Notes from the lab.
Posted by casinero on 20 Aug 2008 at 08:06 pm | Tagged as: Notes From The Lab
NOTES FROM THE LAB……
Guapea. One word. A simple concept? Not really. When one is guapeando it should be like the movie previews; something that announces exciting coming attractions. Your guapea should be crisp, lively, fun, sexy, daring or playful, and definitely full of energy.
If your Guapea looks like you are obviously waiting for the next move to be called…. hmmm. Do you get my drift?
There has to be a feeling of tension and release; a connection and a compression and then a subsequent energetic push away of your partner’s hand. If the leads or the follows hands are collapsed against their bodies and/or the push is not really a push… then the guapea looks weak and uninspired.
The meeting ground of the hands, hand and elbow, or hand and head should be where the compression and then expansion can be both felt by the couple and seen by anyone watching. Check out these videos. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODXUBTNogr8
So there you have it. Now go and guapea with the best of them but do so………… with SABOR!
See you.
TLR aka Dennis
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Dennis! Thanks for the reminder/tip. The Laboratory (british accent) Notes don’t lie on this one. A secret (no more) pet peeve of mine. If one is limp or only half-way there on the “hand-push” it sends a message to the partner, that i’m not interested or too lazy to make this dance worthwhile. (although I’ve had my wrist pain in the past…so this move can become difficult…hence don’t stay in basic much) ALSO, if one can’t feel that fantastic tension (or communication, really) on the basic, then one won’t be able to “communicate” with you the entire dance…because you are disconnected and won’t know what’s coming. (pick up the phone! use your free minutes! whatever…)
Resistance = Communication (dial tone) and a beautiful FEELING dance.
-cuidate, sje