How to Lead Properly _ Bachata Dance

Leading for men in Bachata .

Gentlemen , when we're leading the ladies in Bachata , first off , if you're dancing in open position , make sure that your arms are nice and relaxed , your palms are facing up and you're not gripping the ladies with your thumb .

Very important , her hands are resting on your hands .

And when you're doing the basic , you keep this lead through out until you're ready to move to a different move or go to a different side .

So we're gonna start with the basic 123 , tap , 567 tap .

Notice , I'm not putting my thumbs into place unless there's something that I need to tell her here , I'm gonna slide into close position and my hand position changes from here when you switch your hand position , make sure you have a little grip on the ladies .

So you can use this grip to lead her either forward or back by taking your whole posture to the front , nice and firm and hold it in the middle 12356 and seven .

Gentlemen , make sure that when you're leading your ladies left and right , you're actually using the upper body , your torso to push to the left , bring it in , push left and tap and don't forget , gentlemen , you can move your hip as well and the opposite going the other way .

So now you bring your hands inside , in , out , in , tap out , in , out , tap in , out in tap .

So let me show you this gentleman , your rib cage is going left and right as you're leading .

And this also allows the ladies since they're connected to us , kind of like imaginary cables through our shoulders .

Here are the ladies are gonna be connected .

So if we move our torso to the left , her torso goes to her right and we end up going in the same direction .

Gentlemen , make sure that when you switch the hand position , your body language switches as well .

For example , here we're nice and tight .

Our posture is straight , we're supporting the ladies .

But then when we get to open position , you're more relaxed , you feel more relaxed , more confident , you can move your arms a little bit more your shoulders .

And when you're leading the turns , gentlemen , make sure that you're leading properly giving the ladies the cues no matter which way you're going .

Now , I'm going to demonstrate some of these tips with the music .

Let's start in close position .

So gentlemen , no arturo and now a different lead forward and back and the torso is actually still doing the work or you're just going linear rather than to the side .

And now the hold in the middle .

So here , gentlemen , you wanna be nice and relaxed , more shoulders , a little bit of hip .

And when you're getting ready to lead the ladies , don't forget to give her the cue by bringing the arm up and she's ready to turn .

And at the end of the turn , gentlemen , it's always good leading tip to gather the lady's arm .

All right .

And we can go into close position and repeat the whole thing again .

And that is leading test for men in Bachata .