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Step List For June 2017

8/15/2017

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Dances Covered:

Level 1: Tango and Hustle
Level 2: Argentine Tango
Level 3: West Coast Swing
Level 4: Viennese Waltz
Level 5: Bachata and Salsa

Level 1: Tango and Hustle

Hustle:
  • basic
  • inside turn
Tango:
  • basic
  • corte
  • ​promenade

Level 2: Argentine Tango

Milonga
  • Baldosa Box
  • Traspie ("rock-and-rock")
  • repeat steps 5+6
  • repeat steps 3,4,5,+6
  • rhythm play
Argentine Tango
  • Crusada with an 8-count
  • Crusada with only a 5-count
  • forward ocho
  • back ocho with crusada ending
  • calisita
  • parada and pasada

Level 3: West Coast Swing

Steps:
  • back wrap (aka "hammerlock")
  • left side pass with a tuck turn
  • whip
Styling:
  • tap step
  • sailor step
  • kick 'n point

Level 4: Viennese Waltz

  • Left turn (involves a cross)
  • Right turn
  • Cross body lead with inside turn
    • end with open break
    • end with open break, ladies turn, then leaders turn
  • Back spot turn (taught by Nate only)

Level 5: Salsa and Bachata

Unfortunately, the step list for this class is missing.  If we find the list, we will update this post
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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)

Step Lists For March 2016

3/31/2016

 
Dances Covered:
Level 1: Tango and Hustle
Level 2: Salsa and Bachata
Level 3: Foxtrot
Level 4: Hustle
Level 5: Argentine Tango

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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

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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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Steps Lists For January 2016

1/31/2016

 
This month's dances are:
Level 1: salsa and cha cha
Level 2: hustle
Level 3: Argentine tango
Level 4: samba
Level 5: rumba and bolero


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Berkshire Hall Step Lists For January 2016

1/30/2016

 
Dances covered:
Beginner: Hustle
Intermediate: Argentine Tango

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Step Lists For December 2015

12/31/2015

 

​Dances Covered

Level 1: American Tango and Hustle
Level 2: Argentine Tango
Level 3: Samba
Level 4: Rumba and Bolero
Level 5: Cha cha

Level 1: American Tango and Hustle

Tango (Note- this is American Tango):
  • Basic
  • Corte
  • Promenade
Hustle:
  • Basic
  • Inside Turn
  • Pickpocket

Level 2: Argentine Tango

Keep in mind that there are 3 times of Argentine Tango: milonga, Argentine, and vals.  For the month of December we focused primarily on Milonga, which is the easiest of the 3.  Towards the end, we introduced something that belongs more in Argentine Tango.
Milonga:
  • Basic, aka "Baldosa Box" (6 steps)
  • Traspie ("quick-quick-slow"), can be done on any of the first 5 steps of the Baldosa Box
  • Side together (repeat "5-6" as many times as you'd like)
Argentine Tango:
  • ​Forward Ochos
  • Leader's out-of-the-way rock step to forward ochos
  • Forward Ochos to parada (means "stop", as in leader blocks the follower's foot and stops the ocho), to pasada (means "go", as in follower steps over the leader's foot and continues)

​Level 3: Samba

  • Basic forward and back
  • Basic side crosses
  • Side crosses with followers' underarm turn (outside turn)
  • Box step
  • Promenade
  • Routine: forward and back, side crosses, promenade, box step
  • Counterpromenade
  • Bota fogo with promenade and counterpromenade (goes back and forth)

Level 4: Rumba and Bolero

Rumba:
  • Box step with Cuban walk
  • Shadow crossovers (uses right handshake), turn and loop to shadow back break
  • Crossover with inside turn endings:
    • Right hand loop (inside turn with leader's right hand)
      • Optional: you can include Cuban walks in the right hand loop, between the loop and the final turn
  • She goes/he goes (inside turn with leader's left hand)
  • Half moon (one shadow crossover+one cross body lead), turn and loop to shadow back break (optional)
  • Half moon to arm hook, aida (rock-and-turn), fencing line (across-and-side), end with she goes/he goes
  • Open break to Copa*
  • Open break to triple fans, grapevine and ronde with a copa ending*
​*these moves do not require that you end with a fifth-position ending.  It's cleaner if you simply do a box step and slowly get back together

Bolero:
  • Shadow crossovers (uses right handshake), turn and loop to shadow back break
  • Crossover with inside turn endings:
    • Right hand loop (inside turn with leader's right hand)
      • Optional: you can include Cuban walks in the right hand loop, between the loop and the final turn
  • She goes/he goes (inside turn with leader's left hand)
  • Half moon (one shadow crossover+one cross body lead), turn and loop to shadow back break (optional)
  • Half moon to arm hook, aida (rock-and-turn), fencing line (across-and-side), end with she goes/he goes
  • Open break to Copa
  • Open break to triple fans, grapevine and ronde with a copa ending

​Level 5: Cha Cha

  • Sweetheart Twinkles
    • open break, leader's foot fake, back break (no cha-cha-cha), 5 twinkles (4+1, 2+3, etc.), back break (with cha-cha-cha), inside turn ending while leader foot fakes.
  • Cuban break combination with shoulder check ending
    • 2 crossovers, 2 Cuban breaks (2+3+4+1), 2 short Cuban breaks (2+3, 4+1), 1 Cuban break for follower only, shoulder check for the followers (technically check from the arm) 
  • Bota Fogos and Cuban break combination from an outside break
    • 2 outside turns, 2 bota fogos, Cuban break (2+3+4+1), 2 bota fogos (in other direction), Cuban break (in other direction), outside break
  • Crossover, grapevine into back break
    • "run-run-run"
  • 4 Natural Tops (aka "back spot turns")
    • Original
    • With an outside turn
    • with follower's swivels
with follower's grapevine

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 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
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