(Bachata) THE move right now~ One for the lead, one for the follow, and you're set! Monggu & Rafle nail the essentials — open class @ LATIN

“You've got two options: come in together on the right foot, cap it, and go out on the left — or send it from the left and just come straight down.”

CONTEXTOffering two footwork alternatives for a change of direction the follows tend to get confused by.

“When you breathe up and the tilt of your body changes, the lady's chest naturally ends up facing the sky.”

CONTEXTHow using the breath to adjust the body's angle naturally turns the follow's chest.

“Actually, the lower your hand stays, the more stable it is.”

CONTEXTOn how hand placement relates to stability when inverting the angle of the body.

“If I just keep my frame, he'll lift my hand for me. I'm not the one raising it.”

CONTEXTExplaining that the follow's hand goes up from keeping the frame, not from lifting it herself.

“Even when his hand disappears, you have to keep your frame. Where most people mess up is throwing it over his head the second the hand comes off.”

CONTEXTStressing that the follow shouldn't break her own frame when the lead's hand leaves, and pointing out the common mistake.