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Summary: Learn how to do the basic men's underarm turn for dancing the waltz in this free instructional dance video.
Sarolta Eke lives in Budapest, Hungary. She started dancing in 1992, and she has danced in competitions for 6 years in both Ballroom and Latin dances. Sarolta reached the highest...read more
"Hello I am Sarolta Eke. Hello I'm Tamas Kassai, we are here on behalf of Expert Village. We are going to show you how to dance Waltz. Now Tamas is showing us how to dance underarm turn. 1-2-3, 2-2-3. Once more and just look at his arm at what he is doing when he leads the lady, 1-2-3-2-2-3. The steps are the same as for progressive walk in Waltz, nothing has changed only the lead. So it's right foot forward, left foot to side, right foot closes to left foot, left foot forward, right foot to side, left foot closes to right foot. The foot technique is heel toe, toe, toe heel, heel toe, toe, toe heel. The rise and fall of this step is commence to rise at end of 1, continue to rise on 2 and 3, go lower at end of 3. Commence to rise at end of 1, continue rise on 2 and 3 and lower at end of 3. 1-2-3-2-2-3, 1-2-3-2-2-3, once more 1-2-3-2-2-3. So these are the steps that the man should do for underarm turn, which is 1-2-3-2-2-3 and he should lead the lady with his left arm. Always keep in mind that you should keep up your left hand the right hand should go down by your side, 1-2-3-2-2-3 and during this figure, the man's left hand should turn the lady."
eHow Article: Men's Underarm Turn for a Waltz