Shinae Turn Move in Modern Dance

Video Transcript

"Hi there! My name is Connie Hale. Thanks for joining me here at expertvillage.com. Today we are learning some basic lyrical or modern dance moves. Right now we are going to learn some simple turns. There are different ways to do turns obviously. We are going to do one first what is called a snee turn. Snee turn is simple up on the balls of the feet. If you want to go ahead and focus on my feet here, you are going to notice that I stay up on the balls of my feet. I step, step and turn and my heels almost kiss as I turn. Step, step, step. This is a simple snee turn again. Watching my feet, step, they almost connect and step out. So if we bring it up and I show you the full thing. We are step, step, step, step, step, step and out. If you notice my upper body while I am turning, arms are doing a simple motion of open and close, open and close. So I put it together while I am turning. It's open and close, open and close. You can also do them consecutively. If you do it like that, it would like as such, turn, turn, turn, turn. What I am doing with my head is called spotting. Spotting is number 1. I am going to keep you from not getting dizzy, number 2, going to keep you going in a straight line. Spotting means simply this: catching a focal point on the opposite direction of the room, you follow it, keep your eyes on it, when you are ready to turn, your head whips around, catch that spot again and bring it around. That is what is called spotting. So if you do it a little faster I am catching my focal point, following it, whip it, following it, whip it. Learning snee turns is best to start off spotting and then add your feet and then under your arms break it down and put it all together. That is called the snee turn. "