keep it
straight and just bring your tailbone forward for seven counts till your position is nice and
low now we have a step on one two in a cross and then we have a sidestep in three four make sure
this movement is very similar to the samba but the focus kind of but we don't have a bound and
I don't want you to create any bounds during this figure so to make sure to make sure that you have
no up and down you're not changing your level and you don't creating the bounce try to use your back
foot by pushing up and out from this foot keep your hips always forward one two now when you
take a sidestep still keep your tailbone forward three four replace so basically your hips are
always moving four forward five six keep your hips forward seven eight now we have to recover before
we take a lunge forward so we're not lunging from the boss flex knees you have to recover first send
your leg forward and then push yourself into the lunge position one more time after this sidestep
recover bring your right foot forward push now this is count one four two three four we have
to recover on our front leg two three four on count five P but only your foot without turning
your shoulders and upper body and now take a step forward on seven and on count eight turn on your
standing leg and collect your feet together here their arms for this combination in my opinion is
the most beautiful part of paso doble I'm going in more details in my course but I will give you
and share with you some tips so when we have a preparation as I mentioned before try to stretch
and pull your elbows in opposition with your chest now scoop your arms and bring your arms in cross
a front of you now we'll go into flamenco arm section try to first of all keep your hands in
cross position but and by turning your palms create a nice flamingo hand action now bring
your left arm on top of your right hand and again twist your hands now while we have recover on our
sting to like bring your arm all the way up make a small circle well it's not a small circle it's
a big circle and now bring your arms in a cross in front of you flex your elbows twist your hands
all the way down make sure that your elbows is higher than your wrists pull your arms up through
the elbows recover and now from here we'll have a victory hand while we have a rotation take a
step forward but make sure that your arm is still stretching and close your feet bring your hands on
your waist here is the count pay a close attention step on count 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 now stepping cross
on the 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and preparation 1 2 3 4 turn 5 6 hope now step 7 8 turn
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