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- Ábaco is a dance created to follow the calls from rueda de casino.
- It is danced inside a rueda, or separate from a rueda with a designated caller.
- Ábaco figures are based on women’s rueda footwork, and easy to follow also for men.
- A partner change in rueda corresponds to a rotation in ábaco (dame una = quarter left turn, dame dos = half left turn, dame una arriba = quarter right turn).
- Ábaco uses various Cuban dance elements, from son, rumba, afrocuban dances, etc.
- Ábaco means abacus, referring to a view from above (like rueda means wheel).
Ábaco is a great alternative for cuban salsa and rueda in times when we cannot dance regular rueda, because of social distancing.
More info about ábaco
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ÁBACO VIDEOS
Rueda dot casino now offer videos of appr. 45 ábaco figures! The videos are divided into 3 levels – beginner, intermediate and advanced. All the videos show the corresponding rueda figure, to demonstrate how they correspond. Remember that ábaco may be danced inside a rueda, or separate from a rueda.
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Preview of ábaco video:
vamos arriba | tarro (ábaco figures)
Choose level below, for embedded subscriber videos and explanations of the figures.
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Beginner level
Click on the image for all the videos on this level.
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Intermediate level
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Open position
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Click on the image for all the videos on this level.
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Advanced level
Click on the image for all the videos on this level.
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List of available ábaco figures, from Feb 14, 2021
(Orange indicates new figure in 2021)
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