Balboa Park Dancers advanced dance lesson - Salsa, March 2011 - Taught by Scott Dodson and performed by Jack and Penny (syllabus).

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Salsa syllabus for March 2011:

basic - 123 567

washing machine:
basic break to left side pass with woman's left turn to sweetheart - 123 567
back around man on his left side -123
right side pass with underarm left turn - 567

wrap:
woman back's around man in sweetheart position:
            a.) open break to 2-hand sweetheart - 123 567
            b.) walk around backward for 180 degrees - 123
            c.) unwind - 567

waterfall:
            a.) basic break - 123
            b.) man turns back to woman with woman's right hand on his right shoulder; she drops her hand to his hand on 7 - 567
            d.) man's forward break & woman's back break to peek-a-boo - 123
            e.) right side pass with left underarm turn to left hand over right hand hold
double underarm right turn to handshake hold

cross body lead with underarm left turn (to 2-hand hold - right over left)

basic break - 123
2-hand underarm right turn to shadow position - 567

man forward break, woman back break - 123
cross body lead with underarm left turn (finish with left hand to left hand hold) - 567

hand toss (tortilla):
man tosses woman's left hand with his left hand while he move to side by side while she flings hand and does first part of basic in place - 123
she moves around to face in - 567

adams rib:
open break with 180 left turn for man - 123
free spin for man (to pick up in closed dance position) - 567

cross body lead with man stepping off track and 90 degrees to partner - 123 567

cucaracha for man, back break for partner; cross body lead with underarm left turn - 123 567

catapult:
basic break to underarm right turn with man's right hand holding both hands of partner - 123 567
basic break (man's right hand still holding both partner's hands) to right side pass (man steps behind partner as she passes to 2-hand hold on hips) - 123 567
 forward break for her, back break for me - 123

arm tosses (David's add-on):
basic with 2-hand hold underarm right turn for woman and 180 left turn for man (she's ends up facing his back and he has both hands resting on his right shoulder - 123 567
hands over head (right, left), then return hands (right, left)
break to cross body lead (maintaining 2-hand hold, as shown in dance video)

begin again.

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