Summary: The merengue is a fun dance that involves two-handed turns. Learn to perform two-handed turns from a professional dance instructor in this free video.
Erika Occhipinti is the owner of Salsa Caliente Dance Studio in Tampa, Fla. Since she opened the studio in July of 2000, Occhipinti has taught thousands of students and performed at...read more
"Now we'll show you how to do turns with two hands. We begin with our basic step. When we're ready to lead some turns, we just slide out until we have both hands held out. This time, to do a two-handed turn, we're going to lift them both up, turn her either right or left, either way is fine. Ladies, you're just going to step it out. Don't try to turn quickly. When you get here, you can either unwind her and go back the other direction like this. Or, when you get her turned here, you could also turn yourself to unwind. So, the guys will turn in the other direction. We'll go this way, and then the guy can unwind like this. Which brings us back to our starting position. That's a regular two-hand turn. We can also cross our hands and do two-handed turns like this. Turn to the right and back the other way, or you can cross over the other hand and turn this way. Gentlemen, if you want, you can also unwind yourself as a little variation. And then if you want, when we're done, we can take it over, ladies keep your elbows in, and we'll come back to a position like this. That's a two-handed turn."
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