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EntertainmentHow to Dance Merengue Step by Step

How to Do Cuban Motion in Merengue

Transcript

Speaker 1: Cuban motion is the easiest thing to do. You do it everyday when you walk. You bend, you straighten your knees as you transfer your weight from left to right. Sometimes you have to really relax the hips in order to feel it. Get a mirror. The only thing you’re gonna do is transfer your weight from right to left, bend the one leg and straighten the other one. You use your hips in a rotation, an eight. That’s what we call it.

So, you have an eight, a rotation to it. As you’re transferring your weight and a straight and bent knee. If you have your legs straight your hip automatically will be up. The bend leg automatically you hips should be down. So, never do this. Again, if you keep changing your weight and moving your hips it gets better. You can get better at it by practicing then you can start adding in more. It’s all about your body. It’s all about how you can move your shoulders, your back, your hips.

Speaker 2: It makes the dance much better. In meringue if you were just to dance meringue without Cuban motion it would look a lot like a march and that’s not fun.

Speaker 1: Also, you don’t want to lift your feet off the floor like that. It looks robotic.

Speaker 2: So, when you use Cuban motion and meringue you’re adding the flavor it needs. This is your meringue step.


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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