Warsaw Zouk Festival Ignac & Magda Reversing close embrace demo 3 Feb 2024

3 Feb 2024 · 2 min

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In this instructional segment from the Warsaw Zouk Festival, instructors Ignac and Magda demonstrate the Reverse Lateral (also called Reverse Virginia) movement in Brazilian Zouk. They walk viewers through the foundational weight placement on the outer leg, hip connection, and the consistent frame for leaders, emphasizing the right arm sliding above the partner’s chest. The demo details the follower’s footwork, including the free‑leg “pretty leg” positioning and vertical point of the foot. Both dancers illustrate the pivot, maintaining a flat rhythm, and explain how to transition smoothly between the reverse step and the basic, ending with a cue to return to the line and close the basic. The tone is instructional and supportive, with repeated cues to reinforce key technical points.

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The reverse lateral. So we start with the simple viraginia. Important thing to have this weight on our outer legs, okay? Here and the hip connection here.
So do do do do do one half basic, shift, shift, and you reverse.
So leaders, your right arm is sliding here above the boob area. And the frame here is staying all the same, and you close the virginya. And the reverse virginya, the second part.
So we are starting the same, we are letting our partner through.
She is going first with her left leg, and then I am putting my weight on my right leg.
I'm putting your weight.
He's putting my weight.
Yes, yeah, we are putting the weight on the right leg and I'm gonna open it again.
And I'm staying here and doing the pivot. He's doing the pivot. And then you go to the rhythm. So no up, you stay flat the whole time. And followers, remember about the free leg, the pretty leg here. She's the The point position of the feet, remember vertical,
turning around the axis that is all
over. Okay, and now how to go from one to another?
The transition, the hard part. So we are going
here, the river is virgin.
And now we are taking one step in diagonal, second step here.
The hip connection is already created.
Okay, hip connection on our left leg, guys, and we are opening our chests. Towards the C direction, and then we are controlling the movement on the left leg. And now we are starting to reverse.
Okay, and if you want to finish our basic, go back to the line, close. Good.
Okay, cool.
Yes.