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Berkshire Hall Step List For August 2017

9/1/2017

 

Dances Covered:

Beginner: Slow Waltz
Intermediate: Bolero

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Step List For August 2017

9/1/2017

 

Dances Covered

Level 1: Bachata and Merengue
Level 2: Slow Waltz
Level 3: Bolero
Level 4: Argentine Tango
Level 5: West Coast Swing

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Berkshire Hall Step List For August 2015

8/31/2015

 

Dances Covered

Beginner (Level 2): Slow Waltz
​Intermediate (Level 3): American Tango

​Beginner: Slow Waltz

  • Travelling basic
  • Box step (turn a 1/4 turn each measure)
  • Box step with ladies' underarm turn
  • Zigzag
  • Twinkle
  • Parallel twinkle

​Intermediate: American Tango

  • Open left turn (starts diagonal center)
  • Rock-and-corte (starts diagonal center)
  • Turning rocks (starts in line of dance with 2 slows)
  • Promenade
  • Promenade with ochos (aka "fans")
  • Damian and Janice's ocho and skater routine

Step List For August 2015

8/31/2015

 

​Dances Covered

Level 1: Hustle, Tango, and Merengue
Level 2: Slow Waltz
Level 3: East Coast Swing
Level 4: Salsa
Level 5: Hustle

Level 1: Hustle, Tango, Merengue

Hustle
  • Basic
  • Inside turn
  • pickpocket
Tango
  • Basic
  • Corte
  • Forward Rocks

Merengue
  • inside and outside turns
  • backwrap, with lasso
  • cuddle, with yo-yo
  • pickpocket
  • Routine: backwrap with lasso, pickpocket


​Level 2: Slow Waltz

  • Progressive basic (travelling basic)
  • Box step
  • Ladies' underarm turn from the box step
  • Zigzag
  • Twinkle, turning twinkle

Level 3: East Coast Swing

  • Charleston
  • Tuck turn (left hand only)
  • Double tuck turn (left hand then right hand shake)
  • Back breaks (rhythm change)
  • Tangle
  • Threading the needle
  • Routine: Tangle, followed by threading the needle
  • Hand change behind the back (2 ways)
  • Over the head (with or without twist choreography)

Level 4: Salsa

  • Routine 1: Alternating underarm turn, with loop and cross body lead, to shoulder check, canopy, and loop with cross body lead
  • Turkish Towel
  • Lasso
  • Backwrap with hand flicks

Level 5: Hustle

  • Sweetheart with three different endings (sombrero, cool hand slide, and sliding door)
  • J-hook to sweetheart
  • Butterfly to sweetheart
  • Diva walk
  • Syncopation in sweetheart
  • Disco hand and outside turn
  • Nate's pickpocket (uses right handshake)
  • Triple right side pass
  • Ladies' free spin with a left arm reflex

Step List For August 2014

8/31/2014

 

​Dances  Covered

Level 1: East Coast Swing, American Tango, and Merengue
Level 2: Bolero
Level 3: Samba
Level 4: American Tango
​Level 5: Hustle

​Level 1:

East Coast Swing
  • Basic step (single step)
  • Ladies' Underarm Turn
  • Hand Change Behind The Back

American Tango
  • Basic step
  • Corte
  • Forward Rock (bonus step)

Merengue
  • cuddle (inside turn)
  • basic outside and inside turns
  • backwrap (outside turn)
  • hand change behind the back
  • tangle


​Level 2: Bolero

  • Basic step
  • Crossover With Ladies' Underarm Turn
  • Crossover With Apart Turn
  • Crossover Into Back Breaks
  • Shadow Crossover
  • Shadow Crossover Into Shadow Back Breaks

​Level 3: Samba

  • Basic Movements (forward/back, side crosses, box step, samba walk, volta, bota fogo)
  • Side Crosses With Outside And Inside Turns
  • Promenade
  • Open Break With Underarm Turn
  • "Samba Twinkle" (bota fogo+box close)

​Level 4: American Tango

  • Open Left Turn
  • Right Side Fans
  • Turning Rocks
  • Rock-And-Corte
  • Promenade With 3/4 Pivot
  • Closed Promenade With Challenge Line, Oversway, And Spanish Drag

Level 5: Hustle

  • Tangle To Ladies' Syncopated Tap Steps 
  • Nate's Crazy Pickpocket (involves a right hand shake) 
  • Ampersand Into Sliding Door 
  • Parallel Sweetheart With Ladies' Free Spin 
  • Butterfly Into Diva Walk 
  • Triple Right Side Pass  
  • Half-wrap To Cuddle From Closed Position Basic (Involves Ladies' Left Arm Reflex) 
  • The Crazy Advanced Combination (Involves Sweetheart With Inside Turn, Cool Hand Slide Back To Sweetheart, Ampersand, To Cuddle)

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