(Bachata) DJ Turn Transitions With a Little Kwaebaek Wisdom 💡 — Kwaebaek Annie LATIN Open Class

“Ladies, you have to work at not coming apart too. Press into each other enough that the guy doesn't even need to hold on.”

CONTEXTStressing the follow's active tension while explaining a move where the connection lives in the fingertips alone

“Treat passing straight through as your default. It's not about when to hook it — think of it as, you don't have to hook at all.”

CONTEXTExplaining the baseline mindset a follow should have on the DJ turn transition

“It's this turn, and when I try to turn them, so many people block themselves. The hand has to slip out.”

CONTEXTCalling out the habit of follows unconsciously blocking their own turn

“Blocking is the guy stopping you from traveling any further. You block, and then all you do is open it up.”

CONTEXTExplaining how the lead uses a block to control the follow's travel, then opens it back up

“Always assume you're passing through. You never know how many the lead's going to do.”

CONTEXTThe attitude a follow has to keep so the lead is free to decide how many turns to do

“There are going to be a lot of you who do this on your own right here. Even then, just hand it over and follow.”

CONTEXTAdvice correcting the habit of follows predicting the lead's intention and moving ahead of it