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When doing Dile Que No, the Lead sometimes needs to add one more Dile Que No in order to lead the Follow into open position, also called Guapea position. We can easily have several DQNs, one after the other. The first DQN changes the motion on the Partner Circle from right to left, from clock-wise to counter clock-wise. All additional

The Panqué (Pancake) figure, also called Siete (7) in the Miami Rueda tradition of “Salsa Racing” and “Salsa Lovers”, is a unique basic figure of one count of eight. It is unique in the sense that it has its own set of steps we don’t see in any other basic figure, and it is unique because it doesn’t fit in

The “Coca-Cola” is the standard 360 degrees left turn in Cuba Salsa and turning on “5-6-7” is the most common but turning on “1-2-3” is also possible. The Coca-Cola turn is a basic figure of one count of eight: The Follow is lead forward on “1”, she continues forward on “2-3” and turns on “5-6-7”. The Coca-Cola turn is most

The Cuban Vuelta (Habanero) is the twin sister of Vacilala. The steps are like for Vacilala except that the two half counts of eight are flipped: the Follow steps forward on “1”, she continues forward on “2-3” and turns, still walking forward, most often on a curved line, on “5-6-7”. The Cuban Vuelta is not as prominent as Vacilala (hand-held

Exhibela means “exhibit her”, show her to the world. It is the uniquely Cuban sideways right turn, starting with prepping on 1-2-3 and turning on 5-6-7. Exhibela is most often a closed position turn with normal handhold: It starts from closed position and it ends in closed position. Exhibela can also be done crossed handed in open position, and this