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Tango Tuesday Step List For April 2016

4/29/2016

Drop-In Beginner

Milonga

midstep+1/2 right

Tango

rock to ochos
rock switch to back ochos to crusada

Tango Flow

Linear Boleos
Drifty Back Crosses

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For April 2016

4/29/2016

Dances Covered:

Beginner: Fast Waltz
Intermediate: Salsa and Bachata

Beginner: Fast Waltz

aka "Country Waltz" or "Cross-step Waltz"

forward and back
side crosses
- with ladies' outside turn
- with ladies' inside turn
promenade
- with outside turn
- inside turn to sweetheart
- sweetheart to skater and back again (turn on every 5th count)
open break to backwrap with lasso

Intermediate: Salsa and Bachata

Salsa

Warm-up Routine: canopy, cross body lead, man's loop, cross body lead
Shoulder check
Willie Rios' move: canopy with stop-and-go, leader's go under and loop, shoulder check using followers' shoulder
Stop-and-go from man's turn and hand change on 5-6-7
Canopy with hand change behind back and ladies' free spin

Bachata

Follower's and Leader's outside and inside turns
cuddle
backwrap
rock step
hand change behind back

Step Lists For April 2016

4/28/2016

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Rumba and Waltz
Level 2: Fast Waltz
Level 3: Salsa/Bachata
Level 4: Foxtrot
Level 5: Hustle

Level 1: Rumba and Waltz

Rumba

Box
Side-together-side
Ladies' underarm turn (aka "turn with Cuban Walk")

Waltz

Box
Travel
Box with underarm turn

Balance step

Level 2: Fast Waltz

Progressive (travel) step
forward and back
1/4 turns to the left
1/4 turns to the right
Side crosses
- with ladies' outside turn
- with ladies' inside turn
Promenade
- with ladies' outside turn

Level 3: Salsa and Bachata

Bachata

Basic to the side
Forward and back
Cuddle
Pickpocket, using leader's right hand
Ladies' inside turn
Leader's inside turn
Back wrap
Hand change behind back
Rock step

Salsa

cross body lead
canopy, cross body lead, man's loop, cross body lead
out of the way
shoulder check
out of the way to shoulder check
hand flick to right handshake

Level 4: Foxtrot

Left 3/8 turn
Simple twinkle (aims down the line)
Turning twinkle (aims across the line)
Promenade Chasse (slow, quick-and-quick)
Twinkle with guy's turn to chasse
Butterfly
Twinkle to grapevine (mirror image)
Fallaway twinkle
Twinkle with guy's turn to chasse with inside turn ending
Grapevine with apart turn
Finishing twirl

Level 5: Hustle

The New Yorker (like a left side pass in West Coast Swing)
The Las Vegas (involves syncopated rhythm for the ladies)
Cool hand slide to 1/2 a sweetheart and inside turn ("cool hand slide...with a twist")
Triple right side pass
Outside turn to 1-1/2 ampersand
- switch sides to back wrap with other hand and then roll-in from backwrap to cuddle (leader needs to simultaneously change hands to accomplish this)
  - optional: guy turns at the same time
Switch sides to ampersand (a double turn)

Step List For April 2015

4/30/2015

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Unavailable
Level 2: Foxtrot
Level 3: Rumba
Level 4: Cha Cha
Level 5: West Coast Swing

Level 2: Foxtrot

Basic
Promenade
Promenade with underarm turn
Hesitation (aka "trouble step")
Side rocks
side rocks with underarm turn
box step

Level 3: Rumba

Crossover with underarm turn
Crossover with apart turn
3 crossovers, 3 apart turns
Cross body lead
Cross body lead to open break
Cross body lead to crossover
Open break to peekaboo (Optional: start from a cross body lead)
shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks (Optional: start from a cross body lead)
Underarm turn with Cuban walk
Backwrap with walk

Level 4: Cha Cha

Solo Steps: single and double taps, chase turn, double cross, guapacha, cuban breaks
Triple cha-cha
crossover and back break combination
alternating underarm turn
Paseo
cross body lead with ladies' turn
Shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks
Cuban breaks
Routine: 1) triple cha-cha, 2) alternating underarm turn, 3) cross body lead with ladies turn, 4) 3 shadow crossovers, 5) turn and loop to 3 shadow back breaks, 6) she turns/he turns/she turns
Turkish Towel

Level 5: West Coast Swing

Note: steps marked with an * were taught by Nate Evans

pop step with body roll*
right side pass with sailor step*
whip with man's foot drag*
extended whip (3-and-4-and-3-and-4)*
backwards whip with tick tock ending and half a sombrero*
Sugar push with styling*
Whip with inside turn and men's pickpocket to handshake, followed by twinkle, and ending with a tic toc to half a sombrero
Backwrap to double turn
Backwrap to Basket

Hartford Ballroom Blog

Tango Tuesday Step List For April 2016

Drop-In Beginner

Tango Flow

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For April 2016

Dances Covered:

Beginner: Fast Waltz

Intermediate: Salsa and Bachata

Step Lists For April 2016

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Rumba and Waltz

Level 2: Fast Waltz

Level 3: Salsa and Bachata

Level 4: Foxtrot

Level 5: Hustle

Step List For April 2015

Dances Covered:

Level 2: Foxtrot

Level 3: Rumba

Level 4: Cha Cha

Level 5: West Coast Swing

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Hartford Ballroom Blog

Tango Tuesday Step List For April 2016

​Drop-In Beginner

​Tango Flow

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For April 2016

Dances Covered:

Beginner: Fast Waltz

​Intermediate: Salsa and Bachata

Step Lists For April 2016

Dances Covered:

​Level 1: Rumba and Waltz

Level 2: Fast Waltz

​Level 3: Salsa and Bachata

​Level 4: Foxtrot

Level 5: Hustle

Step List For April 2015

Dances Covered:

​Level 2: Foxtrot

Level 3: Rumba

​Level 4: Cha Cha

​Level 5: West Coast Swing

Archives

Categories

﻿Book A Private Lesson With:

Find Us Elsewhere:

Drop-In Beginner

Tango Flow

Intermediate: Salsa and Bachata

Level 1: Rumba and Waltz

Level 3: Salsa and Bachata

Level 4: Foxtrot

Level 2: Foxtrot

Level 4: Cha Cha

Level 5: West Coast Swing

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