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Hi, my name is Tishambia Caine, and I'm with Studio Soiree. I'm teaching the cardio cabaret
chair dance. So let's get some of these basic steps down. I haven't really gone into detail,
about how to do certain things, like a turn. That's pretty tricky. And even just walking.
So the first thing I want you to do, when you walk to the chair, try to be on your toes.
That way your calves get a little bit of workout. So walk to the chair on your toes. Try as
much as you can to keep your leg nice and straight. And then when you lift up, use every
part of your glut to lift up, pointing the toe. This looks kind of funky, this looks
better. Keep your stomach in as much as you can. Slowly bring it back to the front. My
pelvic is back. My leg is straight. The toe is pointed. Bring it around, tap. Try to stop
yourself when you make that spin. Use your stomach. Your stomach is the most powerful
part of your body. As long as your stomach is tense, the rest of your body will be strong.
This which is the collapse, I want you to think about arching your back first, and then
going into a cat pose, so technically in yoga, this is called, I believe cow. And this is
called cat, so when you're doing this movement, you don't drop, you arch and then round out
your back. The next thing is bringing your right leg out. Now this is okay, but try to
make it more extended, have this arm nice and straight and strong. Then move your pelvis
out, and try to keep up on your toes. You should feel some stretch around your hamstring.
Keep your stomach in, nice and in, then pop up straight up. Now you see one toe is up,
the other foot is down. I have it this way because you're going to do a very difficult
move which is to try and get your leg over this chair. It is quite difficult. You will
feel it right here. The tricky part is to try to pivot on your toe. Most people may
or may not be able to do this, so watch this, I'm going to pivot here and stop. It's going
to take a moment to learn how to do this. And something I have learned is the ball of
your feet, if they're soft, it's kind of hard to turn. It might be a good idea to get some
kind of protection on the ball of your feet so you can turn. Otherwise if you try it without
the footies that I have here, it becomes a little more difficult. Here I am, I'm lifting
up. So if you don't have callused feet, it might be a good idea to either wear socks,
foot undies, what these are, or some kind of ballet shoes to help you pivot. So again,
we're in the toe position, up, keep your stomach nice and tight. Bring it around, lift up,
down. That's a pivot. Now the shoulder, I want you to give that shoulder attitude like
that, instead of just turning, lift the shoulder up, and down. Lift the shoulder up and down.
Now when you go into your collapse, think about crunching, or what you to do in the
dead lifts, really force yourself to collapse. If you also notice, I'm on my toes, not here,
that's kind of hard to do. Always be on your toes. Now this movement, is a beautiful elongated
movement but does take a lot of control, again if you let your stomach out, you start to
shake. Keep it in through this whole routine. This is the hardest part, doing a press up.
You have to ease every part of your leg and drag that leg, as if it's very, very heavy.
Turn it in so that your foot is facing out, and then make a C. Pivot.