🦿Legs Application in Latin Dancing According to previous articles, while we generating the Cuban action meanwhile applying ballet’s leg alignment into Latin Dancing such as turned out legs and feet , hyperextended knee , it will then： ♦restrict our range of rotation of the legs/hip ♦get knee joint overloaded with pressure/ twisting force ♦Then dancer will need to compensate those joint pressure by further interior tilt pelvic / arch back/bending knee At the same time ,Dancers / Coaches often fall into the loop with: 🧐Rips in / squeeze the glute (to keep the pelvic neutral ) 👉🏻 then the knee easily bend again during the moves As while we generating the hip rotation in a close chain of the lower limb , the knee joint playing a role as a junction of the hip and ankle will then be like twisting a towel and bringing loads of torque to the knee joint and those ligaments around 🧠For sure that we need to present the straighten leg as a finished alignment however if we missing the fundamental or sequencing of how our joints supposed to function to create a result, our brain will then find the most efficient way to compensate