Try This 12 Count Marcaje [Flamenco Dance Steps]
Below I take you through a marking step in the compás of twelve.
Add it to one of your dance choreographies, or use it as an exercise to practice:
Changing directions
Spotting
Holding a focused gaze
Body positioning
Ready?
Some notes
The arms:
During the second half of the compás when you’re preparing to pivot and pivoting, your arms will follow the movements of your legs.
(So you’ll move the same arm with the same leg.)
You can do the first arm change on the 4, 5, 6, or 7.
The gaze:
When I’m explaining the gaze above, I leave out two steps.
Don’t worry about this, the gaze stays as I have explained it in the reel.
Steps with counts:
12 right planta (ball)
1 pause
& brush left foot in front of right
2 continue movement with left foot
3 right planta
4 left planta behind
5 right planta in place
6 left planta forward
7 right planta forward
& pivot to the left on the ball of the right foot to face backward
8 left planta
9 right planta forward
& pivot left on the ball of the right foot to face forward
10 left planta
Here you can see an example of how it could go with music.
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