The Siete Locomotion move is from “Media Noche Salsa”, created by Doron Pe’er, the Lead in the first video. I have only found one other video with this move. There are a lot of turns and changing hands, and for that reason it is a good move for training leading and follow: I like the video by “myatushi55”. The original
Read moreLa Cuadra has different meanings like block, stable, barracks. I am not sure of what translation makes most sense for a name of a move. The La Cuadra move is a typical complicado with several elements we know from other complicados. There are surprisingly many videos out there, so it must be quite popular. La Cuadra comes with two alternative
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The move El Atrevido means “The Daring”. The move is similar to Siete con Coca-Cola (Miami style) but it is a very special Coca-Cola left turn. The Follow is turned left by her left hip and her right shoulder! Siete con Coca-Cola is an unleadable move that should never be used. El Atrevido is leadable but it takes a strong
Read moreThe Panqué is the original name used in Cuba. In Miami they change the name to Siete (Seven). The Siete name is almost never used in Cuba. I prefer the Panqué name because in my country a pancake is flat and often rolled tight like a Burrito. Since the figure consists of a “roll her in – roll her out”
Read moreThe “Three Way Stop” is a good move for training because the Lead really must be up to the task to get it going. We don’t have many formalized moves using this technique of turning the Follow by her shoulders. It is a great technique in social dancing and ought to be in the toolbox of any advanced Lead. We
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Alborotado means “Exited” in English. It is from the “Salsa Lovers” DVD 07, Miami, USA, around year 2005 and uploaded to YouTube much later. Maykel Almuina, the Lead in the video, is the creator of all the moves on “DVD 07”. Siete Alborotado is one of Maykel’s more interesting moves. It opens like Siete Loco and Siete Loco Complicado! That
Read moreMagniv is Hebrew meaning “extremely cool”. And so it is. Siete Magniv is my favorite of the easier moves starting with Siete. The video from “Dolce Dance” in Hungary deserves to be shown first. It is cute. Note that Lead and Follow change hands at the start, and that most of the move is two handed: Same video at YouTube:
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Some dancers don’t care about keeping different dance styles apart, pure and original. They like to mix it all together and make up their own unique fusion style of anything they find interesting. Such “cherry picking” is ok and a valid approach for anyone to follow but I don’t like that approach personally. It is nice that we have both
Read moreSiete Loco Complicado is a real complicado, long and with several both good and difficult parts. There is a major problem though! The beginning, the first count of eight of the move, just like for Siete Loco and for Siete Alborotado, is not leadable in social dancing in social dancing as depicted in most videos of the moves. The beginning
Read moreSiete Loco (Crazy Seven) is a rather common move with a lot of videos out there. Let me say it as it is: This is a fake move right in your face! There is no way to lead it in social dancing. The move requires that the Follow’s left hand is available for the Lead over her right shoulder easy
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