Hartford Ballroom Blog

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)