Video: Modern Dance Back Shoulder Roll

A back shoulder roll in modern dance can begin laying down, sitting down, or standing up. Learn a back shoulder roll with tips from a professional dancer in this free modern dance video.

Video Transcript

Hi my name is Chell Garcia-Trias and I am a modern dance instructor in Austin, Texas. I am going to show you how to do a backward shoulder roll the way that I like to do it in modern dance. So you can start from standing up or laying down it's up to you. Usually I start from sitting down and what you are going to do is roll onto your back. You are going to reach out with your, for me it is my right arm, whichever arm is more comfortable for you, out with your right arm and you are going to tilt your head to your left side then you are going to kick up with your left leg and push through the heel to extend that and you are going to push your right leg and extend through it to the back. It is kind of tricky without doing it, you have to just try it. Roll back, push your arm out to the side, tilt your head over, push your left leg up straight up to the ceiling and your right leg way straight to the back and you are going to end up on your stomach here. So that is a nice way that I like to do a shoulder roll in modern dance.

Modern Dance Back Shoulder Roll

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