Category: Rumba

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For January 2016: Rumba/Bolero

2/1/2016

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Rumba:

Sliding Door Variation
Backwrap to Pattycake

Bolero:

Natural top with Rudolph ronde
Hip rock
Right side pass
Triple Fans to ronde and copa ending
Natural top to same foot lunge
Opening out right and left, with spiral turn ending
Half moon with ladies turn (quick-and-quick-and-slow)
Back-to-back to aida and fencing line, ending with right hand loop (turn to back-to-back is syncopated)

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

11/23/2015

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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

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Level 3 (Intermediate) For November 2015: Rumba and Bolero

11/23/2015

Rumba:

crossover
back breaks
outside breaks
cross body lead
open break
open break to backwrap and walkaround
underarm turn with Cuban walks

Bolero:

crossover
back breaks
open break
open break to backwrap and walkaround
copa

Level 1 (Absolute Beginner) For November 2015: Waltz and Rumber

11/18/2015

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Waltz:

basic traveling step (aka "progressive step")
box step
side hesitation

Rumba:

box step
chasse ("side-together-side")
underarm turn

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Level 1 (Absolute Beginner) For July 2015: Rumba

7/23/2015

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box step
chasse (aka "side-together-side")
box step with underarm turn

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Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For June 2015: Rumba

6/9/2015

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Romantic Sway
Forward spot turn* to aida and fencing line
Right hand loop with Cuban walk
Back spot turn* to opening out and closed hip twist
Advanced grapevine
Half moon with arm hook to aida and fencing line
Opening out (left and right) to open hip twist
Forward spot turn to surprise check and swivels

*A Note On Spot Turns: the forward spot turn is also known as the "Reverse Spin Turn". It steps forward and rotates to the left.
The back spot turn is also known as the "Natural Spin Turn". It steps backward and rotates to the right.

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Full Bronze For May 2015: Rumba

5/8/2015

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Open break to backwrap and walkaround to pattycake and shadow back break ending
Open break to peekaboo with inside turn ending
Cross body lead into wraparound
Paseo
Shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks

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Intermediate For April 2015: Rumba

4/11/2015

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Crossover with underarm turn
Crossover with apart turn
3 crossovers, 3 apart turns
Cross body lead
Cross body lead to open break
Cross body lead to crossover
Open break to peekaboo (Optional: start from a cross body lead)
shadow crossovers and shadow back breaks (Optional: start from a cross body lead)
Underarm turn with Cuban walk
Backwrap with walk

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