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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For February 2016: Foxtrot

3/24/2016

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  • Basic
  • Trouble step (aka "hesitation")
  • promenade
  • underarm turn from promenade
  • side rocks
  • box step
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For January 2016: Hustle

2/1/2016

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  • Compression Basic (holding two hands)
  • New York Style Basic (ladies going out and coming back in)
  • Inside turn
  • Pickpocket
  • Cuddle with Inside Turn Ending
  • Cuddle with Yo-Yo Ending
  • Grapevine going to the right
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

1/3/2016

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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)
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Berkshire Hall Level 2 (Basics) For November 2015: Samba

11/23/2015

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  • 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
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For November 2015: Samba

11/18/2015

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  • basic forward and back
  • side crosses
  • side crosses with ladies turn
  • promenade
  • box step
  • samba line dance
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For September 2015: Cha Cha

9/14/2015

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  • 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
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For August 2015: Slow Waltz

8/12/2015

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  • Progressive basic (travelling basic)
  • Box step
  • Ladies' underarm turn from the box step
  • Zigzag
  • Twinkle, turning twinkle
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) for July 2015: East Coast Swing

7/9/2015

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  • Basic: single step and triple step
  • ladies underarm turn
  • hand change behind the back
  • cuddle
  • backwalk
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Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For June 2015: Salsa

6/9/2015

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  • Basic
  • Ladies underarm turn
  • Alternating underarm turn
  • Rainbow
  • Hand clap
  • Out of the way
  • Routine: out of the way, alternating underarm turn, rainbow, hand clap
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Ballroom Basics For May 2015: Hustle

5/8/2015

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  • 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
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Basics For April 2015: Foxtrot

4/11/2015

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  • Basic
  • Promenade
  • Promenade with underarm turn
  • Hesitation (aka "trouble step")
  • Side rocks
  • side rocks with underarm turn
  • box step
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Basic For March 2015: Rumba

3/12/2015

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  • Box step
  • Box step with underarm turn
  • side-together-side
  • crossover with underarm turn and fifth position ending
  • Crossover, underarm turn to back breaks, underarm turn to fifth position ending
  • Box step underarm turn with Cuban Walk
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Basics For February 2015: Cha Cha

2/17/2015

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  • Basic with side cha-cha or progressive cha-cha
  • Full solo turn
  • Ladies' underarm turn
  • Alternating underarm turn
  • Cross body lead
  • Crossover
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Ballroom Basics For January 2014: West Coast Swing (Berkshire Hall And Hartford Ballroom)

1/6/2015

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  • Sugar Push (basic step)
  • Right Side Pass
  • Left Side Pass
  • Combination:: 2 sugar pushes, left side pass, 2 sugar pushes, right side pass
  • Basket 
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Basics For December 2014: Waltz

12/30/2014

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  • Basic Traveling Step
  • Box Step
  • Box Step With Underarm Turn
  • Balance Step
  • Hesitation
  • Zigzag
  • Twinkle
  • Parallel Twinkle

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Basics For November 2014: Salsa

12/30/2014

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  •  basic step
  • full solo turn
  •  ladies underarm turn
  • alternating underarm turn (half version), ending with a loop 
  • Cross body lead
  •  Alternating Underarm Turn (full version), ending with loop and cross body lead
  • side breaks


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Basics For October 2014: Foxtrot

12/30/2014

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  • Basic step
  • Hesitation (a.k.a. corner or trouble step)
  • Promenade
  • Promenade with underarm turn
  • Side Rocks
  • Routine #1: 3 basics (steer to the wall), 3 promenade with an underarm turn on the second one, hesitation to finish
  • Routine #2: 3 basics (steer to the wall), 3 side rocks, hesitation to finish 
  • Box Step 

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Basics For September 2014: East Coast Swing

12/30/2014

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Note: All steps were done both in single step and in triple step swing.
  • Basic
  • Underarm turn
  • Hand change behind the back
  • Open break to pickpocket
  • Open Break to cuddle

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Basics Level August 2014: Bolero

12/30/2014

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  • Basic step
  • Crossover With Ladies' Underarm Turn
  • Crossover With Apart Turn
  • Crossover Into Back Breaks
  • Shadow Crossover
  • Shadow Crossover Into Shadow Back Breaks
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