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Summary: Learn the mens part of the Polish oberek dancing under arm turn with expert tips in this free dance lesson video.
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Matt & Elaine Bonowitz Matt & Elaine Bonowitz of Staten Island, New York are the creators of POLKA TODAY!,a brand new high-energy blend of swing, country and ballroom dance steps c... read more
In this clip gentlemen we're going to be teaching you how to lead the lady through and underarm turn. So from your closed dance position what's going to happen is you're going to lift up that left hand. With the right hand on her shoulder blade you are going to guide her through 1 2 3 2 2 3 and remember gentleman as you're dancing this underarm turn you are still keeping on the basic oberek tempo. So from there it's 1 2 3 2 2 3 return back and get your lady and continue on in the line of direction to dance down the hole. Here we have it again 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 2 3. Ladies you're going to do one underarm turn on two complete oberek steps. Very important for the gentleman to lead the dance is by lifting his arm. That's his signal of the next step that we're going to be doing.