Counter Balance Movement and One Handed Dancing

Taught by Tina Singh and Niko "Suave" Salgado Counter-balance Moves This is an exploration/styling class. This is primarily emphasized from the tango world. How to understand creating the proper position so you can also do the same positioning to extend your body to positions and rotate around in a spot, most styled leg positions are optional as long as the connection is maintained. There are counter-balance opportunities for both leaders and followers. One handed dancing This is an exploration/combination class, to truly understand how the dance works, you can access most of your patterns using just 1 hand/arm. Dancers get injured sometimes and can only use 1 arm, some don’t physically have another arm. How to overcome this seemingly interesting obstacle will create new possibilities for limitless dancing! The options can be 1 hand only leading to followers 2 hands, leaders 2 hand leading to follower’s 1 hand, and 1 hand to 1 hand lead/follow (left or right hands). Sign up here through Dance Quarter! https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=31135&stype=-8&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=100000085 Bio - Niko "Suave" Salgado is a dancer/instructor/coach of a multitude of dancing. With over 20 years of dancing under his belt, he's experienced over 50 different styles of partner dance, and has dedicated himself to sharing his knowledge & methods with as many people as possible. Always on the lookout for more efficient ways to learn and teach, he has a knowledge of not only dance technique, but also of body mechanics, and how to help anyone achieve their goals, no matter how difficult it may seem. He has been dancing salsa and bachata for 18 years and have been teaching at salsa congresses for 14 years. Tina Singh has 17 years of dance experience and 3 years of dance instruction experience in multiple solo and partner dance genres including hip hop, Bollywood, Reggaeton, Zumba, Kizomba, Brazilian Zouk, Salsa, Bachata.