STARTERS
Pa' al medio - Jockey step (touch step) "to the center"
(some do step-touch)
un flaco - Tighter circle (one bigger step to center on 1) "a
fat one"
un gorda - Looser circle (one bigger step to outside on 5) "a
skinny one"
saca al agua del pozo - Water from the well (dip to center on 1)
"take water from the well"
mas profundo - deeper
p'arriba - Go up (L forward, aka camina para delante aka tiempo
de espana) "upstream"
p'abajo - Go down (L backward, aka camina para atras) "downstream"
tarro - New partner, guys go (L go under hand to next F) aka pegale
un tarro "pot"
dos tarros - Skip to new partner - guys go (L go to next 2nd F)
aka pegale dos tarros
un tarro para las mujeres - from abajo movement, new partner, women
go (F go to next L) "taro by the women"
un tarro y mentira - Guys fake out (L under hand & return 2x8)
"tarro and lie"
tarro con mano - New partner guys, keep the hand (L goes under,
but keeps partner #1 hand)
aka un tarro y no la sueltes aka tarro
sin soltar "tarro with the hand"
sueltela - Re-connect (CP with current partner) "Get free"
muevete - Bigger steps "move it"
una bulla - Yell (hey! 5) "a rowdy noise"
slow bulla - Slow yell (start 5, rise to "hey": 1)
suena la - Stomp (stomp 5) "make a sound"
silencio - Silencio (shhh!:1)
TRANSITION
(couples can easily dance independently once Dile Que No &
Vuelta moves are mastered)
salsa - standard "on 1" salsa breaks: Leaders left front,
right back. Followers: Right back, left front)
al centro - To the center (from contra step, turn for 1,
Leaders & Followers dance respective salsa steps)
la flor - "flower "aka rosa , all break to center
un-partererd, with arms like a blooming flower
una nueva - "a new one (partner)" Peculiar to
our elementary version, before we have learned guapea
from al centro, a cross body lead with the hands,
resuming al centro.
VAR: nueva dos, nueva tres, nueva cuatro,
etc.
una con una - Clap once and give me one (clap:7, break step, dile
que no) "one with one"
una con dos - Clap 2x and give me one (clap:78, break step, dile
que no) "one with two"
una con tres - Clap 3x and give me one (clap:78 1, break step,
dile que no) "one with three")
dos con dos - Clap 2x:78 and give me a 2nd "two with two"
dile que no dos - From closed position, 2 cross body leads with
same partner returning to starting point
vuelta hombres - Leader's CW turn on 123
vuelta mujeres - Folower's CW turn on 567
VAR: vueta lánguida - Leaders's Turn:
16 counts, Follower's Turn: 12 counts (ending with strong "1:)
VAR: vuelta doble - double turn, each 1/2 is
4 counts
VAR: la luna - after vuelta, continue to go around
partner in 8 counts (moon goes around the earth).
revolución: Caller: "Que Queremos?"
Response: "Liberdád!" (with fist in air)
(repeat 3x, then caller says, "Por lo tanto,
revolución!"
With cries of "Ay! Ay!" etc,
couples break away into independent units dancing how they wish.
Eventually, Caller returns to Pa' al medio
with cry of "Juntos!"
When everyone has returned, caller begins again with
new rueda calls.
LEVEL
ONE
contra - Contra step aka paso basico aka guapeando
aka guapea "elegant" )
leaders face downstream (CW), push breaks, L back left,
forward right)
dile que no - cross body lead to guapeando, (bring R partner
to L) "tell her no"
dame - aka dame otra, new partner "give me (a new one)"
aka dame uno, aka dame otra
dame dos - Give me a 2nd (L walks 123 to 2nd new partner, then
dile que no)
dame con los manos - 3 new ones (dame with hand connection, 3 in
a row)
una con una - Clap once and give me one (clap:7, break step, dile
que no) "one with one"
una con dos - Clap 2x and give me one (clap:78, break step, dile
que no) "one with two"
una con tres - Clap 3x and give me one (clap:78 1, break step,
dile que no) "one with three")
dos con dos - Clap 2x:78 and give me a 2nd "two with two"
enchufela (AKA enchufle) - in the door (inside
turn, L: back walk walk, walk 123 to partner #2, break, dile que no)
enchufela doble - swinging doors (IT, OT, IT, then as above, L's
all back breaks on these)
LEVEL
TWO
para abajo - "Back & forth" (F on L's Right 123,
to center (Right Outside Partner) 567 - L: Salsa breaks, F: back breaks
enchufela no te lleges - in the door and stay
(IT, OT with no partner switch to dame or para
abajo) "plug it"
enchufela complicado - enchufla, then rope turns (he goes, then
she goes), end with dile que no (same partner)
tiempo espana - enchufle, then arriba patterns from
"STARTERS" section at top
adios - Half pivot (1/2 couples turn, dame) "goodbye"
adios con la hermana - adios 123, L's OT switch places 567,enchufela
123,
1/2 turn to CP 567, dile que no 123 567(same partner)
adios con la familia aka Prima Con la Famili a(start with adios
con la hermana ,
but link arms on 567 instead of bring her to L's
R side, then do-si-do123 567 to dame "goodbye with the family"
foto - Photo
(click & freeze:1, exit with "dame")
ni pa ti ni pa me - Two hands clap
(hand claps new & prev. partner, center: 7&3,
new partner:1, 1st partner:5)
fly - Fly ball (leader's turn CCW and all clap to next partner:1,
as in pretending to catch a fly ball)
fly dos - 2 flies (2 claps to next partner:12) "fly two"
chevaria - Twist (123, away, towards, away partner #1) "fantastic"
pelota loca - from Al Centro( with push break guys, then girls)
12345678:stomp clap stomp clap stomp clap clap
clap, then dame
sombrero - from
guapea, SH to 2SH enchufela hands behind heads (like swing "butterfly")
then dile que no same partner
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