Balboa Park Dancers advanced dance lesson - salsa, July 2009 - Taught by Christian Wassinger and David Vasquez, and performed by Jack and Xu (syllabus).

Also see, advanced July foxtrot video

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Salsa dance lesson syllabus:

basic to bow position (123 567) [man points left foot back on 8]

snap to point (&123 567) [on &1, woman steps back and points left foot forward, man holds]; cross body lead finish

open basic to hammerlock hold (123 567)

right side pass with 2-hand underarm left 1.5 turn

basic with 1.0 right turn finish (end with basic 2-hand hold)

basic with 1.0 right turn finish (end with man holding both of her hands with his right hand) note: both right turns can be accomplished at the same time (i.e. eliminating the second basic)

open break to catapult (aka - man around woman) [man crosses behind on 4; end in ‘hustle’ closed basic dance position]

cross body lead to open dance position

basic with hand change, 2-hand woman’s underarm right turn; finish with right-over-left cross-hand hold

basic to cross body lead to titanic position

man: cross behind break; woman: forward break (123: lower hands on 1, raise hands on 2, turn woman 180 on 3)

567: release right hand hold and turn woman 360 with underarm right turn

basic to cross body lead with head loop

ADD-ON:
Demonstrates the double right turn to catapult and another view of the titanic pattern

BEGIN CHRISTIAN's choreography:

closed basic to cross body lead (123 567)

open (2-hand hold) basic to cross body lead with ladies inside (left) turn via right hand on her right elbow lead (turn her on 6) (123 567); finish with hand change

open break to right side pass with ladies right turn (maintaining 2-hand hold) (123 567)

continue right turn to double head loop ending side by side, man on left (123 567)

back break (123), to ladies inside (left) duck turn (567)

open basic

open break to 2-hand hold cuddle position (123)

lady ducks under man’s right arm and moves behind man; man steps to his right (across track) with hand change [finish with left hand to left hand; still side by side but man now on right side (567)

back break (123)

tunnel; lady steps forward ducks under man’s left arm; then she steps to left (behind man’s back; and back to back); then she steps back and duck’s under man’s right arm to face man (567); end with funky hand hold (i.e. man in hammerlock)

basic [man releases left hand hold] (123); cross body lead with inside turn with head loop finish and change hand (567)

basic with man’s right turn to hand change (123)

woman turns right (567)

basic 2-hand hold to hammerlock (123 567); left turn to cuddle (123); spin out to side by side (right hand to left hand hold) (567); spin in to cuddle (123); hip to hip lean (123; with hip flick on 3); free spin (567)

cross body lead (123 567)
new Yorker to swivels (123 567) , x’s 2
new yorker to free spot turn (123 567)

pick up in closed position and swivel to back break and promenade walk (123 567)

swivel 180 & swivel to ‘high fives’ (123 567), x’s 2

free spot turn

cross body lead

tortilla; basic to hand change and right turn (123 567), head loop (123 567), cross body lead with inside (left turn) (123 567), hand toss to cross body lead with free spin lead.

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