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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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Berkshire Hall Intermediate For April 2015: Rumba

4/11/2015

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  • 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)
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Absolute Beginner For March 2015: Rumba

4/2/2015

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  • Box step
  • side-together-side (a.k.a. chasse)
  • Box step with underarm turn
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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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Absolute Beginner For November 2014: Rumba

12/30/2014

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  • Box Step
  • Side-Together-Side
  • Underarm Turn

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