Warsaw Zook festival Kris & Klaudia Dynamic Counterbalance moves Sat Feb 3 2024

3 Feb 2024 · 1 min

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In this instructional segment from the Warsaw Zook Festival, the instructors demonstrate a series of dynamic counterbalance moves for Brazilian Zouk. Speaker A explains how to release and reposition the hand, using skin leading and finger pressure to rotate the partner’s chest, transfer weight, and guide the partner around the dance floor. Specific hand placements are described, such as placing a hand on the neck, sliding the left hand to the partner’s palm, and brushing the hair, all while walking and maintaining support. Speaker B interjects with cues like “TV step,” “Body roll,” and “basic step,” indicating how these elements integrate into the overall movement sequence. The segment concludes with a concise recap of the move, emphasizing the flow from hand transfer to body roll and basic step.

I let go of the hand. I start walking and I place the hand here and open, transfer my partner. This hand just supports. I use the skin leading to rotate. Here I keep the hand here. I walk around.
TV step.
I open my partner to the side. Here I'm gonna transfer to my right and send my partner. Now The fingers gonna push the chest. Take her to this side. I place the hand on the neck. Left hand slides to her palm. I walk in front. I brush her hair.
Body roll. And basic
step. Okay? So that was the move.