Panqué – Siete (7)
Good Pancake figures
With focus not on moves but on Basic Figures as building blocks.
| 1 | The Panqué Basic Figure |
| 2 | Panqué into Paseo Walk |
| 3 | Panqué con Coca-Cola por Detrás |
| 4 | Panqué con Coca-Cola into Rodeo |
| 5 | Panqué con Coca-Cola with Lead’s Paseo |
| 6 | Panqué con Coca-Cola Avanza (forward) |
| 7 | Coca-Cola into Panqué into Coca-Cola |
| 8 | Panqué into Vacilala or Enchuvfla |
| 9 | Pancake with Coca-Cola by shoulder and hip |
| 10 | Pancake Two Handed Police (“Cuadra”) |
| 11 | Pancake One Handed Police (“Magniv”) |
| 12 | Pancake with Hook Turn (“Candela”) |
Classic Miami inspired figures
Siete con Coca-Cola, Siete Magniv, La Cuadra and Panqué con Candela are also included above. Some of the rest are not that leadable or advanced overkill (hard to remember and lead), or they are not that Cuban, more like “Salsa LA Style” or they are simply not interesting enough to bother with.
Mostly Rueda Fun Alo Cubano
Some of it I might use in “crazy” couple dancing.
| 1 | Panqué con Chocolate |
| 2 | Pancake Bend Over (Castígala) |
| 3 | Pancake Sit Down (Siéntala) |
| 4 | Pancake with Sneak Attack |
| 5 | Pancake Triple Mix |
Not leadable “Siete Loco” figures
Junk figures from Salsa Racing and Salsa Lovers or inspired by them.
| 1 | Pancake with High Five |
| 2 | Siete Loco |
| 3 | Siete Loco Complicado |
| 4 | Siete Complicado |
| 6 | Siete Alborotado |
| 7 | Siete Locomotion |
In Rueda de Casino we have Rueda group moves that only make sense in the context of a Rueda. But we also have Rueda couple moves that can be used also one-on-one. Such Rueda couple moves should not require that both the Lead and the Follow see and hear the Rueda Caller as a substitute for proper leading.
But this bad habit is quite common. It often takes Leads years to find out that what works in Rueda and with Follows they know from class or Rueda, doesn’t really work that well in true social dancing.
Many of the not working one-on-one moves are inspired by Dance Schools like Salsa Racing and Salsa Lovers. One of the worst example is Siete Loco. It has been repeated and uploaded to social media thousands of times over the years as a solid testimony for the low level of many dance schools.
It has taken me years to clean up the clutter and get rid of many such moves that are not that leadable or based on not sound principles.
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