Anna Kovalova | how to dance the jive | Tutorial

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so in the chassis of the jive again the faster music the speed goes the more compact we should

create our steps so the less travel we create yeah so it has to be pretty compact now xiaomi

uh the chassis in the chat please quick uh quick quick uh quick quick uh quick quick

uh quick quick a quick yes so in the chat it's a swing dance yes it's come from the

swing so we have a hip action but we don't we don't create number eight we don't create

a rotation because i can't dance the jive with the rotation or i have no time for figure

eight so what type of hip action we have it's a pendulum yeah it's a swingy yeah but also

let's say if um i do i create the pendulum in roomba or cha-cha it's more diagonally

forward than i have a rotation yes in jif it's more direct straight to the point from

side to side also our head and jive are of course we can dance it quite straight and

in jive we have in swing we have a slightly different position in our body because dance

is fast we have to more engaged to our center so our body position is slightly more forward

diagonal so our foot and body weight is more towards the ball yeah we never like really

land on the heel and we don't really feel the heel so we more towards the ball body

weight is slightly forward diagonal now when we have a chasse in the jive you have to counterbalance

your hip with your head so it's not only the hip and i'm trying to keep my straight position

in my body yes we have a swing not only in our hips but also in our body yes so our when

our hip swings our body is already show us the direction it's kind of like um already

direct us to the chassis but our hip is working to opposition so we're not uh full right so

we have to swing our hip and i'm sorry first of all we have to send our body and opposite

ourselves with the hip and now proceed with the chassis again body swings hip is goes

to the opposite direction again body hip body hip very good and

three four

that's right uh also i want to point your attention to the leg action so when we have

a chasse three yes it's a ball ball flat ball flat when we land to our uh when we land and

we're arriving actually to our third step our knee our standing foot should be still

soft so we not end up ending our chasse with three and four because our knee if our leg

is straightening it means we already have to redirect our hip and our body yes so try

to always finish your chasse on the soft foot and now we're gonna use count end and three

ah four try to dance your four slower slowly and more smoother ah three four ah three ah

four ah three uh four ah three ah four ah yes it's like a singing class right now i'm

singing for you because it's not a three a four three a four three a four right so that's

why when i'm when i count i'm counting i'm trying to really give you this kind of feel

with my voice four four yes it's something heavy something continues

very very good now i also um well if we go a little bit more eight years ahead um i also

have a very common question i received a very common question during um during the first

side step during the first step into the chassis when we already sent our body and we opposite

our selves with the hip 3d and now from here when we switch the weight yes from our right

foot let's say to the left sometimes uh it's kind of feels like um stiff in the way so

if you feel like three and four something is kind of wrong it's probably because you're

not really using the your center and your core we don't have only a swing well we can't

have only the swing but if you want to go a little bit more towards the goal our sweetie

and so when we uh when we are receiving our weight on our right foot we have to get a

small scooping action and a full so our tummy yes i we also have a body rhythm yes through

our hips yes we don't need to really crunch our timing but that's it's just very tiny

um um impulse very tiny action so when we have 3d i want you to dance yes your hips

are kind of forward on your foot and four very tiny action three ah that's how you actually

with this action you moving you move you're closing your foot and you change your weight

so you're not just doing this action because for example i i'm telling you to do so yes

you really want to feel that your center your actuation engagement in your center it's bringing

your foot in and that's how you change your weight three four three ah four three ah four

yes smaller yes it's very very tiny yes kind of central action three ah four very good

three ah four three ah four yes so when we're closing the foot we're not the closing the

foot just because our leg is coming to the closed position we have to close our foot

with our center with our center and when we just remember our center is not working this

way that's done we're already in this position our center is working in just very tiny action

and four three and four thirty and four three and four very good three and four three and

four three and four three and four very very nice dance today continues to create entertaining

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