Category: Berkshire Hall Intermediate

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For February 2016: Hustle

3/24/2016

Parallel sweetheart
- with sombrero ending
- with cool hand slide ending
old-fashioned/standard basic (continually turns right)
old-fashioned basic to double turn into cuddle
right hand cuddle

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For January 2016: Argentine Tango

2/1/2016

Crusada (Argentine Tango basic)
Forward ochos, starting either from rock step or from end of crusada
- optional parada and pasada
Side step with foot change to back ochos
Forward ochos to back ochos, end by changing to forward ochos
Back ochos to skaters

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For December 2015: Samba

1/3/2016

Routine: forward and back, side crosses, promenade, box step
counterpromenade
windmill (from counterpromenade)
international combination (promenade, bota fogo, voltas, spot turn voltas)

Berkshire Hall Level 3 (Intermediate) For November 2015: Rumba And Bolero

11/23/2015

Rumba:

box step
crossover
open break
open break to backwrap and walkaround
Paseo

Bolero:

basic (make sure it rotates)
crossover
open break
open break to backwrap and walkaround
open break to copa
open break to triple fans and ronde with copa ending

Berkshire Hall Intermediate (Level 3) For September 2015: Slow Waltz

9/15/2015

Left turn
Twinkle, Twinkle with 1/4 turn (aka "turning twinkle")
Basic routine: Twinkle, Turning Twinkle, left turn
Zigzag with develope
2-way underarm turn (review)
Chasse, with either box step beginning or ending, or twinkle beginning or ending
Grapevine with apart turn

Berkshire Hall Intermediate For August 2015: Tango

8/12/2015

Open left turn (starts diagonal center)
Rock-and-corte (starts diagonal center)
Turning rocks (starts in line of dance with 2 slows)
Promenade
Promenade with ochos (aka "fans")
Damian and Janice's ocho and skater routine

Berkshire Hall Intermediate for July 2015: East Coast Swing

7/9/2015

Basic: single step and triple step
underarm turn, hand change behind the back, and backwalk (all in triple step)
Charleston
tuck turn
Double tuck turn (left hand, then right hand)
Back breaks
Peekaboo

Berkshire Hall Intermediate for June 2015: Hustle

7/9/2015

New York style basic
Threading the needle
Pocket tuck to backwrap to cuddle
Sweetheart with 2 endings: sombrero ending and cool hand slide
Parallel sweetheart
Underarm sweetheart
Back wrap with guy's underarm turn
Tangle
Right hand loop
Closed position basic

Berkshire Hall Level 3 (Intermediate) For June 2015: Hustle

6/9/2015

New York style basic
Threading the needle
Underarm sweetheart
Sweetheart ending #1: sombrero ending
Sweetheart ending #2: cool hand slide
Right hand loop
Tangle
Backwrap with guy's turn
Pock tuck to backwrap to cuddle

Berkshire Hall Intermediate For May 2015: Foxtrot

5/8/2015

Quarter turn basic
grapevine from quarter turn basic
butterfly
grapevine with apart turn

Berkshire Hall Intermediate For April 2015: Rumba

4/11/2015

Crossover and back breaks combination (review from last month)
Right hand loop
Open break with underarm turn
Peekaboo (from open break)
Cross Body Lead
Wraparound (from cross body lead)

Berkshire Hall Intermediate For March 2015: Salsa

4/2/2015

underarm turn with handshake (review from last month)
canopy (review from last month)
Cross body lead
shoulder check
Cross body lead with underarm turn
Titanic (shoulder check with hands crossed, left hand on top)
Shoulder check to cuddle and backwrap
Cross body lead to tangle
Guy's out of the way
combo: tangle, out of the way, cuddle and bakwrap

Berkshire Hall Intermediate Class For February 2015: Cha Cha

2/5/2015

Basic step (with either side cha-cha-cha or progressive cha-cha-cha)
solo full turn
ladies underarm turn
cross body lead
crossover
crossover and back break combination
shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks
Alternating underarm turn
Double crossover

Ballroom Basics For January 2014: West Coast Swing (Berkshire Hall And Hartford Ballroom)

1/6/2015

Sugar Push (basic step)
Right Side Pass
Left Side Pass
Combination:: 2 sugar pushes, left side pass, 2 sugar pushes, right side pass
Basket