(Bachata) Why no bending in the Influence head roll? Gatica explains it straight from the source @ Gangnam Latin Festival

“The reason I don't do the bending is that I'm still searching for the connection with my partner's arm and hand.”

CONTEXTHer answer to a question about why she doesn't bend during the influence head roll

“If I did bend, I'd fall out of his connection way more easily.”

CONTEXTExplaining why bending breaks the connection

“Instead of going down, I tend to do more of a contraction right here.”

CONTEXTExplaining that she expresses the movement through an upper-body contraction rather than bending

“Of course there are always exceptions. There are times I do take it down, but generally I don't.”

CONTEXTAdmitting there are exceptions to her own rule, with a bit of elaboration

“I'm more focused on finding his connection with my head. If I go like this, I fall right out of the connection.”

CONTEXTExplaining how important it is to hold the connection through the head roll

“So I'm more focused on keeping the connection with his hand. That's my focus.”

Her closing explanation of why she doesn't bend