Amber Reich September 2010

You dance with a forward posture for Rumba and all Latin dances. However, you must be balanced. A good exercise is posturing forward and picking up up your non-standing leg. Move, pick up your leg. Move, pick up your leg (non-standing). The left arm connection has the forearm straight up. Keep your upper chest forward like someone is pulling on your collar.

Side basic
Left foot back rock
Right foot back break with a woman's underarm turn ending with a sudden upward arm fling.
Keep the left arm back behind the ear and the hand open.
Rock forward holding the woman in a basket and position her forward with left arm up and right arm on her back.
Twist and torque her into a double free spin.
Walking forward in a syncopated forward walk.
End is a side basic to a Telemark.
Forward rock, cross body lead to a Telemark spin.
Rock in place and draw your right foot to the left.
Open the right foot to the right and open with woman.
Next is side passes/rocks.

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