Giro just means turn and the term is often used with that broad meaning. But sometimes Giro is used for a subset of turns or incremental turning. So pay attention. There is no consistent use of the term Giro in Cuban Salsa but it ought to be used with a special meaning. We have turning in the form of Vacilala
Read moreIn Cuban Salsa we count 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 to the beat of the music. Since we don’t step on 4 and 8, we normally count “1-2-3-…, 5-6-7-…”. Since we can tap on 4 and 8, as an optional feature, many of us count 1-2-3-tap, 5-6-7-tap. So far so good. The full eight count In Cuban Salsa, and this is important to understand
Read moreThe back-to-back turn, also called the barrel turn, is not that common in Cuban Salsa but we have it in moves like Siete Loco and A Bayamo por Arriba. The Lead is of cause free to add it to almost any other sequence of moves. I like it a lot when done slowly using a full eight count for the
Read moreThe move named Amistad (friendship) is an excellent way to prepare for the start of any of the moves in the A Bayamo family. Amistad makes the start of A Bayamo more dynamic. The Rueda call could be Amistad – Llevela a Bayamo (llevela = take her). Or Amistad – A Bayamo por Arriba, etc. The first video just shows
Read moreWe 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 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.
Read morePanqué y Castigala (castigala = punish her) is a typical Rueda de Casino fun move. It is difficult to bend over and up again with style and with perfect timing! The video is from “Cubanoboom Club” in Ukraine, first showing Panqué twice then Panqué y Castigala: Same video at YouTube: Panqué y Castigala.
Read moreSiete Locomotion is a “Media Noche Salsa” move 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: Same video at YouTube: Siete Locomotion (A). I like
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