Dag Smokey, ;-) Dank je wel Simeon en Kora. Top uitleg. Jullie zijn fantastisch. Super!!! Hi Smokey ;-) Thank you very much, Simeon and Kora. Top explanation. You both are fantastic. Super. Greetings from Belgium.
I love your videos. You provide all the necessary details. If I might make a technical suggestion. You have a lot of echo in the videos, which I believe could be corrected by using individualized wireless mikes. Thank You for the great videos
Thanks for the suggestion! We've tried various setups for using wireless mics, but we are not very technically savvy people (we're dancers, after all!) and we couldn't figure out how to make it work with TWO mics. One, we could do no problem. But two, for some reason, massively upped the difficulty.
Wow another awesome video that is so well explained. Maybe you could give us some beautiful exits from the iada. I love and always give your videos a thumbs up. It's great that you are so kind to share your knowledge.
We love your videos! When showing man’s and woman’s footwork would it be possible to put your back to the camera? (It can be hard to reverse visually.) Thanks.
There is another Sliding Door method that you do not teach which can be acceptably done in gold syllabus (depending on your dancesport federation), where on the first 2-3-4-1, you lead the lady into a quick half spot spin in the RSP, then you do the opposition cucarachas (man and lady - the actual "sliding door" effect), in the second 2-3-4-1, then you do something like an R overturned opening out movement in the next 2-3-4-1, then you separate hold and then there is a solo Alemana for the man and a half spiral for the lady on the last 2-3-4-1, with the return to hand-hold on the last 1 usually in OFP.
13:31 mark - Tip - if you are not allowed to let go of the R hand on the lady's R hand in the advanced version of the sliding door (depending on federation rules), you can instead let your arm go past the lady's head to behind her neck and then when the lady changes direction, move that man's R arm over the lady's head to get back in sync again so you retain hand hold.
Hi Charles! Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately that version would not be acceptable in Closed Gold Syllabus competition in the NDCA, which is the main federation in the USA. In order to be within Closed Syllabus guidelines while dancing in any NDCA sanctioned competition, you must maintain hand hold throughout the Sliding Door and you must dance the 4-1 of the second measure with the lady's back step, as we demonstrated in this video. If you were to dance the second measure as an Advanced Hip Twist, that would not longer be "Invigilator Friendly" within NDCA sanctioned competitions. We must dance it as it is described in the ISTD technique books.
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Thank you for this video. I would also like to see Rumba hand styling.
Great teaching, explanation and demonstration!
Great teaching and wonderful dancing.
Wonderful instructions. Thank you so much!
Thank you for ur performance very easy to understand👏
Wonderful!
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Brilliant teaching!
Very good!
Great instructions! Thank you
Excelente. Parabéns! O trabalho de braços e mãos estão perfeitíssimos. Ah, se eu pudesse fazer aula com vocês.
Nice, crisp, and precise instruction. Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
Nice breakdown thank you from the Orkney Islands
Great advice. Thank you. I'm just learning this figure.
Glad to help
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Thank you for the great video. If I may, I think it's good to finish dancing the options preferable with or without music.
We really appreciate your feedback, thank you!
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Unquestionably the best ballroom/latin youtube channel🥇👏👏👏. Thank you! And I' m waiting for much more😊
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Dag Smokey, ;-) Dank je wel Simeon en Kora. Top uitleg. Jullie zijn fantastisch. Super!!!
Hi Smokey ;-)
Thank you very much, Simeon and Kora.
Top explanation. You both are fantastic. Super. Greetings from Belgium.
We're so happy you like the videos! And glad you like Smoki, too. We will make sure to keep featuring him in our videos. He's a good helper. :)
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You're welcome!
I love your videos. You provide all the necessary details. If I might make a technical suggestion. You have a lot of echo in the videos, which I believe could be corrected by using individualized wireless mikes. Thank You for the great videos
Thanks for the suggestion! We've tried various setups for using wireless mics, but we are not very technically savvy people (we're dancers, after all!) and we couldn't figure out how to make it work with TWO mics. One, we could do no problem. But two, for some reason, massively upped the difficulty.
Wow another awesome video that is so well explained. Maybe you could give us some beautiful exits from the iada. I love and always give your videos a thumbs up. It's great that you are so kind to share your knowledge.
What a great idea! We will put that our to-do list. Thanks for the comment and we're so happy you're enjoying the videos!
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We love your videos! When showing man’s and woman’s footwork would it be possible to put your back to the camera? (It can be hard to reverse visually.) Thanks.
yes, we can start to do that. thanks for the suggestion! we're glad you like the videos!
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Great Video! Would love to see Rope Spin and Opening Outs.
sounds great! we'll put that into our cue! thank you for the feedback!
There is another Sliding Door method that you do not teach which can be acceptably done in gold syllabus (depending on your dancesport federation), where on the first 2-3-4-1, you lead the lady into a quick half spot spin in the RSP, then you do the opposition cucarachas (man and lady - the actual "sliding door" effect), in the second 2-3-4-1, then you do something like an R overturned opening out movement in the next 2-3-4-1, then you separate hold and then there is a solo Alemana for the man and a half spiral for the lady on the last 2-3-4-1, with the return to hand-hold on the last 1 usually in OFP.
13:31 mark - Tip - if you are not allowed to let go of the R hand on the lady's R hand in the advanced version of the sliding door (depending on federation rules), you can instead let your arm go past the lady's head to behind her neck and then when the lady changes direction, move that man's R arm over the lady's head to get back in sync again so you retain hand hold.
Hi Charles! Thanks for your comment! Unfortunately that version would not be acceptable in Closed Gold Syllabus competition in the NDCA, which is the main federation in the USA. In order to be within Closed Syllabus guidelines while dancing in any NDCA sanctioned competition, you must maintain hand hold throughout the Sliding Door and you must dance the 4-1 of the second measure with the lady's back step, as we demonstrated in this video. If you were to dance the second measure as an Advanced Hip Twist, that would not longer be "Invigilator Friendly" within NDCA sanctioned competitions. We must dance it as it is described in the ISTD technique books.
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Thank you for another useful video .. I must confess I am a bit uncomfortable about the back hold/twist there, entering the figure .. all the best, oc
Do you mean the back step on count 4 when repeating the Sliding Doors?
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