You’re ready for Level 4 when you:

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FOLLOWER TECHNIQUE

• Create available and proactive arms AND activate and maintain frame when requested. Transition fluidly between these two body positions/attitudes.

• Understand when and why to turn - and when not to! 🙂

• Maintain your paulista turn on the spot.

• Activate your leg in a sacada.

• Control your third/fifth step.

• Apply spot-move-move in all turn contexts.

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LEADER TECHNIQUE

• Lead all the figures below without pushing or pulling your partner both in hug and in open position. This means you use your body position effectively to communicate.

• Apply spot-move-move in the ciclo básico.

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MUSICALITY

• Master the tempo forte (strong beat), meaning:

• you dance on the strong beat for the majority of a song;

• you are aware when you are off the strong beat;

• you can come back to the strong beat in different ways.

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• Vary step patterns on the rhythm (4 main variations: tempo forte, beat, QQS, QQQQ...).

• Understand the structure of the musical phrases.

• Respect the prolongations in the music.

• Dance on the rhythm on arrastapé using figures from levels 1, 2 and 3.

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CONNECTION

• Have practiced using each of the "stages" of interaction (1,2,3 and 4) in your dance. This means you can apply each stage when requested. It doesn't mean that you master them spontaneously on the dancefloor.

 

VOCABULARY

• Know and can execute the following Level 3 figures confidently and correctly: Level 3 Vocabulary Playlist 

 

CULTURE

• Be familiar with at least 5 forró artists from different eras.

• Know the basics of coco and ciranda.