A simple structure for learning Kizomba might look like this:
Beginning: Knowing the fundamentals
Basics, techniques, and nuances of Kizomba. Perhaps combining simple techniques with basics.
Intermediate: Blending the fundamentals.
Combining basics, techniques, and nuances in a seamless way. Creating stories that interpret kizomba music, using movement.
Advanced: Decorating the fundamentals,
Using footwork. Infusing steps from elsewhere and perhaps creating own steps, but always building these out of the fundamentals.
Assuming this structure, useful fundamentals would include:
Basics
- Simple side-step
https://youtu.be/becuWr6HiGc (0.30min mark)
- Retrocesso
https://youtu.be/1AXOLfTd4HE (0.55min mark)
- Ida e Volta
https://youtu.be/becuWr6HiGc (0.50min mark
- Virgula
https://youtu.be/1AXOLfTd4HE (1.20min mark)
- Estrella
https://youtu.be/P7297bDDZ4I (0.30min mark)
- Giro:
https://youtu.be/P7297bDDZ4I (1.40min mark)
- Corridinho: https://youtu.be/ktK3WLo8A0A
Techniques
- Saida do homem
https://youtu.be/5rzdafgS1g4 (3.25min mark)
- Saida da Mulher
https://youtu.be/1AXOLfTd4HE (2.15min mark)
- Casamento #1
https://youtu.be/5rzdafgS1g4 (3.25min mark)
- Casamento #2
https://youtu.be/oW5JI2nh-5E (1.30min mark)
- Escada #1
https://youtu.be/4UugNTHzLeY (2.40min mark)
- Escada #2
https://youtu.be/4UugNTHzLeY (2.55min mark)
- Tesoura
https://youtu.be/4UugNTHzLeY (3.20min mark)
Nuance
- Reset
- Basic Tarraxinha
https://youtu.be/4UugNTHzLeY (1.25min mark)
- Nuances of Musicality
Doubtless there might be others. But to the extent these are emphasized in Angola they form a useful framework - for finding and re-finding ourselves within the Kizomba identity.
As always, the essence is practice. To practise both alone and on the social dancefloor.
S&M
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