How to do a Body Roll and a Corkscrew

The most common technique question I get is, "How do you do the body roll?"  It looks cool and everyone wants to be able to do it.  You can if you break it down into just a few steps.  But before you can body roll, you need to be able to move your pelvis back and forth and your chest back and forth.  And before you can side roll you need to be able to move your ribcage from side to side.  So view my blog entries on chest http://zumba-sheila-blog-learn.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-can-i-get-more-chest-movement.html and pelvis http://zumba-sheila-blog-learn.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-can-i-get-more-hip-and-pelvic.html before attempting body rolls!  Of course everyone wants to run before they can walk, but it just won't work!  When you're ready to learn the body roll, do each part slowly, one step at a time.  Try it against a wall, peeling yourself away from the wall and back onto the wall.  Then, away from the wall, gradually speed it up and remove the seams in between each step so that your roll is fluid.  See video for help. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqjGyZcUG94

Backward body roll (more common than forward)
1) optional forehead first (full camel)
2) chest forward - can put weight on front foot (sometimes this part is eliminated)
3) shoulders back
4) bra strap back (leave pelvis forward)
5) return pelvis to neutral

Forward body roll
1) start neutral
2) pelvis forward
3) push abs forward (pelvis starts to transition to neutral)
4) push chest forwward (further pelvis transition)
5) return shoulders to neutral, all is neutral

teach back and forth between back and forward roll

Side roll
1) optional head tilts and drives right
2) left side becomes tense
3) rib cage slides right
4)pick body up
5) return to neutral
6) same on other side
(Reversing the side roll is the same as a side chest figure 8, shown in http://zumba-sheila-blog-learn.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-can-i-get-more-chest-movement.html

Corkscrew
A corkscrew is a combination of a chest circle and hip circle.  They don't happen at exactly the same time; they are offset by 180 degrees.
1) Simultaneously chest slide to the right and hip slide to the left.
2) Simultaneously pop your chest forward (chest pop) and your booty backward (pelvic thrust)
3) Simultaneously chest slide to the left and hip slide to the right.
4) Simultaneously reverse chest pop (so your back humps) and pelvic thrust to bring your booty in.
5) Repeat or change direction.