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Berkshire Hall Step List For September 2015

9/30/2015

Dances Covered

Beginner (Level 2): Cha Cha
Intermediate (Level 3): Slow Waltz

Beginner: Cha Cha

Basic (cha-cha-cha either progressive or side)
Full turn
Half turn (chase turn)
Crossover with underarm turn
Back breaks with underarm turn
Outside breaks with underarm turn
Open break with underarm turn
Butterfly
Double crossover

Intermediate: Slow Waltz

Left turn
Twinkle, Twinkle with 1/4 turn (aka "turning twinkle")
Basic routine: Twinkle, Turning Twinkle, left turn
Zigzag with develope
2-way underarm turn (review)
Chasse, with either box step beginning or ending, or twinkle beginning or ending
Grapevine with apart turn

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

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For July 2015

7/31/2015

Dances Covered

Beginner (Level 2): American Tango
Intermediate (Level 3): East Coast Swing

Beginner: American Tango

Basic
Corte
Promenade
Forward rock
Open Promenade
Open promenade with yo-yo
Promenade walks
Rock-and-corte

Intermediate: East Coast Swing

Basic: single step and triple step
underarm turn, hand change behind the back, and backwalk (all in triple step)
Charleston
tuck turn
Double tuck turn (left hand, then right hand)
Back breaks
Peekaboo

Berkshire Hall Step List For June 2015

6/27/2015

Dances Covered

Beginner (Level 2): East Coast Swing
Intermediate (Level 3): Hustle

Beginner: East Coast Swing

Basic step (single step)
Underarm turn
Pickpocket
Hand change behind the back (2 ways)
Cuddle
Backwalk
Charleston introduction
Windmill

Intermediate: Hustle

New York style basic
Threading the needle
Pocket tuck to backwrap to cuddle
Sweetheart with 2 endings: sombrero ending and cool hand slide
Parallel sweetheart
Underarm sweetheart
Back wrap with guy's underarm turn
Tangle
Right hand loop
Closed position basic

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For May 2015

5/31/2015

Dances Covered:

Beginner (Level 2): Hustle
Intermediate (Level 3): Foxtrot

Beginner: Hustle

Hustle basic (a.k.a. the compression basic)
inside turn
pickpocket
cuddle
cuddle with yo-yo
introduction to New York Style basic

Intermediate: Foxtrot

Quarter turn basic
grapevine from quarter turn basic
butterfly
grapevine with apart turn

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For April 2015

4/30/2015

Dances Covered

Beginner: Foxtrot
Intermediate: Rumba

Beginner: Foxtrot

Basic
Hesitation
Promenade
Promenade with underarm turn
Box Step
Twinkle
Parallel Twinkle

Intermediate: Rumba

Crossover and back breaks combination (review from last month)
Right hand loop
Open break with underarm turn
Peekaboo (from open break)
Cross Body Lead
Wraparound (from cross body lead)

Berkshire Hall Step List For March 2015

3/31/2015

Dances Covered:
Beginner (Level 2): Rumba
Intermediate (Level 3): Salsa

Berkshire Hall Step Lists For February 2015

2/28/2015

Dances Covered:
Beginner (Level 1): Salsa
Intermediate (Level 2): Cha Cha

Step Lists For January 2015 (Berkshire Hall And Hartford Ballroom)

1/31/2015

This Month's Dances:
Level 1: East Coast Swing and Foxtrot
Level 2: West Coast Swing
Level 3: Slow Waltz
Level 4: Salsa
Level 5: Foxtrot

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