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Paso Doble Lessons: Where to Start
If you're new to Paso Doble, or you know a few figures and want a clear path, this page is for you. I've put my Paso Doble lessons in a simple learning order: posture, walks and shaping first, then an advanced routine, plus two lessons on timing and balance that help across Ballroom and Latin. Work through them in order, and come back to any step whenever you need it.
Step 1 · Posture and walks
Paso Doble Technique: Posture, Walks and Shaping
Build your Paso Doble posture from the feet up, with your weight over the balls of your feet and your hips forward over them, then learn the forward walk and Promenade and Counter Promenade shaping.
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Step 2 · Advanced routine
Advanced Paso Doble Routine
An advanced routine that starts with an entry of Slow Walks, Appels and Circular Walks, then flows into Paso Doble basics like the Chassé Cape, Huit, La Passe and Separation, with the timing counted for the man and the lady.
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Two Ballroom and Latin lessons that will support your Paso Doble.
Also helpful · Timing and music
3 Tips to Master Timing and Music in Ballroom and Latin
Good timing comes down to three things: master your balance, master your base time and then your phrase timing, and master your melody by counting the way you want to dance.
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Also helpful · Balance
How to Improve Your Balance in Ballroom and Latin Dancing
Better balance comes from how you control your weight, and that control starts in your pelvis: find a neutral pelvis, engage your centre and lengthen up in every movement.
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