Having strong feet and ankles is ESSENTIAL for feeling stable in your turns and spins. This is especially true for us ladies when we wear high heels while we dance. There are lots of things we can do to keep our feet and ankles healthy and strong, and these exercises are just a few of […]
So this is the same thing as yesterday just prepping the pirouette in 5th position rather than 4th. These will likely feel much harder. As you can tell these are definitely hard for me too. That is why I love it. The same techniques apply, though, so make sure you are watching your alignment, your […]
The theme for today is LESS IS MORE. Just because now we are actually turning in the piroutte does not mean that everything we just worked on goes out the window. In order to add the turn we really don’t have to do anything different. The ONLY thing I want you to add today is […]
I’m not going to say much other than this is no different than what we have been doing for three days now. Don’t get intimidated just because now you are turning all the way around. Breathe. Prepare. Engage. Spot. That’s all you need. Don’t get frustrated. These things are hard. I am nowhere near mastering […]
Ok, so to be totally honest, salsa pirouettes don’t technically exist. But that is what I am calling it. Yep. I made it up. And I’m showing you two different variations to try out. Don’t get caught up in any frustration here. These are really just for fun. And if it so happens that you […]
PHEW! We finally made it out of the pirouette portion of the challenge. And it was just that, a challenge….for ALL of us. Trust me, those things aren’t easy for me either. I am not a trained dancer, but NOW I go to classes to get trained and that is the best thing I have […]
The cross body lead inside turn is just an extension of the cross body lead and I want you to think about it that way. Yes, it is 1.5 turns but don’t let that intimidate you. For the purpose of this challenge I want you guys to STEP out the entire inside turn. That means […]
Today we get into the salsa prep spin series. We are starting slow with just getting in and out of our preps. Just like I said when we were working on our pirouette preps, getting in to a good balanced prep is just as important as the spin. In fact it is essential to do […]