Gatica

“The reason I don't do the bending is that I'm still searching for the connection with my partner's arm and hand.”

Her answer to a question about why she doesn't bend during the influence head roll

“If I did bend, I'd fall out of his connection way more easily.”

Explaining why bending breaks the connection

“Instead of going down, I tend to do more of a contraction right here.”

Explaining that she expresses the movement through an upper-body contraction rather than bending

“So I'm more focused on keeping the connection with his hand. That's my focus.”

Her closing explanation of why she doesn't bend

“I'm more focused on finding his connection with my head. If I go like this, I fall right out of the connection.”

Explaining how important it is to hold the connection through the head roll

“Of course there are always exceptions. There are times I do take it down, but generally I don't.”

Admitting there are exceptions to her own rule, with a bit of elaboration