Seattle Rueda

Next sessions are Feb 12 and Mar 11.

1) Music: Salsa, Timba Y Amor, Issac Delgado, SuperCubano (latest Delgado Album)

Warm up and going through our developing repetoire.  The song is  about a  couple from Puerto Rico and Cuba – He loves Salsa and she Timba.

2) Music: La Gorda, Wil Campa, Todo es Posible

Taps & crossovers.

3) Music: Que Tiene ese Guajiro, Los Van Van, La Maquinaria  (Latest Los Van Van)

Salsa Time to Son Time :

L1R2L3   P4   R5L6R7L8   P1   R2L3R4   P5   L6R7L8

Explanation :  L1R2L3   P4   -  Left step on 1 , Right on 2 and so on. P = Pause.  In Salsa we often tap on the pause. If you are dancing Son you typically won’t tap on the pause, if you are just dancing to Son time, you can do as you please.

So when switching to Son we step an extra step on 8 onto our left (just like in Ponche). In Son time  our anchors are beats 4 and 8 that correspond to a pluck on the Bass.

Son Time to Salsa Time :

R2L3R4   P5   L6R7TL8   L1LR2L3   P4   R5L6R7

When heading back to Salsa, we tap on 8 with our left and then immediately step back with same foot “1″.

4) Music: El Veterano, Maikel Blanco & Suprema Ley, Mi Olvidé Quien Era

Uno Y Cinco to match the hits in the song.   Practiced Salsa/son switching to a faster tempo.

5) Music: Fuga (Cha-cha-chá), Tiempo Libre, Bach in Havana

Cha-cha-cha – vuelta, izquierda, enchufla.   Song is based on Bach’s Sonata In D Minor – how cool is that ??

6) Music: El Año Que Viene, Issac Delgado, Los Grandes Exitos De Isaac Delgado

We studied a move taught by Duane Wren. Practiced it to our standard slow practice song.

Let call it “El Duane”.  See our own Maritza demonstrating it:

Let me know if you have any questions.

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Join Seattle based dancer and musician Mark Lilly for a 4 class series focusing on the songs and dances of the Orishas, taught with live bata drums.
Saturdays 12-1 p.m. January 21 through February 11
Union Cultural Center (International District)
803 King Street
$40 for the series or $15 per class drop in

About Mark:
-I use my art form to cultivate awareness of traditional arts already in the community (especially African and Latino).
- I bring clarity to the historical connections between American culture and the African diaspora.
-My purpose as a teaching artist is to transcend artistic expression and truly connect with students in the moment…art is a jumping off point for deeper human connection.
-I use my art for healing.

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We reviewed moves we had worked on in previous sessions.  Next sessions are Jan 29, Feb 12 and Mar 11.

1) Music: Se La Llevó,  Son 14, La Máquina Musical

base, al lado, enchufla, mambo.  We also worked some on exercises moving the rib cage and shoulders: the side that the foot steps expands (shoulder up) and the opposite side contracts (hip out and shoulder tries to meet it).

2) Music: El Temba,  David Calzado Y La Charanga Habanera, Pa’ Que Se Entere La Habana

Vuelta, izquierda, base viaje, camina, echevarria

3) Music: Lo Toma o lo Deja,  Manolito Simonet y Su Trabuco, Trabuco una vez más

Linea moves : 1+1 , 2+2 , 2+1 , “L” , “L” al reves.

4) Music: Pa’ que usted lo cante,  Michel Maza, Como gato de angora

Cha-cha-cha – vuelta, izquierda, enchufla

5) Music: Yo Vengo Suave Y Sabroso,  Ciso Guanche Y Sus Soneros, Levantando Presion

Misc Tapping and Kicking and some review of the Walter P. components

6) Music: Mi Chocolate,  Los Van Van, Llego Van Van

More Tapping

7) Music: Perdona, Issac Delgado, SuperCubano  (latest Delgado Album)

Revisit All

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hello all!  My boyfriend and I are visiting for the weekend from the 9 through the 12. We usually dance rueda de casino in Los Angeles and we wanted to take a good rueda class up here this weekend! Does anyone know of any good clubs or classes?

