14 Don't Forget Your Hands

COURSE: awesome-arms

FOCUS: This lesson focuses on incorporating hands into dance to enhance musicality, covering techniques like percussion and texture creation.

TIP & TRICKS:

• Use hands as percussive instruments by clapping, clicking fingers, or slapping the body.
• Add sharpness to hand movements by keeping them still until the end of an arm move.
• Create softness by curving the hands and avoiding straight lines during arm movements.
• Incorporate a vibrating or shimmy rhythm with the hands to match energetic music.
• Utilize finger styling to feel through the air and add detail to arm movements.

REMEMBER:

• Hands can add rhythmic energy and percussive elements to dancing.
• Changing hand texture alters the feel of arm movements, such as sharp or soft lines.
• Fingers are important for adding styling and catching musical details.
• Hand movements should be appropriate to the music to enhance musicality.
• Focus on hand placement and action at the end of arms to be more expressive.