Hi everyone and welcome to Macarena Madness.
My name is Yasmeen and I'm going to be your dance instructor.
I hope you're ready to learn the most popular dance sweeping the world today, the Macarena.
After watching this video, you should be able to join in the fun and do the Macarena at
any wedding, party, or nightclub.
This dance started a few years ago in Caracas, Venezuela when a beautiful flamenco dancer
so inspired a man that he called out to her, give your body joy, Macarena, for your body
is for joy and good things.
Since then, this Spanish verse has become part of a song written by the same man.
The lyrics tell of a vain girl who wants to make her boyfriend jealous by dancing with
its friends.
This is the dance I'm going to teach you with the help of my three best friends, Brandy,
Anne, and Michelle.
There are three different versions to the Macarena.
We're going to show you how to do the basic Macarena, the expert Macarena, and our favorite,
dirty Macarena.
If you're ready, we will now begin instruction.
Above all else, remember, have fun and give your body joy.
The first dance I'm going to teach you is the basic Macarena.
Before I teach you this, you need to know that all dances have sets of eight beats.
First, we will begin by going through slowly, and then we'll show you how to do it fast.
Ready?
Okay.
One and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight.
One and two, three and four, five, six, seven, and on eight, we're going to jump to the right
and clap.
Jump.
Okay, and then we'll do it again.
One and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight.
One and two, three and four, and we're doing a little swivel here.
Swivel, swivel, swivel, jump to the right and clap, jump.
Now a little bit faster, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight.
One and two, three and four, five, six, seven, jump.
Okay, we're going to run it a couple of times, just have a little bit of fun with it.
Don't worry if you mess up, it's very easy to get back into.
Okay, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and
four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and
eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and
four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven
and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three
and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven
and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three
and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six,
seven and eight, one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two,
one and two, three and four, five and six, seven and eight, one and two, three and four,
five and six, seven and eight, and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven and a jump.
Let's do it again but very slowly to make sure that you get it. Right arm goes out,
palm down, then your left arm palm down, palm up, palm up, cross over on your shoulder,
over on the other shoulder, right arm comes down and behind the neck, then your left arm
comes down on the neck, then cross over to the front, over to the front, back behind,
back behind, a little figure eight with the hips, kind of a swivel, swivel, swivel, swivel,
and jump. Let's do it again, I'm just going to count this time. One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven and eight, and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Let's do it again.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
One more time just to make sure that you have it. Ready? One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven and eight, and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Jump. One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, jump. One, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight. Swivel, swivel, swivel, jump.
Cross, cross, cross.
Bow and smile.
There you go.
Hi, my name is Ann and I'm here to teach you the dirty macarena. Is everybody ready?
Yes. All right. It incorporates the same move as the regular macarena, but we do spice it up a little bit.
Okay, here we go. We start off with the right hand, but we cross over. Left hand cross over.
Now right hand behind the head. Left hand behind the head. Now we cross over in front.
Left hand cross over front. Right hand behind the hip. Left hand behind the hip.
Now we swivel all the way to the floor. You can do it. Swivel back up.
And then we do a little pelvic thrust as we move to the right. Ready?
And that's to the macarena word. All right. Let's do a little bit faster now. I know you can do it.
Ready? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
Good job. Let's do it one more time. Ready? One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. I think you got it. Should we try it one more time?
All right. Here we go. We'll do it a bit slower now, so let's go.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
So now that you at home know how to do the basic move, let's put it to music.
And I'll count for the first two songs, and then we'll just do it together. Is everybody ready?
Here we go! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight
Good job, now we're gonna do it without counting
You can follow along.
Very good.
Good job!
Here we go.
Down to the floor.
Down to the floor again.
Back up.
And just shake your rear.
You're doing a dirty macarena.
Down again.
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