What Is Frame in Brazilian Zouk, Really?

<p>I apologised at the top of this one, because I know what the word does to people. &quot;Fix your frame, your frame doesn&#39;t work, your frame is this, your frame is that.&quot;</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>This one is for anybody who has been told to fix their frame and walked away with no idea what to actually change.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>What we get into:</p><p><br></p><p>→ A student at BraZouky asked Gui how to keep their lats engaged in close embrace, and he said, &quot;You don&#39;t. You don&#39;t do that.&quot; Your frame there is your whole torso.</p><p><br></p><p>→ 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?</p><p><br></p><p>→ The gap at the wrist. A leader&#39;s right hand never fully arrives on the body, so they frame up and squeeze, and the shape was never the problem.</p><p><br></p><p>→ The Ruler of Intensity, or Régua da Intensidade, from Gui&#39;s own training. A one to ten on the tension in your own body, another on the compression into your partner.</p><p><br></p><p>→ Why I start every dance from my quietest voice, and why the five you dance at is one you build together.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>Chapters:</p><p>00:00 Opening highlights</p><p>01:42 What frame means, and why the word triggers people</p><p>04:31 What leaders do when you say &quot;use more frame&quot;</p><p>06:24 Frame is a million things, not one thing</p><p>09:27 How do you keep your frame in close embrace?</p><p>12:36 The Wi-Fi test, and the hand that never arrives</p><p>15:47 Don&#39;t take frame advice that can&#39;t tell you where</p><p>17:57 &quot;I can&#39;t feel their frame&quot; and how to diagnose it</p><p>21:19 Frame as a communication tool, with or without touch</p><p>25:17 Three places to connect: arms, chest, hips</p><p>28:08 How to ask a better question about your connection</p><p>30:30 The Ruler of Intensity, from one to ten</p><p>33:12