Video: Elements of Ballroom Dance

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Posture is a pivotal element in Latin American ballroom dances, and resistance and support are important to reading one another. Learn the basic elements of Latin and ballroom dances in this free dancing video lesson.

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In this clip we're going to talk about other elements that are involved in all the dances; most Latin dances and any other dance that you can do. We're going to talk about the posture for leaders and followers. Your body should be straight, okay; your torso is up, you're tucked in, followers and leaders. So you have an energy that comes from the center of your body into your arms and your legs. Also we're going to talk about a little bit of resistance. When we have our partner, we don't dance with no power, we make a little bit of resistance, so we can read what our partner wants to tell us where to go. It is also very important the musicality, okay. If we have it slow, we have to wait, and if we have it quick, quick, we move. These are other elements that also involve in any dance that we've done so far.

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Elements of Ballroom Dance

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