(Bachata) This season's pattern upgrade~ tack it onto underarm and clock turns — Poppin' Amanda Influence Night Workshop

“Your body should be facing your partner, not facing front.”

CONTEXTExplaining body orientation after the hand change in an underarm turn

“Move your feet first, and think of your face as doing nothing at all. That way your head never ends up looking at the floor.”

CONTEXTExplaining the order of the body going into a turn (feet–body–head) and spotting

“Since the down connects straight into the up, just doing the next arm work on its own is enough to send the turn.”

CONTEXTExplaining how breath and the down-up connection let the arm movement alone lead the turn

“If the guy doesn't send the weight over, the lady's weight doesn't transfer. Then you have to go back down from the foot you stopped on.”

CONTEXTExplaining how the follow handles it when the lead doesn't hand over the weight

“Just letting go of the tension is enough for it all to land at the end.”

CONTEXTExplaining that releasing tension at the end of a pattern lets the shape complete itself naturally

“Both shoulders have to go to the opposite side. You use that tension to show the other side.”

CONTEXTExplaining shoulder use and changing direction through tension in a clock turn