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Step Lists For Berkshire Hall October 2017

11/3/2017

Dances Covered:

Beginner: East Coast Swing
Intermediate: Cha Cha

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For September 2017

10/6/2017

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Dances Covered:

Beginner: Cha Cha
Intermediate: Slow Waltz

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Berkshire Hall Step List For August 2017

9/1/2017

Dances Covered:

Beginner: Slow Waltz
Intermediate: Bolero

Berkshire Hall Step List For June 2017

8/15/2017

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Dances Covered:

Beginner: Argentine Tango
Intermediate: West Coast Swing

Beginner Argentine Tango

Milonga:

Baldosa Box
Repeat 5+6
Repeat 3,4,5,+6
Traspie (rock step)

Argentine Tango:

Crusada
Forward Ocho

West Coast Swing

New Styling
- tap step
- kick 'n point
- sailor step
Backwrap
Left side pass with a tuck turn
Whip

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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

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For March 2016

3/31/2016

Dances Covered:
Beginner (Level 2): Salsa and Bachata
Intermediate (Level 3): Foxtrot

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For February 2016

2/29/2016

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Dances Covered This Month:
Beginner (Level 2): Foxtrot
Intermediate (Level 3): Hustle

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Berkshire Hall Step Lists For January 2016

1/30/2016

Dances covered:
Beginner: Hustle
Intermediate: Argentine Tango

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For December 2015

12/31/2015

Dances Covered:

Beginner (Level 2): Argentine Tango
Intermediate (Level 3): Samba

Beginner: Argentine Tango

Please note, there are 3 types of tango: Milonga, Argentine Tango, and Vals. This month we mainly focused on Milonga, although I introduced something that was technically Argentine Tango.
Milonga:

Baldosa Box (6 steps)
Walking into, and out of Baldosa Box
Side together (repeat 5 and 6 as many times as you would like)
Traspie (rock steps, changes the rhythm to quick-quick-slow, can be done on any of the first 5 steps of the Baldosa Box)

Argentine Tango:

Forward ochos
Leader's rock to forward ochos
Bonus: Leader's parada (means "stop", where the leader "stops the ochos with his foot), to follower's pasada (means "go", where the follower initiates the next move by stepping over the leader's foot)

Intermediate: Samba

Routine: forward and back, side crosses, promenade, box step
counterpromenade
windmill (from counterpromenade)
international combination (promenade, bota fogo, voltas, spot turn voltas)

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For November 2015

11/30/2015

Dances Covered:

Beginner (Level 2): Samba
Intermediate (Level 3): Rumba and Bolero

Beginner: Samba

Basic forward and back
Basic side cross
Side cross with an underarm turn
Box step
promenade
Bota fogo
Bota fogo with leader's foot fake

Intermediate: Rumba and Bolero

Rumba:

box step
crossover
open break
open break to backwrap and walkaround
Paseo

Bolero:

basic (make sure it rotates)
crossover
open break
open break to backwrap and walkaround
open break to copa
open break to triple fans and ronde with copa ending

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