Category: Beginner

Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For February 2016: Foxtrot

3/24/2016

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Basic
Hesitation
Promenade
Promenade with turn
side rocks
box step

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Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For January 2016: Hustle

2/1/2016

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Compression basic (holding two hands)
New York style basic (she goes out then in)
Inside turn
Cuddle with inside turn ending
Cuddle with yo-yo ending
Grapevine to the right
Pickpocket

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Berkshire Hall Beginners (Level 2) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

1/3/2016

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Please note, there are 3 types of tango: Milonga, Argentine Tango, and Vals. This month we mainly focused on Milonga, although I introduced something that was technically Argentine Tango.

Milonga:

Baldosa Box (6 steps)
Walking into, and out of Baldosa Box
Side together (repeat 5 and 6 as many times as you would like)
Traspie (rock steps, changes the rhythm to quick-quick-slow, can be done on any of the first 5 steps of the Baldosa Box)

Argentine Tango:

Forward ochos
Leader's rock to forward ochos
Bonus: Leader's parada (means "stop", where the leader "stops the ochos with his foot), to follower's pasada (means "go", where the follower initiates the next move by stepping over the leader's foot)

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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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Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For September 2015: Cha Cha

9/15/2015

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Basic (cha-cha-cha either progressive or side)
Full turn
Half turn (chase turn)
Crossover with underarm turn
Back breaks with underarm turn
Outside breaks with underarm turn
Open break with underarm turn
Butterfly
Double crossover

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Berkshire Hall Beginner For August 2015: Slow Waltz

8/12/2015

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Travelling basic
Box step (turn a 1/4 turn each measure)
Box step with ladies' underarm turn
Zigzag
Twinkle
Parallel twinkle

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Berkshire Hall Beginner for July 2015: American Tango

7/9/2015

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Basic
Corte
Promenade
Forward rock
Open Promenade
Open promenade with yo-yo
Promenade walks
Rock-and-corte

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Berkshire Hall Beginner for June 2015: East Coast Swing

7/9/2015

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Basic step (single step)
Underarm turn
Pickpocket
Hand change behind the back (2 ways)
Cuddle
Backwalk
Charleston introduction
Windmill

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Berkshire Hall Beginner For May 2015: Hustle

5/8/2015

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Hustle basic (a.k.a. the compression basic)
inside turn
pickpocket
cuddle
cuddle with yo-yo
introduction to New York Style basic

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Berkshire Hall Beginner For April 2015: Foxtrot

4/11/2015

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Basic
Hesitation
Promenade
Promenade with underarm turn
Box Step
Twinkle
Parallel Twinkle

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Berkshire Hall Beginner For March 2015: Rumba

4/2/2015

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Basic box step
side-together-side (might also be called chasse or bachata)
Box step with underarm turn
extended Underarm turn with Cuban walk
crossover with underarm turn*
crossover and back breaks*
Crossover, back breaks, and outside breaks*
crossover with apart turn*

* these moves use the beginning and fifth position ending:
beginning: half of a box, side-together-side
ending: fith-position break, finish the box

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Berkshire Hall Beginner Class For February 2015: Salsa

2/5/2015

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basic step
underarm turn (guys can do a side break during the turn for additional styling)
solo full turns
side breaks
cross body lead
underarm turn with a right handshake
Combination: underarm turn with right handshake, cross body lead, loop over man's head

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Absolute Beginner For January 2015: East Coast Swing (Berkshire Hall and Hartford Ballroom)

1/20/2015

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Basic (technically basic "single step")
underarm turn
pickpocket

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Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For February 2016: Foxtrot

Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For January 2016: Hustle

Berkshire Hall Beginners (Level 2) For December 2015: Argentine Tango

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

Berkshire Hall Beginner (Level 2) For September 2015: Cha Cha

Berkshire Hall Beginner For August 2015: Slow Waltz

Berkshire Hall Beginner for July 2015: American Tango

Berkshire Hall Beginner for June 2015: East Coast Swing

Berkshire Hall Beginner For May 2015: Hustle

Berkshire Hall Beginner For April 2015: Foxtrot

Berkshire Hall Beginner For March 2015: Rumba

Berkshire Hall Beginner Class For February 2015: Salsa

Absolute Beginner For January 2015: East Coast Swing (Berkshire Hall and Hartford Ballroom)

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