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“If you want to lead the hips, bend! Lower back straight, upper body tall.”

Explaining hip-lead posture during a honey burrito and caída lesson

“If the guy raises your arm above your shoulder, the girl can't show any pretty movement.”

On why arm position matters when setting up the caída

“Both shoulders have to go to the opposite side. You use that tension to show the other side.”

Explaining shoulder use and changing direction through tension in a clock turn

“In bachata, turns are step turns.”

Mid-explanation of turn leads — what a bachata turn actually is

“When you plant into the floor, you have to rise using that pressing force, keep it going. If you just think of it as moving side to side, it gets hard.”

Explaining that you need to use the push against the floor to create the down-up momentum in swivels

“You have to plant that right foot exactly. If you don't, it gets hard for the follow to turn.”

Explaining that the lead planting the foot at a specific timing is what lets the partner complete the turn