I apologised at the top of this one, because I know what the word does to people. "Fix your frame, your frame doesn't work, your frame is this, your frame is that."
Nobody tells you which part of your body they mean. In Brazilian Zouk we use frame as an umbrella word for a pile of separate things, and then we correct people with it.
This one is for anybody who has been told to fix their frame and walked away with no idea what to actually change.
Gui asks the leaders who come to him to show him what they mean, and they tense their whole body and push harder into his.
What we get into:
→ A student at BraZouky asked Gui how to keep their lats engaged in close embrace, and he said, "You don't. You don't do that." Your frame there is your whole torso.
→ The Wi-Fi test. If we can do the movement with no connection, just body leads, why do you need that much tension the second your hands land?
→ The gap at the wrist. A leader's right hand never fully arrives on the body, so they frame up and squeeze, and the shape was never the problem.
→ The Ruler of Intensity, or Régua da Intensidade, from Gui's own training. A one to ten on the tension in your own body, another on the compression into your partner.
→ Why I start every dance from my quietest voice, and why the five you dance at is one you build together.
The big takeaway: the frame is the shape you take, the distance from your partner, the tension you hold to keep it, and the connection points where the touch happens. At least four things, Gui says, probably more.
Chapters:
00:00 Opening highlights
01:42 What frame means, and why the word triggers people
04:31 What leaders do when you say "use more frame"
06:24 Frame is a million things, not one thing
09:27 How do you keep your frame in close embrace?
12:36 The Wi-Fi test, and the hand that never arrives
15:47 Don't take frame advice that can't tell you where
17:57 "I can't feel their frame" and how to diagnose it
21:19 Frame as a communication tool, with or without touch
25:17 Three places to connect: arms, chest, hips
28:08 How to ask a better question about your connection
30:30 The Ruler of Intensity, from one to ten
33:12 A vest with prosthetic arms, and where the lead comes from
35:42 Why people quit when holding their frame hurts
37:12 Guess your partner's number on the tension scale
38:57 Starting a dance from the lowest voice you have
41:50 Why your three is your partner's six
43:41 Light and heavy frame are really light and heavy touch
47:29 The four elements hiding inside the word frame
49:59 When it is not your frame at all
Co-hosts: Alisson Sandi and Gui Prada
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Episode: S06 Ep25 | ZoukNerds Podcast