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Hey Seattle, this is last-minute, but thought some of you might be interested…
TONIGHT! LAST MINUTE SURPRISE!!!! Cuban instructor Wilfredo Guilbiac Rodriguez will be visiting our Rueda class (7:45-9pm) and teaching a bonus class in Cuban technique afterwards (9-10pm)! We were lucky to be able to book him on short notice after his recent appearance at the Seattle Salsa Congress (where Antonio took his classes). Read his bio here. Among his accomplishments, he was a solo dancer at the legendary Tropicana in Havana!

http://www.seattlesalsacongress.com/instructors.php

Wilfredo will share some of his favorite rueda moves with us and will help everyone with our Cuban technique. Don’t miss this opportunity! $5 for those who attend the rueda class beforehand, $10 for those who only attend Wilfredo’s class. (Rueda class is $10 per person.) Location: Bell Tower Studios

http://thebelltowerstudio.com/

Wilfredo will be available in the afternoon/evening for private classes, call Antonio to arrange (360-595-7369).
Hasta pronto!
Heather

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Here is the summary of what we did today:

1) Music: Perdona, Issac Delgado, SuperCubano  (latest Delgado Album)

Warm up and went through basic moves: base, al lado, adelante, enchufla, enchufla adelante, vuelta, izquierda.

2) Music: Deja la Duda,  Maikel Blanco Y Su Salsa Mayor, Anda y Pegate

Continued with basic moves with some of the traveling moves: Camina and base con viaje.

3) Music: A Cuba, Amilcar Suarez Y su Salsa Matriz, A Cuba

Worked on Cha-Cha-Cha. We did some of the basic moves (base, enchufla and turns). My goal is to show that you can use all of your knowledge of movement in a cha-cha-cha (this true during couples dance).

Note that unlike salsa/casino which you can really dance on (1,2,3 or 4), cha-cha-cha really requires matching to the music. The congas play “four-and-one” which is the “cha-cha-cha”, so it is alway “cha-cha-cha-two-three-cha-cha-cha” – not “one-two-cha-cha-cha”. If you follow that pattern you will be easily able to transition from cha-cha-cha to son by eliminating the shuffle and visa versa.

4) Music: Después de un beso,  Havana D’Primera, Haciendo Historia

Linea moves : 1+1 , 2+2 , 2+1 , “L” , “L” al reves.

5) Music: No Tiene Caso,  Jonas Pomo,Unreleased Single on SoundCloud  ( New group from Sweden  – read more here )

We did base con columbia – a move I learned from Jose Carrion  in one of his salsa classes a few years ago. The toe-heel combination is borrowed from the traditional Columbia Rumba (see e.g. 0:24 here)

6) Music: Yo Vengo Suave Y Sabroso,  Ciso Guanche Y Sus Soneros, Levantando Presion

Worked on first two parts of Walter P.  see video from last month’s post.

7) Music: El Año Que Viene, Issac Delgado, Los Grandes Exitos De Isaac Delgado

Completed the third part of Walter P.  We had a discussion on the timing of this part.  I taught it as it is demonstrated in the video – last tap is on 7.

8 ) Music: A La Italiana,  Cesar ‘PUPY’ Pedroso,  Tranquilo Que Yo Controlo

Review and finale. We didn’t attempt Walter P. at full speed, but please practice and we can try it all together next time

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Jose Carrion will be teaching Afro-Cuban folkloric dance at the Abbey in Fremont at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 14, 2011. Cost is $16/person. Jose is former principal dancer and corps professor of Ballet Folklorico Cutumba de Santiago de Cuba. His full bio is at www.cubanfolkloricdance.com. For more information, please contact Janelle Keane at janelle@sambadance.com or me at dfryhle@yahoo.com.

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Thanks for those who came. Also thanks to those who gave feedback. Here is a summary of what we did, with some clarifications, video resources and playlist. Next suelta practice – November 27th.

1) We started with some basic steps, we covered:

• base
• al lado
• adelante
• enchufla
• vuelta
• izquierda
• base con viaje
• camina
• mambo
• echevarria
• cuatro rincon

2) Next we did some line dancing moves:

• linea (una con una)
• linea dos con dos
• linea dos con una
• “L”
• “L” al reves
• “L” doble (“L”  + “L” al reves)

I used a convention that may have confused some of you that all the linea moves were repeated unless another move was called. The “L” moves were done only once. We can decide in the future to use a different convention.

3) We then learned Sencillo – see video below.

4) We practiced tapping on the 4 and 8 with toe (moving forward) and heel (moving back). We also practiced tapping to the side.

5) We completed 2/3 of a routine Walter P. – see video below. I did teach the 1st part with the tap ending on 7 instead of 8 which is cool but somewhat harder. Next time we will follow the video.

Playlist:

Corazón, Corazón, Issac Delgado, Versos En El Cielo
En Este Juego, Manolito Simonet Y Su Trabuco, Locos Por Mi Habana
Lo Toma o lo Deja,  Manolito Simonet y Su Trabuco, Trabuco una vez más
El Año Que Viene, Issac Delgado, Los Grandes Exitos De Isaac Delgado
Después de un beso,  Havana D’Primera, Haciendo Historia
Cuando el rio suena,  Havana D’Primera,  Haciendo Historia
Mi Chocolate,  Los Van Van, Llego Van Van

 Video Resources:

Sencillo:

Walter P:

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