How Do You Tone Down Hip Movement In Bachata Dance?
“On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Rodney Lopez and I’m Amelia Maldonado. We’re here at Dance Manhattan Studios here in New York City, and we’re teaching you bachata. Now we’ll bring the same step into closed position and we’re going to sort of tone down the hip movement. The idea is, as Amelia said earlier, we want to sort of be a little bit close. It’s a very intimate dance. The idea is we’re very close to each other as we’re dancing it. If you’re not comfortable, you’re dancing with a stranger, don’t feel obligated to get that close. You can certainly dance in a regular ballroom hold. If you know the person you’re dancing with and you’re comfortable dancing close, that’s fine. We’re going to start the same way, but now we’re going to sort of tone down the movement. We’re just going to go 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. My foot isn’t coming up off the ground so much. 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. What I’m doing is I’m bringing my right foot and my right leg in between her legs a little
