Chaves' Bachata Body Lead - When Hip Moves Are Hard, Save Your Basic With Slick Upper-Body Movement & Fundamental Body Lead

“Breathe, change position, and now you have to lose the balance. Send it back and come back again.”

CONTEXTExplaining position changes and weight shifts in the basic step

“Doing it without arms is for social dancing. Remember, before you use your arms you have to train the body movement first.”

CONTEXTExplaining why he trains body movement alone, without arms, during basic step practice

“With the arms it gets easier. Remember the weight, breathe as you move, relax, and sit.”

CONTEXTAdding the arms as the next step after body movement training

“When you use the legs, don't forget to move the hips a little bigger.”

CONTEXTConnecting the leg steps to the hip movement

“Now this step you can use in half timing, in normal timing, or even without the step.”

CONTEXTIntroducing basic variations and how to play with the timing