Balboa Park Dancers advanced dance lesson - Samba, November 2012 - performed by Scott and Susan (syllabus).

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Samba syllabus, for November 2012:

stationary samba breaks - 1a2 3a4 5a6 7a8

stationary/rotating voltas (1-4 turning left [rotate around left ft.]; 5-8 turning rt.; opposite for lady)

samba points (down the line of dance; alternating right hand point down the line of dance and right hand up [for guy]) - 1&2 (rt. hand point ahead) 3&4 (rt. hand point up) 5&6 7&8

maypole - underarm volta rt. turn for woman while man voltas CCW around her - 1a2a3a4
then hip catch and change direction to underarm volta turn 5a6a7a8

forward bota foga, x's 4 (rotate body 1/4 turn per bota foga, and rotate hands from down to up, keeping fingers pointed upward i.e. more energy)

wapacha walks (kinda like cha cha lock steps but don't close) - 1a2 3a4 5a6 78 (man steps back on lft. ft. on 6, holds on 7 and steps back to shadow on 8), while woman steps fwd. on 6 and 7 and rotates 180 to rt. and steps back. to shadow on 8.

samba walks - 12 3&4 56 7&8 (cha cha locks on 3&4 and 7&8)
locks steps - 1a2a3a4 56 78 (continuous locks on 1a2a3a4, step-step on 56; man holds on 78 while woman roles out to side by side, both end on lft. ft.)

maxixe - 1a2 3a4 (kick rt. ft. across lft. ft.) 5a6 7a8 (kick lft. ft. across rt. ft.)
            1a2 3a4 (kick across lft. ft.) 5a6 7a8 (volta to rt., in place, with rotating hands)

bota foga to side by side (both end on inside ft)

butterflies - x's 4 (man across woman then woman across man; repeat)

pick up to closed and rollout to side by side (with rt. to lft. hand hold) - 5a6 7a8

forward walk with ladies wrap and unwrap

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