Private Latin Dance Lessons - Jenifer & Craig @ Pullenvale

Lesson 1 Bachata - Saturday 14 August 2021


LESSON PLAN:
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  • ​Basic Step in Closed Dance Frame
  • Turning Basic Step in Closed Dance Frame
  • Changing from Closed Frame to Open Frame (Two Handed Hold) - either palm to palm or fence post hold
  • Flick Turn​

SEQUENCE:
  • Basic Step (Closed Position to Two Handed Position)
  • Flick Turn
    • Turn on 1-2-3-4
    • Half Basic on 5-6-7-8

​See below for various Bachata videos. For more videos, go to my Bachata webpage here.

Bachata Music

Lesson 2 Bachata - Saturday 21 August 2021


LESSON PLAN:
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  • Revised last week's lesson - Basic Step and Flick Turn
  • Learned Single Arm Turn of Follower to Follower's Right
    • ​Leader lifts his Left Arm Up on "8" of Basic Step
    • Refer to "Basic Follower Turns" video below for the version starting around 0:50
  • Learned Turn of Leader to the Left with Change of Hands Behind the Back
    • ​Refer to "Basic Leader Turns" video below for the version starting about 0:50

Lesson 3 Bachata - Sunday 5 September 2021


LESSON PLAN:

  • Revised steps to date:
    • Basic Step
    • Flick Turn
    • Turn of Follower (Single Arm with Leader's Left Arm & Follower's Right)
    • Turn of Leader (Change Hands Behind the Back)
  • Learned Cradle/Cuddle/Wrap In and Out.
    • Refer to the "Cuddle/Cradle/Wrap" video and notes below.

SONGS RECOMMENDED:

Here are the two main songs we used in our lesson that were faster and had a good beat. Both songs are in the Bachata playlist above.
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***** VIDEOS *****

Bachata Basic Step (Side to Side Step)

Practising the Basic Turns Without Your Partner

Flick Turn

  • Referred to as Rollaways in this video
  • This video does a flick turn back to back; we just did a flick turn on 1-2-3-4, then half basic on 5-6-7-8.

Basic Follower Turns

Basic Leader Turns

Cuddle/Cradle/Wrap

  • Refer to the first move shown in the video. This is the Cuddle In and Out Move we learned in Lesson 3. 
    • Start in Two-Handed Hold, Leader lifts his Right arm up on 8, then turns Follower Clockwise into Cuddle/Cradle/Wrap position.  Then turn Follower Anti-Clockwise to lead Follower out of Cuddle.