Category: Basics

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