In this tutorial I will show five good ways to start “Bayamo Moves” and use Bayamo por Abajo as example. “Bayamo” is just a traditional name, used by a subset of dancers, for cross-Handed Rodeo Inverso variations. Rodeo Inverso figures are important to balance right turning motion, if we are going to fly on both wings. The classic way to
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Rodeo can be used in at least two different ways: 1) Cowboy-style with a “swinging” arm, a lot of movement and momentum and 2) Relaxed promenade-style with the Follow just walking around the Lead. The “Rodeo Walk into Vacilala” in this tutorial is of the promenade type and it can be generalize like this: I this case I like to
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The most common Coca-Cola turn is done as last part of Dile Que No around the Leader on “5-6-7”. “Coca-Cola” is a nickname for a traveling left turn most often stepped as a Three Step Turn of two times 180 degrees. Coca-Cola “Around the Lead” is so common that if a video is named “Coca-Cola”, we can be pretty sure
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A transcript of the speak in the video. Welcome to this Social Dance Rant Number ONE about the paradox of Good looking Junk! Could be relevant for most social dance styles. My name is Jesper Tverskov. When we watch a dance video, it is natural to think that if a dance figure or turn technique looks good and it works
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This is one of my favorite Casino videos on YouTube, more than 10 years old. The style of Carlos Rafael Gonzalez is mesmerizing at moments, especially in this video with Jennifer as Follower. Jennifer is a forward dancer, forward by default, no back-rocking, she only takes a back-step if the Leader clearly leads her into doing so. This is right
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The Exhíbela Trio is simply three Exhíbela variations that work well together. First the basic Exhíbela, one or more times, next Vacilala inside Exhíbela, one or more times, and at the end Exhíbela but instead of going back into Caída position, the Follow is walked into the start position of Open Position or into a “7-8-1” pivot as shown in
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A Lead should know and use hundreds of basic figures and moves but only use a tiny selection in any one dance. It is much better to use ten figures five times than fifty figures one time in a dance. The benefits of a small selection, and of repeating many of the figures several times are multitude: In a nutshell:
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Paséala is a classic basic figure of one count of eight, often repeated one or more times. It is a closed position walk starting from Caída position and back to Caída positoin. Just like for Exhibela, the Follow walks three steps forward, and three steps back, still in forward walking position. For Paséale the Follow pivots left on “3-4-5” and
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This iconic video clip is from the 1939 film, “Another Thin Man”. The dancers, René Rivero Guillén and Ramona Ajón (Estella), where originally from Matanzas in Cuba. The video clip is fabulous, mesmerizing. The Mother of all Cuban Son. There is only one problem. The dance is completely dominated by the Leader. This is a common problem in Cuban social
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Thank you to Diana Rodriguez Garcia and Ismaray Aspirini for this workshop dance video that gives us an opportunity to talk about some of the important issues in Cuban Salsa. The video, labeled Casino con Trucos (tricks), was first published on Ismaray Aspirina’s FB Page, April 7, 2022, and shared by Diana Rodriguez Garcia on her FB Page April 8.
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