Category: Salsa

Level 1 (Absolute Beginner) For January 2016: Salsa and Chacha

2/1/2016

Salsa:

basic
side breaks
ladies' underarm turn
solo turns

Cha Cha:

basic
basic with starter step

Level 5 (Pre-Silver) For September 2015: Salsa

9/15/2015

4 different shoulder checks:

Right handshake (the original)
Hands crossed, right on top (right hand loop)
Hands crossed, left on top (Titanic)
Both hands uncrossed (cuddle to backwrap)

Copa
Turkish Towel
"The Illusionist"
Lady's backwrap with hand flicks
Opposition with stop-and-go

Level 4 (Full Bronze) For August 2015: Salsa

8/12/2015

Routine 1: Alternating underarm turn, with loop and cross body lead, to shoulder check, canopy, and loop with cross body lead
Turkish Towel
Lasso
Backwrap with hand flicks

Level 3 (Intermediate) For July 2015: Salsa

7/9/2015

Cross body lead, cross body lead with leader's loop
canopy (ladies' loop)
alternating underarm turn
shoulder check
out of the way
Routine #1: alternating underarm turn, cross body lead, out of the way
Routine #2: shoulder check, canopy
Routine #3: alternating turns, mens' loop to cross body lead, basic, out of the way, shoulder check, canopy

Level 2 (Ballroom Basics) For June 2015: Salsa

6/9/2015

Basic
Ladies underarm turn
Alternating underarm turn
Rainbow
Hand clap
Out of the way
Routine: out of the way, alternating underarm turn, rainbow, hand clap

Absolute Beginner For June 2015: Salsa

6/9/2015

For June 8th and 15th:

Basic
Turn
Ladies' underarm turn
Side breaks

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

Pre-Silver For February 2015: Salsa

2/10/2015

Shoulder check with hands crossed
Shoulder check into cuddle and backwrap with 3 endings: (pass on left side, pass on right side, pass on right side with an extra turn)
Out of the way
Out of the way with hand flick
Out of the way into Turkish Towel
cross body lead with tangle, to out of the way into shoulder check with cuddle and backwrap
Hand switch combination

Berkshire Hall Beginner Class For February 2015: Salsa

2/5/2015

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

Full Bronze For January 2014: Salsa

1/5/2015

Tangle/untangle
Canopy
Shoulder Check
"Out of The Way"
Lasso
Turnstile
Routine #1: out of the way, shoulder check, canopy, lasso
Shine steps (side breaks, side and cross, shoe shine, in-out step, hook, bachata, braid/drunken sailor)

Intermediate For December 2014: Salsa

12/30/2014

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

Basics For November 2014: Salsa

12/30/2014

basic step
full solo turn
ladies underarm turn
alternating underarm turn (half version), ending with a loop
Cross body lead
Alternating Underarm Turn (full version), ending with loop and cross body lead
side breaks

Absolute Beginner For September 2014: Salsa

12/30/2014

Basic step
Side Breaks
Basic Turn
Ladies' Underarm turn