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This is a nice little move with several Alardes good to practice. It is called El Dedo (Finger) because it starts with a hand-held Vacilala as in other El Dedo moves. In this case right-to-right handed because it is followed by a right-to-right handed Enchufla. The right-to-right handed Enchufla, how we get into it, the Alardes, and how we get

Alarde 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

Nudo 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

Exhibela means “exhibit her”, show her to the world. It is one of two original Cuban Salsa right turns on 5-6-7. The other is the walking right turn called Habanero. As a relatively new trend, Exhibela is today often called Sacala instead, meaning “take her out”. That is annoying because we now have to use both words in the same

We have three genuine Vuelta right turns in Casino, Cuban Salsa: the sideways Exhibela/Sacala turn on 5-6-7, the Vacilala turn on 1-2-3, and the Habanero turn on 5-6-7. We also have the classic Vuelta right turn in American Salsa, with prepping on 1-2-3 and turning on 5-6-7. The Vacilala turn and the Habanero turn are twins using the same pattern.

The Habanero is like a hand-held Vacilala but with opposite Vacilala steps. In Vacilala, the Follow is lead forward on one and turn on 1-2-3 and continues to step forward on 5-6-7. In Habanero, the Follow is lead forward on 1 and steps forward on 1-2-3, and turns on 5-6-7. Depending on how the Follow is lead into the move,