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Step Lists For Berkshire Hall October 2017

11/3/2017

Dances Covered:

Beginner: East Coast Swing
Intermediate: Cha Cha

Step List For October 2017

11/3/2017

Dances Covered:

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot
Level 2: East Coast Swing
Level 3: Cha Cha
Level 4: Slow Waltz
Level 5: Bolero

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot

Swing-

Basic (single step)
Follower's underarm turn
Leader's underarm turn

Foxtrot-

Basic
Hesitation

Level 2: East Coast Swing

Tuck Turn
- with a "stop sign" hand
- with followers' free spin
- with both leaders and followers turn (apart turn)
Charleston with tuck turn ending
Peekaboo
- original (inside turn)
- with leaders' hands on follower's back
- with leaders' right hand only on followers' back (the cool way)

Level 3: Cha Cha

Crossover, back breaks, outside breaks (review)
Big box from outside breaks
Alternating underarm turn with man's loop to cross body lead and shadow crossover
Shadow crossover, turn and loop to shadow back breaks
Half moon (shadow crossover + cross body lead)
Triple progressive cha cha

Level 4: Slow Waltz

Twinkle with promenade chasse ("one, two-and-three")
Grapevine with apart turn (starts with a twinkle and check)
Chasse (the in-and-out move that starts with a twinkle with leader's turn)
Twinkle with inside turn to left turn
Zigzag with develope to inside turn ending
Butterfly, with leader's going across

Level 5: Bolero

Rope spin
Back spot turn with Rudolph Ronde
Half moon with quick turn
Right hand loop, with optional Cuban walk
Crossover with quick turn ("quick, quick, and-slow") to fencing line and right hand loop)
Three Threes (J-hook lead, followers' full spot turn to the left, back break and half spot turn to right, then "forward-and-forward-and side")

Step Lists For February 2016

2/29/2016

Dances Covered:
Level 1: East Coast Swing and Foxtrot
Level 2: Foxtrot
Level 3: Hustle
Level 4: Argentine Tango
Level 5: Samba

Step List For September 2015

9/30/2015

Dances Covered

Level 1: Foxtrot
Level 2: Cha Cha
Level 3: Slow Waltz
Level 4: East Coast Swing
Level 5: Salsa

Level 1: Foxtrot

Foxtrot

basic
hesitation (also called "trouble step")
promenade
routine: 2 basics, 3 promenades, 1 hesitation

Level 2: Cha Cha

Basic (with the cha-cha-cha going either to the side, or forward and back)
Full turn
Crossover with underarm turn
Back breaks with underarm turn
Butterfly
Double crossover

Level 3: Slow Waltz

Routine 1 (a review): 4 travel, 4 box
Routine 2 (a review): 6 zigzag, 1 box, box with underarm turn
Chasse with a box beginning and ending
Chasse with twinkle beginning and ending (where the guy goes under)
Balance Step
Hesitation

Level 4: East Coast Swing

Charleston crossovers
Over-the-head and twist choreography
Windmill
Lindy rhythm
Double inside turn with Lindy rhythm
Chasse (from an inside turn)

Level 5: Salsa

4 different shoulder checks:
Right handshake (the original)
Hands crossed, right on top (right hand loop)
Hands crossed, left on top (Titanic)
Both hands uncrossed (cuddle to backwrap)
Copa
Turkish Towel
"The Illusionist"
Lady's backwrap with hand flicks
Opposition with stop-and-go

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

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

Step Lists For July 2015

7/31/2015

Dances Covered

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

Level 1: Rumba, Waltz, and Merengue

Waltz

basic box step
basic traveling step

Rumba

box step
chasse (aka "side-together-side")
box step with underarm turn

Merengue

basic turns (inside and outside)
merengue in closed position (travel forward, side, in circles, etc)

Level 2: East Coast Swing

Basic: single step and triple step
ladies underarm turn
hand change behind the back
cuddle
backwalk

Level 3: Salsa

Cross body lead, cross body lead with leader's loop
canopy (ladies' loop)
alternating underarm turn
shoulder check
out of the way
Routine #1: alternating underarm turn, cross body lead, out of the way
Routine #2: shoulder check, canopy
Routine #3: alternating turns, mens' loop to cross body lead, basic, out of the way, shoulder check, canopy

Level 4: Hustle

Cuddle
Right hand cuddle (aka "right hand loop")
sweetheart with either sombrero ending or cool and slide ending
parallel sweetheart (as opposed to a "sloppy" sweetheart)
pocket tuck to backwrap to cuddle
grapevine (technically grapevine to the right)
backwrap with guy's underarm turn
parallel sweetheart with ladies' turn
closed position basic
dip

Level 5: Foxtrot

Fallaway twinkle
Double spin
Hover and impetus
Open right turn (with impetus)- taught in both Bronze styling and Silver continuity styling
Twinkle with Silver continuity styling
Open left turn with silver continuity styling

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

Step Lists For May 2015

5/31/2015

Dances Covered

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot
Level 2: Hustle
Level 3: Foxtrot
Level 4: Rumba
Level 5: Cha Cha

Level 1: Swing and Foxtrot

East Coast Swing

basic step
underarm turn
pickpocket

Foxtrot

Basic
Promenade
Hesitation

Level 2: Hustle

Compression basic (stays in place)
New York Style basic (guy does a tap step)
inside turn
pickpocket
cuddle
cuddle with yo-yo and free spin

Level 3: Foxtrot

Basic Routine: 3 basics, 3 promenade (with a turn on the second one), 3 side rocks, hesitation, 2 basics, box step
Twinkle
Parallel Twinkle
Chasse with box step beginning and ending
Chasse with twinkle beginning and ending
Quarter turn basic

Level 4: Rumba

Open break to backwrap and walkaround to pattycake and shadow back break ending
Open break to peekaboo with inside turn ending
Cross body lead into wraparound
Paseo
Shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks

Level 5: Cha Cha

Triple cha-chas with ronde
Natural Spin Turn (aka "Back Spot Turn")
Open break, threading the needle, to Turkish Towel, to cross body lead with ladies turn, to half moon, ending with arm wrap (aka "arm hook")
Hammerlock combination
Shadow crossovers, loop into shadow back breaks
Choreography: kick-ball-change, sailor steps, end with a spiral turn
Crossover swivels
Swivels from closed position

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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