Manolito is the shortest of moves, just an interesting way to exit the Sombrero. From the Sombrero pose, the Lead asks for the Follow’s right hand by putting his right hand forward in between them. The Follow is then lead into a Dile Que No and a Coca-Cola left turn. That’s it. The Manolito exit of Sombrero is a so-called
Read moreSombrero Doble is a very common move, and it comes in three different main versions with several sub versions. Since all the versions are good with very many videos found, I will rename the three major versions in order to distinguish them from one another, and to make them easier to learn and remember. 1 Sombrero Triple This is the
Read moreThis small fun move is used in Rueda de Casino only, and it is quite common. It needs to be called, there is no way to lead is, and it could be dangerous in social dancing because the Follow must prevent the Lead from falling. “Plancha” means “iron”, “plate”, etc, so the meaning is probably that the hat is so
Read moreThis is a rather common call in Rueda de Casino, I have experienced it on a regular basis with different Cuban Rueda callers. Normally most dancers don’t remember it, so the caller will instruct it first, and use it several times during the Rueda. For named figures to make at least some sense, Sombrero con Mambo Complicado must mean that
Read moreSombrero con Mambo is a very common call in Rueda de Casino and requires a Rueda call because there is no natural way to lead it. If both Lead and Follow use it a lot in Rueda, they have a good chance of also using it as a fun move in social dancing, because if you stay in the Sombrero
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Sombrero means hat and is one of the signature moves of Cuban Salsa but is also used in “American” Salsa. Sombrero is the name of a move with many variations and Complicado versions, and the name of a pose, we get into at the end of many moves, “putting the hat on”. The start of the Sombrero move is important
Read moreAlarde Complicado is Cuban all the way but it is not a typical Cuban salsa move. I regard it more like a better dance school combo, good to practice at advanced level with several difficult basic figures. The most important part is the Alarde section, one of the hallmarks of Cuban Salsa. The Alardes in this tutorial is the relatively
Read moreNudo means “knot” and this is not a good name because we have less knot in Nudo than in so many other Cuban Salsa moves. The basic Nudo move is short, two counts of eight. Most Complicado versions are not at all Complicado, they just add an Exhibela to the baseline. When very Complicado, they even repeat themselves after the
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For the Follow’s right turn turns in Cuban Salsa the emphasis should be on the hand-held Vacilala, called Hecho twenty years ago, one handed, cross-handed and two handed. Vacilala Steps are part of the core definition of Cuban Salsa, of its look and feel, and should be used many times in each and every dance. For Vacilala Steps, the Follow
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In the tutorial for the Arcoiris move, I said that we can start the Arcoiris part, not just when getting out of the Hammerlock but in very many situations on count five. We just need to get into starting position on 5-6-7. In the following Video 1 from “Son De Habana”, Bogata, Columbia, 2015, the Lead uses the man’s hook
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