- Beginning 1
- Beginning 2 - rueda de casino is introduced at week 4
- Intermediate 1 - partner dancing plus rueda de casino
- Intermediate 2 - partner dancing plus rueda de casino
________________________________________________________
Beginning 1 - No prerequisite required - Only partner dance moves are taught.
Basic Steps
1. Basic step forward and back
2. Basic step side to side
3. Basic step cumbia Style
The Building Blocks of Salsa
1. Posición Sociál - Social position or closed basic
2. Guapea - Open position basic
3. Prima - partner move going from open position to closed position
4. Dila Que No - cross body lead
5. Lady's right turn
5. Enchufa la - Similiar to left hand turn in swing
- Enchufa la doble
6. Sombrero
_________________________________________________________
Beginning 2 - Prerequisite - Beginning 1 or equivalent - Participants will begin to learn rueda de casino halfway through the session
Review of moves from Beginning 1
Moves using the simple enchufa la and ladies right turn
- Sensillo- basic 3 part turn
- Setenta-
- Candado Simple
- Candado Complicado
Moves that move around each other
- He turns - She turns
- Caminas
- Prima con la hermana
- Prima con la familia
Basic rueda moves (See the rueda move section of this blog)
_______________________________________________________
Intermediate 1 - Beginning 1 and 2 (This class is not currently offered until the next session) - Both partner dancing and rueda de casino will be featured. All moves that begin and end with one partner are partner dancing moves that are incorporated into a rueda
Review of moves from beginning 1 and 2
Sombrero family of moves
-Vasila
-Sombrero
-Media sombrero
-Dedo
-Abanico
-Montaña
Setenta family of moves
-Setenta Moderno
-Setenta y Dos
-Setenta Miami
-Arcoiris
- A moved called Siete or in Cuba, "Pancake"
Coca cola
Siete y Coca Cola
Group rueda moves
1. tumba francesa
2. sopa
3. la flor
_________________________________________________________
Intermediate 2- This class is for those who have mastered the first three sections of Cuban Style salsa and will include variations and complications of the above moves
Moves taught in Intermediate 2 will draw from the above curriculum and expand the above moves in longer, more difficult combinations.
Moves based on sombrero and setenta combinations
- Dedo Saboreado
- Setenta moderno
- Setenta y dos
- Abanico Complicado
- Sopa complicado
- Ponle Sabor
Cocacola moves
- Siete con Coca cola
- Siete loco
- Siete moderno
- Atresado
Special Cuban Moves
- Bayamo
- Enrededero de amor
- Havana
- Sombrero Complicado
_____________________________________________________
New York Hustle - Dance experience required
_____________________________________________________
Basic Hustle footwork
1. Pass By
2. Closed Position
3. Release
4. Hand Change
5. Turning Basic
6. Push Breaks
7. Under Arm Release
8. Shadow Walks
9. Turn within a turn
10. Neck Wrap
11. Hammerlock
