Ganchos, Boleos and Kicks - Intermediate - Linear Boleo

Just a reminder when you're doing all these crazy kicks, especially when you're kicking away from yourself, for both leaders and followers, watch to see who's at the end of your foot.

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00:05: A linear boleo is like any other except
it’s in a line.
00:12: So as you do the boleo, for the leaders
it’s the same lead.
00:18: I give her momentum and then I stop it.
00:21: You’ll notice my right leg, I’m keeping it back
like an anchor.
00:23: If I’m teaching this particular linear boleo, it’s side, change.
00:27: So we have side, he changes weight,
she doesn’t.
00:29: We go and then here I’m going to
plow forward and then stop.
00:37: And the plow forward gives her so much momentum
that the leg keeps going…
00:41: ...and then I stop and I stop the body,
but the leg keeps going.
00:45: Another angle.
00:55: Whatever it is.
00:56: For the followers as you do this, you go side, back,
make sure he doesn’t hit his partner.
01:07: The leader would send you back.
01:09: You’ll notice I’ll back with the thigh first.
01:11: One more time.
01:12: I go back with the thigh first and then it hits.
Same pop at the top.
01:18: Also there’s a little bit of counter balance
so I’m going to exaggerate that counter balance...
01:22: ..just to make the point.
You probably won't do this much.
01:26: In slow motion, here’s that really pull just so they see.
01:31: So you see she’s not on her own axis...
01:33: ..it’s a tiny hair behind and then it comes back.
01:40: That worked.
01:36: She’s like “David, you didn’t tell me
you’re going to let go of that hand.”
01:43: For the followers when you do this,
there’s this horrible battle between...
01:48: ..the goal of reaching far and the goal of
keeping your thighs tight.
01:52: So if I show it to this camera,
if you watch my thighs and I go back…
01:57: ..it’s harder to reach far
if your thighs are tight like this.
02:01: My hips are down, right.
02:02: So if I keep my back straight and my thighs tight,
that’s all I can go.
02:07: If I turn out and I cheat in my back,
I can really go far...
02:10: ...but you see the cheating in the back...
02:12: ..and the openness in the thighs
and I don’t have a great answer.
02:17: So I’m going to say, if it’s a performance
and you want to be really big…
02:20: ..I give you permission to cheat a little bit in your thighs
and a little bit in your back.
02:24: And if you want to be pure and whole
in the body...
02:27: ...and to not compromise your sense of integrity of
wholeness and art and whatever I’m going on..
02:35: ..then I want you to really keep the back straight
and keep the thighs closed.
02:41: Showing one more time.
02:45: Two more times.
02:58: And just as a bonus, I’m going to show
but not do...
03:02: Sorry, I’m going to show but not teach.
03:11: Same thing, one more step,
with the leader turning back just for fun.

Series:: Ganchos, Boleos and Kicks - Intermediate
Tags:: Intermediate, Boleo, Vocabulary