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Basic Figures

1	Saloneo
2	Saloneo into Rodeo
3	Saloneo Cruzado
4	Saloneo por Dentro (inside)
5	Saloneo por Detrás (behind)
6	Open Saloneo
7	Saloneo por Detrás con Giro de Son (low/high)
8	Saloneo por Dentro con Coca-Cola
9	Saloneo por Dentro con Coca-Cola into Rodeo
10	Saloneo Cruzado into Reína
11	Saloneo con Vacilala into Rodeo
12	Cross Handed Saloneo
13	Saloneo into Paseo
14	Saloneo into Rodeo Inverso
15	Saloneo DQN – into Open position
16	Saloneo with Grapevine

Applications

1	Gran Ocho (Big Eight)

Examples

1	Enchufla, Adios, Salonéo

Origin of Saloneo

Various types of walks in Caída Position have always existed both in Son and Casino. Yoel Marrero generalized them into a set of basic figure called Saloneo, Saloneo por Dentro and Saloneo por Detrás. I first saw Saloneo Cruzado in a video by Alexander Pavlov. I first saw “Open Saloneo” in a video by Daybert Linares. The “Cross Handed Saloneo” and “Saloneo con Vacilala into Rodeo”, I have learned from a video by DC Casineros. Saloneo into Open Position, “Saloneo DQN”, and “Saloneo with Grapevine” are of my own making but others are probably doing something similar.

I only mention the above to prove my point: It is impossible and useless for each dancer to keep track of who came up with a specific move first, and more importantly: who popularized it, where did you learn it? Casino is 75 years old. It is most likely that anything we believe we invented to day was already used somewhere by somebody a couple of generations ago.

Social dancing is about community and sharing. Anything once done on the social dance floor is in the public domain, and can be used by anyone as if they have invented it themselves.