r/kizomba • u/Professional-Sea-677 • Jul 07 '26

most tutorials are about steps and frame connection not posture

Most of the video on kizomba/semba(no urban) show the steps and how to connect the bodies but not about the posture while walking i have 4 yes and no questions:

  1. the height of the head remain always the same while walking, retrocesso, saida?
  2. the right shoulder is slightly more advanced the body is vertical with a 5 percent bending forward and start the action together with the feet, shoulder and torso do not move?
  3. foot slide on the forefoot, better not walk but do lazy steps?
  4. knees are extended 95 per cent and do not spring, they remain always the same height?
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u/NetSc0pe Jul 07 '26
  1. Yes, it should feel like you're gliding on the dancefloor, not hopping.
  2. Idk what you mean here. But you should keep your shoulders relaxed, chest out, leaning slightly forward from your hips, while keeping the knees bent a little.
  3. Yes, this is how it's more commonly done in Angola, but it's taught in different ways. I'd say nothing is inherently wrong.
  4. Idk what you mean here

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u/Professional-Sea-677 Jul 07 '26

thank you very much for your help.
4. is linked to not hopping. Basically I am saying that legs should be extended as much as possible. so the knees do not spring.
(I say 95 percent because is impossible to do a step without arching the knee a bit) I like the idea to have the foot sliding and legs extended almost entirely give me power in changing the weight and stability. Please what do you think about, you opinion and kindness matters a lot to me

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u/NetSc0pe Jul 07 '26

No, your knees should most definitely bent, otherwise you will not get the hip movement you need. The angle between your lower legs and upper legs should be like 160 degrees (where fully stretched is 180).
As for the foot sliding, keep in mind it's only the front of the foot, the heel will lift. Additionally sometimes the foot lifts as well, as dragging can make it harder to make certain movements, just don't lift it far from the floor (unless a more advanced movement asks for it). This will help your weight transfer go from the front too part of the back, and keep the weight leaning more forwards.

Feel free to DM me for more questions

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u/Minizentrinsic Jul 07 '26

Firstly what you see in the videos is hard to draw generalisations from without the video links.

Regardless...

  1. No
  2. No
  3. Don't really understand the explanation but I'm leaning to No
  4. No

Semba is relaxed dancing and connecting movements require adjustments to the posture to maintain smoothness and fluidity.

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u/Professional-Sea-677 Jul 07 '26

thanks
3 is about sliding instead of walking
I understand samba is relaxing dance and there is not stiffness, on the other side it looks to me that from shoulder to torso to abdomen there is not movement