(Bachata) Sara Panero's ✨All in One✨ Lady Styling - Infinite Variations of Basic Hip! Plus Body Movement~

“When you dance solo, you use your whole body, but when you dance with a partner, you use different technique? I don't think that makes sense. It's one thing.”

Workshop opener, declaring that solo and partnerwork technique are the same

“When I shift my weight, I focus on the floor. The hip movement starts from the push against the floor.”

Explaining the starting point of the hip basic

“Lifting your ankle isn't technique. You go down and push from the knee.”

Correcting a bad hip movement habit

“Just changing the level alone gives you so many movements you can create. Do a circle or change direction and it looks completely different.”

Introducing the first variation on the basic isolation

“It feels like the hip is riding on top of the heel. If you keep doing it from the knee, your knee is going to suffer.”

Tip for a hip movement that doesn't strain the knee

“There are really so many options. You can find your own too.”

On the number of hip movement variations

“When you're creating a movement, think about the direction of the hip first. Mix in level and body direction and it looks completely different.”

Summarizing the three axes of variation: direction, level, body direction

“I dance a lot of styles. Each one gives you different skills. In the end, becoming a better dancer isn't about bachata or salsa, it's about how well you control your body.”

Answering why he varies styles

“So I keep giving myself and my students challenges. Ways to use the body differently.”

Why he uses variation as a training method

“Puyaíto is forward. The hip has forward, side, back, or center.”

Explaining puyaíto and the four hip directions

“Anything's fine, just don't only do the basic. If you only do the basic it's boring, right?”

Introducing options like rebounds and circles

“The L step is one I really love. I learned it in the Dominican Republic. The feel is cha, cha, cha.”

Introducing the L step learned in the Dominican

“A contraction is the head going forward and the stomach pulling in. Not the shoulders. The shoulders and chest are different joints, so don't mix them up.”

The precise definition of a contraction

“It's not the neck either. Always keep space between your ear and your shoulder.”

Correcting the common social-dancing habit of raising the shoulders

“Your arms make the movement look bigger. Even when the arm lifts, keep the shoulder down.”

The role of the arms and the shoulder rule

“Usually 95% of turns you prep outward and turn back in. This one's the opposite. You prep inward.”

Explaining the reverse turn prep

“You finish one move while starting the next one. Not chopping it into stiff counts like 5 6 7 8 1. It just looks better that way.”

Fusion concept for linking moves