Rueda de casino
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closed position
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Video not ready yet: cambia pareja, se viró
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open position
guapea
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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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compota
compote
Compota is a combination of enchufla con alarde y 1 arriba, 2 abajo, 1 abajo, 2 arriba.
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cruze
cross
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Echeverria con vuelta
“Echeverria” with a turn
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egoista
selfish
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enchufla moderno
modern “enchufla”
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espresso
coffee
“Espresso” is a combination of 3 basic rueda figures:
“dame directo” + “dame dos” + “una arriba“.
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familia y quedate
“familia” and stay
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festival de enchufla complicado
festival of complicated ‘enchufla’
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la prima y quedate,
prima doble y quedate
“la prima” and stay | double “prima” and stay
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lazo
lasso
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paseala y al reves
“paseala” and reverse it
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patin doble
double “patin”
Patin doble is a fun and easy variation of patin, a standard rueda figure.
The principle when adding ‘doble’ is to do the central part of the figure twice, like in enchufla doble or prima doble.
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patin para mujeres
skating for women
In patin para mujeres, the men / leaders shift to their left at the end, to decrease the distance the women / followers have to move when finishing the figure. The women need to move toward the center to form a circle inside the circel of men. They should have enough space to be able to turn and look at their previous partner 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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prima con la vecina
“prima” with the neighbour
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prima doble
double “prima”
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saluda a lo moderno
“saluda” the modern way
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vacilala con columbia
“vacilala” with columbia (rumba)
Columbia is one of the 3 Cuban rumba variations: guaguancó, yambú, columbia.
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vacilense los dos
“vacilala” for the two
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Video not ready yet: enchufla y adios, enchufla y rodeo, media doble, ni pa´ti ni pa´mi con vuelta, pelota moderna, saborea, sombrero con plancha
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open position
side by side
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mujeres al centro
women to the center
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ya tu sabes
you already know
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Video not ready yet: el puente
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rueda caminando
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cadena complicate >
tarro
horn
Tarro is a commonly used call in 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 from ‘cadena complicate‘.
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estrella – se fue
star – they left
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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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Video not ready yet: enroscala, cadena complicate > salida
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rueda al medio
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Video not ready yet: caja de bolas
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FIGURE COMBINATIONS
closed position
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Coca-Cola con puente y arriba
Coca-Cola with brigde and forward
This combination is using 3 different calls: Coca-Cola, puente, and vamos arriba.
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open position
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Echeverria con vuelta y dame
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Video not ready yet:
vacilala y dame > ya tu sabes y una arriba,
ya tu sabes y dame
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