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title: 4 Individual Styling
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date: 2026-04-28T08:02:00.567Z
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## FOCUS 
- This lesson focuses on individual styling for musicality in slow drag, demonstrating hip movements as personal choices that enhance dance expression without relying on lead-follow dynamics.
## TIP & TRICKS:
- In close embrace, bring your hips back and around while maintaining torso connection.
- For an inverted movement, swing your hips forward as you travel, using posture to create space.
- Practice hip styling without music first to focus on technique, then add music for timing.
- Show movements from multiple angles to ensure clarity in execution.
- In partnership, observe how one person's hip movement can complement or contrast with the other's.
- Use these styling choices regardless of which role you are in during the dance.

##REMEMBER
- Individual styling is about personal musicality choices, not lead and follow.
- Hip movements are self-contained to your body and can be made in any role.
- You can choose to join your partner's styling if you feel it, enhancing connection.
- Different hip movements, like back-and-around or forward swings, can pair well together.
- Maintain posture to allow space for hip movements without bumping into your partner.
- Styling impacts the dance dynamically, offering creative interpretation options.
