Trainers - Jazzercise

2013 Trainer Music for Dance TechniqueThis music selection is suggested but not required. You are required tohave a pre-planned music playlist on your ipod for “flow” of this seminar.Group 1 Marches Skips Jogs RunsGroup 2 Plies Hip Shakes LungesGroup 3 Knee lift Attitude lift Pendulum swings Flea Hop/Hip Lift Flick Kick/StraightLeg KickGroup 4 Triplets Kick b-ch b-ch Latin walks Mambo Cha chaPlay Hard (R5-12) Marches – pull the leg up and march from your legs, not yourfeet. Show variations of marching – plie march, out/in, fwd/bk,side to side in plie Skip – lift hop. Knees propel upward. Do across the floor withhigh powered skip – lead with the kneeRunaway Baby (R2-12) Jogs – pull the knees up. Don’t allow the knees to drop downto the floor Runs - The body travels straight up and down with a slightforward bend at the hips. No side to side motion of the hips.Stay light on your feet and land softly, dissipating the impactthrough the muscles of the ankles, knees and hips.Tonight is the Night (R2-12) Plie 2nd pos – project up, press knees out as you plie…it’s nota sit. Talk about the alignment of the plie (knees to ankles).Demonstrate with each trainee. Try it with music – add armsto watch the torso…the hard part should be coming backup….it should be a challenge…..beginning and end to eachmove… Traveling Plies – in place and then with music and across thefloor.Work It (R4-12) Hip Shakes – squeeze oblique muscle to pull hip up to rib. Lunges - press pelvis down into the floor. Show different typesof lunges – side to side hpg lunges, s/s/dbl, fwd hpg lungesSleep (R4-12) Knee lift – no higher than hip. Hop has air to it Attitude – swing leg forward and back. Heel is hiding youropposite kneeIf I’m Gonna Be Bad (R3-12) Pendulum swings – use the abductors to pull the leg up. Showdifferent arm positions – 4 th position, cross in front/open to 2 nd Flea hop and hip lifts – use the obliques to hike the hip up.Flea hop is more stylized with country and has more of ascoot. Hip lift is a lift up and is either done with hops or no hopStone in My Heart (R3-12) Flick kick – contract glutes and quads to protect knee Straight leg kick – keep knee straight and core engagedPound the Alarm (R4-12) Triplets - turned out – transfer weight front back front then whiparound and pull to other side. Diff kind of triplets (TO, NTO,hip lift) Kick b-chgs – call it more of a leg ext to feel the tension in theleg extending. Light on your feet during the ball changes. Keep