Ruda figures – intermediate level
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CLOSED POSITION
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cambia pareja
= change partner
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Coca-Cola con puente y arriba
= Coca-Cola with brigde and forward
This is a combination of three commands: Coca-Cola, puente, vamos arriba.
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se viró
= they turned
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OPEN POSITION
from ‘guapea’
abanico
= hand fan
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alarde
= show-off
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amistad
= friendship
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babosa
= snail / slug
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egoista
= selfish
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enchufla moderno
= modern ‘enchufla’
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enchufla y adios
= ‘enchufla’ and good bye
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enchufla y rodeo
= ‘enchufla’ and rodeo
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espresso
= espresso (coffee)
This figure is a combination of three basic and standard Rueda figures: ‘dame directo’ + ‘dame dos’ + ‘una arriba’.
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festival de enchufla complicado
= festival of complicated ‘enchufla’
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media doble
= double ‘media’
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paseala y al reves
= ‘paseala’ and reverse it
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patin para mujeres
= skating for women
In this figure the leaders shift to their left at the end, to decrease the distance the women have to move when finishing the figure prior to the dile que no.
The women need to move toward the center to form a circle inside the circel of men, with enough distance to the men to be able to turn and look at their previous first, and then their next partner.
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pelota hasta cinco
= ‘pelota’ up to five
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pelota loca
= crazy ball
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pelota moderna
= modern ‘pelota’
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saborea
= flavorish
saluda a lo moderno
= greet the modern way
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sombrero con plancha
= hat and iron
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vacilence los dos
= ‘vacilala’ for the two
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vacilala con Columbia
= ‘vacilala’ with Columbia
Columbia is one of the three Cuban Rumba variations: Guaguancó, Yambú, Columbia.
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OPEN POSITION
side by side
mujeres al centro
= women to the center
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(el) puente
= (the) bridge
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ya tu sabes
= you already know
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RUEDA CAMINANDO
cadena complicate > salida
= complicated ‘cadena’ > exit
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cadena complicate > tarro
= complicated ‘cadena’ > ‘tarro’ (horn)
‘Tarro‘ is a commonly used figure from closed position, when dancing ‘vamos arriba‘. The principle is to move forward to the next partner and continue the movement you were doing. This principle may also be applied to other figures where the Rueda is in motion, like in ‘cadena complicate‘.
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enroscala
= screw her in
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estrella – se fue
= star – got out
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paseala caminando
= walking ‘paseala’
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reina
= queen
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Tumba Francesa
= French drum / (name of a dance)
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RUEDA AL MEDIO
caja de bolas
= box of balls
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COMBINATIONS
compota
= enchufla con alarde y 1 arriba, 2 abajo, 1 abajo, 2 arriba
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vacílala y dame > ya tu sabes y una arriba
= Rico Suave
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… con vuelta
Echeverria con vuelta
= ‘Echeverria’ with a turn
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ni pa´ti ni pa´mi con vuelta
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… y dame
Echeverria con vuelta y dame
= ‘Echeverria’ with a turn and ‘dame’
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ya tu sabes y dame
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… la vecina
prima con la vecina
= ‘prima’ with the neighbour
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… y quedate
familia y quedate
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la prima y quedate,
prima doble y quedate
= ‘la prima’ and stay | double ‘prima’ and stay
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… doble
media doble
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patin doble
= double ‘patin’
‘patin doble’ is not so commonly used, but it is a fun and easy combination of the standard Rueda figure ‘patin’. The principle when adding ‘doble’ to the call is to do the central part of the figure twice, like in ‘enchufla doble’ or ‘la prima doble’.
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prima doble
= double ‘prima’
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