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how to do use your hips in salsa dancing?does anyone know of anty hip moves i can learn?
im new at salsa;i been studying bellydancing;

famka

I've been lurking

I think that when someone (girl or guy) has a natural Latin hip motion (already), it won't be hard for him/her to fully master it. On the other hand... Because the hip motion is natural to them, it would be strange to "force" it for dance. (I wouldn't be surprised if someone with a natural motion has trouble dancing the Samba at first )

What I've also noticed, is that those same people don't "feel" that they're moving their hips, so sometimes the forceful motion in Latin (which often looks exaggerated) could come from that as well (Of course, there will always be ducks chasing after popcorn :P)

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." - Horace

Yeah, what he said! Hahaha.

(Good post Keh!)

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." - Horace

A hip movement is actually a weight transfer from your other leg to the leg you're currently standing on. If you concentrate on that (instead of concentrating on your hips) you'll notice that your hips will "come along" with the weight transfer That's what worked for me.

"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero." - Horace

There is a more complete description and exercises on hip movement on this site at the following link. https://www.ballroomdancers.com/Learning_Center/Lesson/Default.asp

Blair

Hip movements in Salsa come from the combination of using both legs.

When you step upon one foot, you will immidiately move all your weight and body to that side(or front, or back). Do keep your standing leg(knee) straight though. And keep the standing side from shoulder, rib cage, hip, knee and a back of ankle in a straight line. Allow your upper body weight settle upon that hip once you get there. Don't purposely move your hip. In the mean time, you will position the weightfree leg in such a way that your knee is bent toward the front where your body is facing. Only the inside of ball of you foot in contact with the floor on the weight free side. You will quickly notice your hip rotate to the back all by itself.

Exercise all the above techniques slowly in front of a large mirror. Gradually pick up the speed to the Salsa musics.