(Bachata) Clutch when the floor's packed🍯 Sora & Dalkong's advanced patterns where fundamentals matter even more~ @ Asia Bachata Paradise

“Just set the direction well at the start, and for the rest you can simply receive it.”

CONTEXTExplaining that in open position, once the lead sets the direction, the follow just receives it and moves along with it

“Once your hips and feet open up, you end up using your upper body too — so you can travel straight into another position, or the guy can turn you with the movement.”

CONTEXTExplaining how changes in hip and foot position when opening up affect upper-body use and the direction of the turn

“I shift the direction a little on the guy's seven, so the lady's path can travel in a circle. A circle already gives direction on its own.”

CONTEXTExplaining the principle of changing the lead's direction on count 7 of the pattern to give the follow direction through circular travel

“Then when your right foot goes back, from the lady's side that straight line turns into the curved line of a turn.”

CONTEXTExplaining how a change in foot direction shifts the travel line the follow feels — from straight to curved