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CLASS 7
LEVEL 7 ADVANCED

MUSICAL VERSION

COUNT

Hey, guys, let's start
the explanation of this new video.

We're going to do a style sequence,

because we're going
to start with arm movements

that the follower is going to combine
with head moves and her basic.

Let's start, then.

We bring our arms up on 1,

we lower them on 2,

we open them on 3,

and lean back on 4.

On 5-6-7 I pull her toward me,
so that she can initiate a turn.

We don't let our hands go, though.

On 7 I toss her left arm,

and as I'm tapping, my body is already
leaning toward where I want to go.

This way the follower knows that
we're not doing a normal basic,

but a leaned forward basic
that will help us do a V step.

With respect to the follower's part...

as he said, the first part
is filled with style moves.

Then, when he raises the arm, we have
to accompany the motion with our head.

This is a style move, but we're going
to do it since it's visually attractive,

gives a different colour to the step,
and adds importance to it.

So, we bring our head back on 1.

Then we open the figure and tap.

When we're about to do the spin,

we have to be careful not
to go too far, or else we'll collide.

Normally, we don't have
to travel so much during spins.

So, I start on 5,

on 6 I try to gain momentum
so I can face him on 7

and I get ready for the basic,
as he insinuates that he's coming forward.

I'm going to control
her right elbow and back.

We're going to do do the V step
move to go forth and back.

We do:

Look, I'm leaving my right leg between hers,

because on 5 we're going
to do a stroke with a break

and a head stroke.

How do we do that?

I stop the motion of her hips, her basic,

and the follower does
a head stroke backward.

We go:

Notice that what I'm really
doing is picking her up.

Step and pull.

Once we've done 5-6, I stick
my foot in her basic again

to do 7, lowering her right shoulder,

and shifting the orientation
to indicate her the basic.

The leader must keep his right hand up,

so that I know that it's only a head stroke.

As he said, he places his hand
on my back at this height.

He does the indication for
the head stroke with his left hand.

If he only pushed downward...

...sorry, if the indication
only went downward,

the follower shouldn't do a head stroke.

But in this case, the leader
is leading me into a head stroke.

The follower has to think
that this is a cambré

but I'm going to prevent that with
my right hand, because I want her up here.

Hence, she's going to feel
a back and forth motion.

An exit, a slide, with a basic block.

We're going to step out
from here with a regular basic.

Always remember to get
some rest between figures.

We're going to start with
an armlock for the follower

and a shift of her back
so we can do the armlock shift.

We go:

And now I spin on site.

Let's do it again.

She doesn't have to feel anything.

She has to feel how it comes,

and how I go through if we do it up here.

She doesn't have to move, really.

And that's why we have to flex,

so she doesn't feel uncomfortable
spreading her arms like that.

We just did our basic...

I do the armlock.

I come forward on 5, on 6...

On 7, I have to lower
my right hand as much as I can,

so that she knows that
it's a downward motion.

And on 8... I come forward on 7,

and I go through on 8 in a low position.

If the follower was taller,
I'd have to flex a bit less.

If the leader was taller, though,
he'd have to squat to do the step.

Now it's time to do a break.

Notice that we're not moving our feet.

On 4, we both tap

and I do a closure so that
she knows that it's a stroke.

Open your eyes now, guys.
We're going to do 4-5 like this

in order to adopt a beautiful position.

This way we won't have
go forward to switch our feet.

If we went forward, the follower
might hit us in the stomach or in our face.

So, we were doing
the syncopated step...

We have to start going all the way down.

I don't pull her in my direction,
as she'd be doing a basic.

We go down on 5,

I open her arms on 6,

I bring them down on 7...

And when I'm raising her arms
again, she's already closed them.

She's doing her basic
while I close mine on 8.

Outward.

Because, look, If I step on 8...

If I step on 8 and go forward,
this could have happened.

The hit would have been notorious.

Hence, we do it here,

and this way my head is save,

I tap and go back to
my basic without a problem.

Followers, when we spread your arms,
watch out the rotation of your elbows.

Once we've started...
you'll explain it better...

It is important to understand
well this indication.

The leader is doing a crossed prep,

and he's going to lower our hands
until they're outstretched.

If he opened them too early, it would be
impossible for us to do that move.

It's important that he does the indication
down there so our arms are outstretched.

Our head comes last because it's a wrench.

If we get pulled, our head does this.

It's a wrench.

We have to keep it flexed...

...sorry, outstretched.

We don't have to do this.

Remember not to put the hand
in front of the shoulder during the rise.

If we raised it like this, we would end up
with the rotation blocked by the shoulder.

But if we raise it from behind,
we can raise it much more,

because we can rotate
much more the shoulder like this.

Once we're down, we have
to try to raise the arms from behind.

We lower them again and push upward.

Also, you have to be careful, followers.

We know that at some point the leader
is going to lead us into that rise.

Thus, we have to be alert
and avoid things like this:

Or this... getting hit in the face is the worst.

When he raises the hands
he might hit me in the face.

We have to be aware of that,
get momentum and rise

when the leader gives us the indication.

As leaders, we have
to seek the middle ground.

Don't keep rising the arms or
else the follower will have to travel.

Practice with caution
and see you in the next video.