We are free to do our own fine tuning of well-known A Bayamo figures. If our variation is substantial, we should change the name accordingly. Often just adding the word “variation” to the figure name can be enough. Very often video variations of A Bayamo figures are really not variations, but flat wrong attempts to do one of the well-known
Read moreA Bayamo is a difficult figure but there is an easier version for the return walk of the Follow, normally just called A Bayamo “alternative version”. In order to distinguish the two versions, the easy one should have its own name. I call it A Bayamo Fácil (easy). A Bayamo and A Bayamo Fácil are identical except for the first
Read moreThe basic A Bayamo is a popular figure with many videos out there. It takes the Follow on a long walk, two eight-counts, around the Lead and then back again with two more eight-counts. The return trip comes in two versions, and the details at the end varies. For the end a full Sombrero is the most common. One can
Read moreThe easiest of all the moves in the A Bayamo family and very common. As in other moves, Abajo (down) indicates that the Lead somewhere in the sequence ducks under the Follow’s arm. Since the move is the easiest of the A Bayamo moves, it is a good way for a Lead to start with a new Follow. If she
Read morePanqué con finta. Alejandro Victoria is trying hard to make up a new move. He has a good idea. The first three times the couple fails. Then they finally manage. We have only moved from 1-2-3 to 5-6-7. That is how difficult it is to come up with something new. Actually I like the first 5-6-7 of Panqué con finta.
Read morePanqué y p’al cielo (p’al cielo = to heaven) is an artistic variation of Panqué performed by Shanti Studio’s Israel Andalon and Moni: Same video at YouTube: Panqué y p’al cielo.
Read morePanqué con Candela (candela = candle) is a solid new Siete move made by Alexander Friol, published in 2017. The video is from “Tum Taka Tum” in Mexico: Same video at YouTube: Panqué con Candela.
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