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House Dance Tutorial: Loose Legs, Body and Arms

House Dance Tutorial: Loose Legs, Body and Arms — video by Jardy Santiago Play · 16:52

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A house dance teacher breaks one classic step, loose legs, into three parts: the footwork (ball change and pivot heel on floor markers), the body (drop and rise, or a forward jack), then arm styling, and puts them together. Challenging at first, taught slowly.

  • 17 min
  • Beginner
  • Low impact (no jumping)
  • No equipment

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Step by step 9

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  1. Legs: face 45 degrees and ball change on two floor markers a shoulder-width apart, on the balls of your feet. 2:33
  2. Pivot heel: after the ball change, pivot the back foot so the heel lands in the centre, then bring it back. 4:01
  3. Other side: ball change and pivot heel on the other markers, then link both sides fluidly. 4:51
  4. Drop and rise: drop loosely on the ball change and rise like a wave on the heel as the back foot pivots. 6:37
  5. Forward jack, the other option: rock the body forward on every count as you do the loose legs. 8:26
  6. Arms, holding the box: arms loosely in front, moving naturally with the body, never stiff. 10:14
  7. Wipe and swipe: wipe down on the ball change, swipe out on the heel, then a figure of eight back round. 11:00
  8. Put it together: legs, body and arms, adding small pivots and your own freestyle. 12:56
  9. Freestyle demo: loose legs danced to music with his own variations. 14:55

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Stay on the balls of your feet and keep the body loose and fluid, never stiff
  • Drop on the ball change and rise on the heel so the body moves with the legs
  • Learn the legs first, then add the body, then the arms

What it works Whole body

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Joints it uses light on the joints

  • Shoulders moveswipe and swipe arm styling
  • Lower back movesforward and back jacking of the torso
  • Hips movespivot heel, loose hips, forward jack
  • Knees movessoft drop and rise, ball change
  • Ankles & feet movesballs of the feet, ball change, heel pivot

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Jardy Santiago; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety