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Re: my rumba

Posted by quickstep7

1/21/2011 3:41:00 AM

Another nice trick which I teach a lot of my students is to imagine I have given you 10 1 coins and you put 5 into each trouser pocket. I ask them to walk without making any sound from the coins in their pockets and before they know it they are doing the rumba :)

Try it!

Re: my rumba

Posted by dheun

1/21/2011 7:38:00 AM

I've always liked the visual "tricks" when explaining something to a beginner as well. These are good ones that were posted. I had seen the figure eight reference, I believe, in a Maksim Cherkovskiy video. Of course, he makes it look so easy it's ridiculous. But the pencils idea is a great reference visual when teaching that hip movement. I will have to slip some coins into my pocket -- if I can find some coins -- to try quickstep7's interesting idea.

Re: my rumba

Posted by Anonymous

5/9/2011 7:34:00 PM

In front of another person as you do a series of Rumber Walks towards them they should see only one leg . On one of my disks they suggest that to have a piece of paper under each foot will teach a person how much presure is needed to keep the paper in place

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