Sara

“Breaking a complicated pattern down into good basics is really important. The quality of the basic matters so much.”

Putting the quality of the basic above drilling patterns

“The bachata step is made up of weight shifts — transitions — and taps.”

Breaking down basic footwork, teaching the toe-heel weight shift

“Head movement doesn't start in the head. It comes from the chest and the contraction.”

First introducing the principle behind head movement

“Hip movement starts with the force of pushing off the floor.”

Circling back to a principle from lady styling basics

“Every bit of head movement comes from using your core. Not your head.”

Going over the do's and don'ts of head movement technique

“Sensual movement is led with the body. The hands are just there to help.”

Using Marco's movement — where he barely uses his arms — as the example

“There's no shoulder movement in a contraction. The moment you use your shoulders, it's already a different move.”

Drawing the line between contraction and shoulder movement

“I can control it because I know where I'm holding, how far I can go, where my flexibility ends. If you don't know that and just copy it, you get hurt.”

Advising against blindly copying the wild moves you see all over videos