(Bachazouk) The One Thing That Makes Those Explosive Zouk Moments~ What Is a Scoop Turn? Soo & Nara @ Zouk Night LATIN

“It's literally a turn where you draw the path from bottom to top, like scooping ice cream.”

First introducing the scoop turn's name and its movement image via the ice cream scoop

“Going too slow is hard too, so you've got to carry the momentum strong — whoosh.”

CONTEXTStressing speed and momentum when executing the scoop turn

“It's not like a millstone turn spinning on a vertical axis — you draw the path as a spiral, from the bottom up.”

Explaining the scoop turn's path by comparing it to a normal vertical-axis turn

“In a regular turn in place, the axis sits right above the lady's head. If you want to move her while you turn her, you turn her while moving that axis.”

Laying out the axis concept in a normal turn before getting into the scoop turn

“But in bachazouk, you start tilting the axis. The axis isn't perpendicular to the floor anymore.”

Explaining the axis concept of the bachazouk scoop turn, in contrast to a normal turn in place with a vertical axis

“When you do a scoop turn, think of the lady's turn axis as being laid down on its side.”

CONTEXTDescribing the tilted axis concretely, as a trajectory laid on its side

“The reason the lady's head dips and then rises is because you tilted the axis a little as you turned her.”

CONTEXTExplaining the head movement in a scoop turn through the tilted axis

“The fun thing about turning on an axis is that you don't have to build the axis in mid-air. You can use a part of your body to make the turn interesting.”

Moving past the imaginary-axis idea to introduce turn variations using the body (the elbow)

“Use your elbow. You place the lady's hand on your elbow and lead her into the turn around it.”

Explaining exactly how to lead a turn off the elbow instead of an axis in the air

“Once you've made that path for the head, there are moments where the leader ends up leading through the body.”

CONTEXTExplaining how the lead expands to the whole body after the elbow work