"Esa morena" Line Dance
I adored Latin dancing because of its syncopated rhythms.
Especially from the Latin hip-hop hit, "Esa morena" (DJ Laz). It has
the best of both words--syncopated rhythms from Latin hip-hop as well
as the merengue. This is why I choreographed a little line dance based
on the famous Latin club hit that was requested a lot in the late 1990s. This line
dance is especially for the chorus of the song, but
it can be done during the verses and bridges too.
The whole line dance takes up 8 measures. The first 12 steps are
actually syncopated side chassés--syncopated to react to the music
of the song. Then a 1/4 L turn changes the steps to forward-backward
motion, and then, it wouldn't be Latin dancing without hip rolls, so
I added them in at the last part of the dancing. Like most line
dances, this is a 4-wall dance. You start at the original wall, and you change walls
on steps 25-36 every time.
1. Side LF 1 and
2. Close RF to LF first half of 2
3. Side LF and 3
4. Close RF to LF and
5. Side LF 4 and
6. Close RF to LF, no weight on RF (tap) first half on 1
7. Side RF and
8. Close LF to RF 2
9. Side RF and
10.Close LF to RF 3
11.Side RF and
12.Close LF to RF, with LF tap (weight still on RF) 4
13.Side LF 1 and
14.Close RF to LF first half of 2
15.Side LF and 3
16.Close RF to RF and
17.Side LF 4 and
18.Close RF to RF, no weight on LF (tap) first half on 1
19.Side RF and
20.Close LF to RF 2
21.Side RF and
22.Close LF to RF 3
23.Side RF and
24.Close LF to RF, with LF tap (weight still on RF) 4
Note: Turn 1/4 to the L on the next 12 steps. From step 37 onward,
dance the rest of the dance facing the new wall.
25.Forward LF 1 and
26.Close forward RF to LF first half of 2
27.Forward LF and 3
28.Close forward RF to LF and
29.Forward LF 4 (and)
30.Close forward RF to LF, part weight on RF (tap) first half of 1
31.Rock forward LF in place and
32.Rock back RF in place 2
33.Rock forward LF in place and
34.Rock back RF in place 3
35.Rock back LF in place and
36.Rock back RF in place 4
Notice the syncopated counts on this last part of this line dance.
And also note that the parenthesis on the counts mean you hold that count. On steps 40-43, you can accent the swivels with knees going down and up 3 times (2 and 3 and 4 and), but this is optional.
37.Roll hips from L to R (counterclockwise circle) 1 (and 2)
38.Roll hips from L to R (counterclockwise circle) and (3 and)
39.Roll hips from L to R (counterclockwise circle) 4 (and 1)
40.Swivel feet together 1/8 turn to L and
41.Swivel feet together 1/8 turn to R 2
42.Swivel feet together 1/8 turn to L 3
43.Swivel feet together 1/8 turn to R 4
Repeat dance starting from step 1.
I hope you really this new dance.....