In today's class, we were taught Merengue. It has a two step beat. Steps could be called as Long-Long-Short-Short or 1-2-3-4. Detailed steps are:
* We have to concentrate on our waist, and let our legs follow the moves (just opposite to Salsa). Just remember to give "small thumkas" on alternate sides, and let your legs follow the moves.
0 – We start by weight on right leg and left leg next in-line to it.
1/Long – We shift the left leg by around 10 inches to left and hip goes in other direction. Main thing to keep in mind is that body above rib-cage should not move much.
2/Long – In this step our right leg follows left one. We shift right leg near to left one (they touch each other) and the hip goes in other direction (i.e., towards left). This time hip displacement might not be as much as in the odd steps.
3/Short – This is the same step as step 1, only difference being the displacement. Here we shift the left leg by only 3-4 inches.
4/Short – Same as step 2, but with displacement of around 3-4 inches.
After repeating these steps a number of times, the partners may reach to the end of dancing floor, then they may either rotate by 180 degrees, or they can start dancing the other way round.
If they rotate, then the steps don’t change.
But if they start dancing the other way, then girl starts following boy’s steps and boys do girl’s. Boys steps are:
1/Long – We shift the right leg by around 10 inches to right and hip goes in other direction.
2/Long – In this step our left leg follows right one. We shift left leg near to right one (they touch each other) and the hip goes in other direction (i.e., towards right). This time hip displacement might not be as much in the odd steps.
3/Short – This is the same step as step 1, only difference being the displacement. Here we shift the right leg by only 3-4 inches.
4/Short – Same as step 2, but with displacement of around 3-4 inches.
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