Balance before complexity. How to own your axis in partner dance
Your axis runs from the crown of your head to a point between your feet. Weight is managed through the ankle, the knee and the hip, never by a torso that leans.
Here is the honest test. Find the exact point where you could let go of the hands without moving a single centimetre. If you can stop dead without wavering, you are on your axis. Your partner reads your movement, they do not hold you up.
One slow step, a full three second stop on each foot, no contact.
Balance is what makes kizomba and tarraxo readable for your partner.
Master the arrival before you add the next move.
Balance before complexity, step by step
COMPLEXITY CANNOT RESCUE POOR BALANCE.
Your axis runs from the crown of your head to a point between your feet.
Weight is managed through the ankle, the knee and the hip.
Never by a torso that leans.
Your partner reads your movement. They do not hold you up.
Find the exact point where you could let go of the hands without moving.
If you can stop dead without wavering, you are on your axis.
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This lesson comes from the book
The student's book · page 151
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