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Learning Correct Posture in African Dance

Posture is very important when it comes to African dance. Learn tips on how to maintain correct posture as you dance from out expert dance instructor in this free video clip.

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In this clip, I', going to demonstrate the first movement of the dance that is inspired by doom-doom-ba. Now some of these movements, it's important to understand the posture. So, you're going to bend down and your knees are going to be bent and your feet are going to be parallel with your shoulders. Make sure that your spine is in line with your neck. So the first movement, your foot goes up, so it goes one, two, one, two. As your foot goes up and you knee goes up, your hands go down with two fists, one, two, one, two. And you continuously move, one, two, one, two. This rhythm is the rhythm of the strong man but women can do it too. One, two, one, two. As you come up, you jerk your shoulders back because it is a rhythm of strength. Bum-pa-bum, bum-pa-bum, bu-pa-bum, bum-pa-bum. One, two.

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Learning Correct Posture in African Dance

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