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Summary: Learn techniques for hip isolation stretches in jazz dancing in this free Broadway dance video.
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PAULETTE WALKER JOHNSON Ms. Johnson received a BFA from Howard University School of Fine Arts, in Washington, DC, with additional training at the Broadway Dance Center and the Alvin ... read more
Hip isolations, we're going to make sure again our feet are in parallel second; that means your toes are straight ahead. We're going to demi plie; bending the knees from here, your jazz hands are down; lift up the upper body, the hips are going to move to the right; then you come back to center, to the left and to center; to the right and to center, to the left. Now we're going to take our pelvic and push it forward; forward and come back to your center position, release it back and center; to the front, come back to center and release back and center. Now we're going to move in each direction; right take it back, to the left; to the front. Again and right take it back, to the left and forward. Now we're going to roll the hips around; 1 2 3 and center release 2 3 and 4 roll one, 2 3 and 4 release 5 6 7 and center.
first of all, thank you for the great videos. knees are bent while doing this strech, right?