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title: 14 Don't Forget Your Hands
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date: 2026-04-28T07:16:01.792Z
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## 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.
