(Bachata) The hanger turn, done right! Pinpoint one-point fixes from Clau & Ross master class @ K-Sensual by Wongung & Yoni (special guest: Kkotnim)

“It's the lead that takes you to the right. Don't move before I lead it — you have to wait.”

CONTEXTCorrecting the follow for moving ahead of the lead during hanger turn practice

“What you're doing right now is breaking the position. You wait, then start from the right — that's what makes it a circle.”

CONTEXTExplaining that the follow's path in the hanger turn has to draw a circle

“Arm first, and then it's turn, turn, turn.”

CONTEXTWalking through the order of arm and torso rotation in the hanger turn

“When I close my arm, you open your chest and come with me.”

CONTEXTExplaining how the follow responds to the change in the lead's arm angle by opening the chest

“Open your chest, and feel that I'm taking you to the third point.”

CONTEXTGuiding the follow to feel the lead's change of direction with the body, mid hanger turn

“You feel the lead taking you from behind with the elbow, and your body just goes along with it.”

CONTEXTExplaining how connection through the elbow turns into a whole-body follow

“Let your body relax, and shift the weight in your chest over to the other side.”

CONTEXTCoaching the follow to let the weight shift turn her naturally in the coat-hanger turn

“You stretch your body out away from the arm, so it feels like you're hanging off it.”

CONTEXTExplaining the hanging-off-the-arm sensation that gives the "coat-hanger turn" its name