Home › Lessons › Kizomba technique

TOCA STUDENT · Lesson 14 · Kizomba technique

Your walk reveals your dance. The kizomba walk, explained

A step makes no noise when the weight arrives controlled instead of dropped. The foot places first, then receives the weight. Two beats inside a single step.

Dawou Tarraxo, pioneer of Tarraxo. Your walk reveals your dance. The kizomba walk, explained

If I can hear your feet, your weight is arriving late. Small controlled steps, supports under your hips, and the ability to stop on any step at any moment.

Cross the room in eight steps with one rule. Zero noise. If a foot slaps, start again from the beginning.

The silent walk is the heart of kizomba technique.

Your walk reveals your dance, step by step

  1. YOUR WALK REVEALS MORE THAN YOUR FIGURES.
  2. The foot places first. It receives the weight second.
  3. Two beats inside one single step.
  4. A step makes no noise when the weight arrives controlled, not dropped.
  5. If I can hear your feet, your weight is arriving late.
  6. Small, controlled steps. Kizomba loves closeness.
  7. You should be able to stop at any moment, on any step.
Would your walk still look musical without a single figure?

The full carousel

This lesson comes from the book

Page 82 of The student's book by Dawou Tarraxo, the TOCA Method page this lesson comes from
The student's book · page 82

The student’s book takes dancers from the first foundations to real feeling. The teacher’s guide gives instructors the structure to pass it on. Both in English, French and Spanish, on Amazon and Apple Books.

The student’s book The teacher’s guide

The method

T O C A

Two bodies. One connection.

TTouchThe connection with your partner. Feeling through contact, never through force.
OObservationListening to your partner’s body, energy and tempo.
CControlMastery of your own movement. Precision without tension.
AAwarenessFull presence: with yourself, your partner and the music.