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

1/3/2016

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  • Routine: forward and back, side crosses, promenade, box step
  • counterpromenade
  • windmill (from counterpromenade)
  • international combination (promenade, bota fogo, voltas, spot turn voltas)
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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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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For December 2015: Cha Cha

1/3/2016

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  • 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
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Level 4 (Full Bronze) For December 2015: Rumba/Bolero

1/3/2016

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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
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Level 3 (Intermediate) For December 2015: Samba

1/3/2016

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  • 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)
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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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Level 1 (Absolute Beginner) For December 2015: Tango And Hustle

1/3/2016

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Tango (Note- this is American Tango):
  • Basic
  • Corte
  • Promenade
Hustle:
  • Basic
  • Inside Turn
  • Pickpocket
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Pre-Silver For December 2014: Charleston

12/30/2014

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  • Charleston Basic
  • Tandem Charleston
  • Overturn and Push-Out (to get in and out of Tandem Charleston)
  • Half-Moon a.k.a. "Rainbow"
  • Charleston Crossovers with Double-Kick apart turn
  • Half-Moon with kick choreography
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Full Bronze For December 2014: Foxtrot

12/30/2014

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  • 1/4 turn Basic
  • Grapevine From 1/4 Turn Basic
  • Left Turn
  • Twinkle, Twinkle With 1/4 Turn
  • Zigzag, Zigzag With Develope
  • Chasse With Twinkle Beginning and Ending

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Intermediate For December 2014: Salsa

12/30/2014

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  • Cross Body Lead
  • Alternating Underarm Turn
  • Canopy
  • Shoulder Check
  • Routine #1: Alternating Underarm Turn, Shoulder Check, Canopy
  • Crossover With Underarm Turn
  • Crossover With Apart Turn
  • Cross Body Lead Into Crossover
  • Crossover swivels

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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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Absolute Beginner For December 2014: Hustle

12/30/2014

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  • basic
  • inside turn
  • pickpocket


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Absolute Beginner For December 2014: Tango

12/30/2014

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  • basic
  • corte
  • forward rock


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Absolute Beginner For December 2014: Merengue

12/30/2014

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  • outside/inside turn
  • double turns
  • guy's turn
  • cuddle
  • yo-yo from cuddle
  • backwrap
  • lasso from backwrap

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