Juana Polinaria (Venezuelan Drums)

Title: Juana Polinaria

Album: ZIN Volume 25 (Available to licensed Zumba© instructors who were ZIN members at the time of release). This song is available on iTunes but it does not match the version I use for the song pattern below.





Song Pattern: I hear 5/6 different phases to the song. It's possible this is off, but this is pretty close. I recommend not counting, but just using this pattern for a one-time glance at the basic flow.



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For the Choreography I do not use a pattern at all because the drums are so steady. I watch my class and change based on their effort and reactions. I alternate between 3 different steps.



Step 1.

Kick to the right with the right leg while pushing the arms to the left. Kick behind with the right leg while pushing the arms forward.

Kick to the left with the left leg while pushing the arms to the right. Kick behind with the left leg while pushing the arms forward.



Step 2.

Step touch to the right at the tempo of the music using the arms in a swimming motion to aid movement in that direction. The hips thrust in the direction of the movement. If your class is strong do less on each side so that they have to spend more time fighting the inertia of the water. I alternate between 4 and 8.



Do the same for the left side.



Step 3. Stand in place just as Tanya does in the ZIN 25 DVD with one foot slightly in front of the other and move the legs and the hips at either land tempo or water tempo. The difference in the water is that the legs do not have to work as hard, but the core has to work harder.