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EntertainmentHow to Dance Merengue Step by Step

How to Do the Leader’s Turn in Merengue

Transcript

Speaker 1: Leader’s turn. This is all about me. I have my timing. I do the timing. I take a song, I say one, two.
Now, this is really important. Now remember, if you raise the hand, she might thing she wants to go. Make sure your hand’s a little towards you. Don’t let her know that you want her to turn by raising the hand and giving a little more arm towards her direction, otherwise she’s going to think “I’m going to turn.” For a leader, make sure it goes up and in your area. I mean, up, this is my area. I turn. This is my left turn. I also can place it on my shoulder. Remember, timing is in your hands. You can do everything you want. Right now you have all eight beats. If I want to turn to my right, I turn to my right. Again, I raise. Now, I might change my hand position in order to make it easier for me and for her to know that I want to turn. Flat, like a pizza. It’s the easiest way to learn it.

Speaker 2: And followers, just keep your basic step. Just keep that motor running just like he said before, he’s going to keep doing his turning, you just keep following with your basic step. So as his hand goes towards him, he does his turn. I stay in my basic.


Lessons in this Guide

How to Do the Leader’s Turn in Merengue

How to Do Styled Right & Left Turns in Merengue

How to Dance Merengue with Ernesto Palma & Crystal Rodriguez

How to Do the Texas Tommy in Merengue

How to Turn Right & Left in Merengue

How to Do the Styled Side-Together Step in Merengue

How to Do the Pivot Turn in Merengue

How to Do the Basic Turn in Merengue

How to Do the Both Turn in Merengue

How to Do the Tunnel in Merengue

How to Do Alternating Turns in Merengue

How to Do the Basket Step with Rotation in Merengue

How to Do the Cuddle Step in Merengue

How to Do the Colocho in Merengue

How to Do the Side Cross Step in Merengue

How to Do Swivels in Merengue

How to Do Solo Freestyle Steps in Merengue

How to Do the Sweetheart Step in Merengue

How to Do Combinations in Merengue

How to Do the Hammer Lock in Merengue

How to Do the Follower’s Turn in Merengue

How to Do the Basket Step aka Cradle Step in Merengue

Good Merengue Songs

5 Tips for Leading Merengue

How to Do the Side-Together Step in Merengue

How to Keep Time with Merengue Music

History of Merengue Dance & Merengue Music

How to Do Cuban Motion in Merengue

How to Do the Rainbow Step in Merengue

How to Do the Basic Step in Merengue

How to Hold Hands in Merengue

3 Tips for Following in Merengue

How to Do the Forward-Back Step in Merengue

Upper Body Posture in Merengue Dance

How to Follow Proper Merengue Dance Etiquette

How to Dress to Dance Merengue

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