Sarah's Rueda Round-Up/Mini-Workshop 2-08
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Name |
Hand Signal |
Description |
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Nueva York |
Like enchufle |
Do an enchufle then clap once high then low and 3 hops while turning in a circle – DQN |
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Enchufle Con Mambo |
Enchufle then tilt a flat hand quickly |
Enchufle then 4 mambo steps to the next person |
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Enchufle con Rumba |
Like enchufle |
Enchufle then 2 rumba steps |
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Adios con la guitara |
Adios and then like you’re playing the guitar |
Start adios but leaders put the followers arm across his stomach then walk around in a circle playing the guitar for another full 8 counts |
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Dame la loca |
Dame and then “crazy” signal |
Before going to the next person, guys clap to the middle, girls clap to the middle, then dame |
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Dame con guaperia |
Dame then point to the middle |
Clap and step to the middle then turn into your partner and shake it – then dame |
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Adios con Cuba (can also do with enchufle – sometimes called Dos con cuba) |
Adios then “C” |
Do a normal adios then dame – hold onto that person’s hand and do a dame dos |
Other fun calls (no hand signals) –
El piso esta caliente (the floor is hot) – jump 3 times on the 1,2,3
Gaupea con la vecina – shake it to your neighbor then come back to your partner
Un fly – salto (jump for it), p’aboja (down low), line
Bulla – dos (2), larga (a long one)
Celia Cruz – they respond “azucar”
Saca el agua de pozo – scoop the water from the well (from p’al medio)
Toca la cabeza (her head), la rodilla (her knee), el piso (the floor) – for the leaders
Chevere – “cool” this is their opportunity to freestyle until you call “suena” for them to come back to guapea
Echeverria – open on 7, then twist in, out, in and go back to guapea, con bulla (add a “hey on 7), con mambo (add 4 mambo steps then come in to your partner on 5)
Dame una con una (one person with one clap on 7), una con dos (one person with 2 claps on 7, 8), dos con dos (2 people with 2 claps on 7,8)