yes, the "secret" of the hip motion is in the weight transfer, as well as when that weight transfer occurs. After you've done that, you can concentrate on hip isolationary movement to complement / amplify the motion.

Hi Michelle:

Nice to see you back here again and on the other dance site too.

Believe me the hip motion(latin motion/Cuban motion) did not come easy for me. It took me a good five years to finally get some motion out of my hips. I noticed my hip movements through the mirror at the studio recently. And I jumped to joy!!

I work at a large 3000-room hotel with 6000 employees and potentially seeing 6000 guests+4000 employees daily. Just too many times I walked behind someone(most liekly a non-dancer) and noticed the natural Latin hip movements while people walk( not just girls, I admit sometimes I do look at pretty girls . I wonder if one walks naturally like that he/she could easily learn the Cuban motion?

On the other hand, some dancers move their hips forcifully and artificially will only portrait a duck chasing after popcorns?:p