The idea is not that the pelvis moves around on its own, nor that the lead is in the pelvis - the lead is indeed in the chest. The idea is that the centre / centre of gravity is in the pelvis area, and if so you move that, everything else goes with it. Pablo Inza talks about imagining this point as a little tennis ball inside your pelvis. So you think about moving your centre, and the rest of you naturally goes too - the legs move naturally underneath to just the right point, so you never over or undershoot, and the upper body moves on top of the centre, so is never tilted forward or backwards. Actually, he talks about there being two centres, one in the pelvis and one in the chest, one on top of the other. He also talks about loosening and opening the hip joints, letting the lower centre drop so that you are grounded, while keeping the upper centre’s dynamic upwards.

Anyway, my recap hasn’t done the theory justice at all, but I thought I’d thrown in my twopennorth!

The human body is amazing!

of course what i really do varies and i don’t really think about it as long as it feels good.

i have stiffness when someone leads a volcada and for one reason or another my lower back takes the hit. i imagine when this happens my pelvis is way back. or sometimes if i dance with leads who are a bit taller than me (and there aren’t many of them :)) and i feel lazy or tired, i tend to stick my butt out so i am poorly supported with my pelvis and my poor back carries most of the weight.

Thanks for the advice!

Either way, I went out salsa dancing last night and let me tell you, everyone leads with their pelvis (and something else) during the merrengue and it’s just gross. I have now learned to sit those dances out.