West African Dance
Dance
Learning West African Dance
Hi, my name is. I am from Zimbabwe, which is in Africa. And this is. But I'm also Zimbabwe, which is and we have our students here that will be learning with you. Here we go. The idea here is teaching you some African dance steps. Except we're going to have the idea of a clock, right? We all need to learn how to use the clock. And numbers and counting are important and dance. Direction is important in that. And so all of those things will learn. Today, here we go. So 12 and we're going to go using our right foot to step to 12. And back, 12 and back. 12 and back. 12. We're going to do three without right. And back. Three and back. Three and back. Three, 6, 6 with all right. 6 and back. 6. And back. 6 and back. 6.
Now we're going to switch to our left. Start out bounce. Left to 12 o'clock. Left to 12. Left to 12. I left to 12. Left to 12. Left, two, 9. Left to back. 9 o'clock. 9 o'clock. Math to 6. 6 o'clock. 6 o'clock. 6 o'clock. 6 o'clock. Okay, now we're going to get more complex. Here we go. We're going to go right to 12. We're going to go left to 6. Right? 5, 6, 7, right to 12. And left to 6. And right to 12. Step I left to 6. Step and right to drop. Step and left to 6. And right to top. And left to 6. Now, double time, right? So we're going to go Jarvis, 12, 12, 6, 12, 12, 6, 12, three, three, double time. That's not double tie. Forget the double time part, okay? Here we go. 12 and 6. 6, 12, 6, 12, 6, 12, 6. Now we're going to go three, and 9. Right? Three. And then 9. Step. Three, step. 9, step. Three, step, 9, step.
Here we go. Three, step, 9, step 9, we can do this double time. Are you ready? Three, not double time. Now with our arms. So I can fly out in out in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, out, in, up, perfect, okay, now we're gonna do. We're gonna do right to 6, and left to 6, right? This is a classic African non step. Here we go. Drive? Now your arms are gonna go up. Down. Up, down. Up, down. Up, down. Up, down, here we go. Double, side. Going back to 6 foot. Three and 6. Going back to three and 6. Here we go. 5 6 7 three good. Perfect. 5. Okay. One more, 6. Okay, now. We are gonna use our right foot. To mark all. The time around this way, right? So we're pivoting is what we're doing, going in a circle. So you want to twirl. One, two, three, four, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ten, 11, 12, right? Can we do it? Here we go. 5, 6, 5, 6, 7, 12, one, two, three, four, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ten, 11, 12, right? Double time. Top, two, three, 5, 6, 7, one, two, three, four, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ten, 11, 12, again. Two, three, four, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, ten, 11, 12, right? This time. We need a little bit of a shoulder shake, right? As we're going around.
So one more time. There we go. Maybe with a serious face, a frown on your face. Yeah, here we go. Here we go. 9, ten, 11. Okay, now. We need to do a little bit of bouncing, right? Jump. Down. So we're gonna go jumping to 12. And back. And back and back. And top to the 3 o'clock. Three and back, three and three, and back, three, one, 9 o'clock. 5, 6, 5. 6, 7, 6, ten, 6, 5, 6, and. How are you feeling? Tired already? Are you guys tired? No. African announce is good for fitness, keeps you healthy. While you're having fun, right? Here we go. So now, hips, hips are very important in African dance, right? So we're gonna get into African dot position. Now, we're gonna use our hips.
Get an African dance position. Drop your pelvis. Hands on hips. Give me some attitude. We're gonna go three and 6. Here we go. Three, and 6. Give me some attitude. We're gonna go three and 9, three, and 9, three, and 5, three, and 9, three, and 9. We're gonna go double time this time. Anxiety, 393-935-3939, three, 9, 7, three, 9.