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Summary: Want to Samba? Learn the right way to warm up for dancing the samba in this free dance lesson from professional samba dancers.
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Yolanda Travis Yolanda Travis is an expert in dancing Samba. She became interested in Latin Dancing early in life. In 2007, she tried out for Oba Oba International Samba Gr... read more
Hi, my name is Yolanda Travis and on behalf of Expert Village. Today I'll be teaching you how to Samba. Today I will teach you four different steps you can do in Samba. I will teach you twist turns the forth step, the back step also today with me I have a new student who will also learning Samba and I have Diana. Let's begin with a little warm up so let's first open our legs with your right leg so you are just shoulder length. What you want to do is use your right arm and reach to your right for eight counts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and back to the center. Then reach to the left, eight counts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to the center. You are going to reach up and go on your toes 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 back down and go back on flat footed. So let's begin by turning our body to the left and a launch position and hold this for eight counts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to the center. Open up and you launch 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to the right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 to the center.