Rumba/Samba Lesson with Ryan -- 12/15/2008

1. Cucuracha
1. a. Down to the foot (settle & then rotate)
   b. use foot to neural. Finish using foot to arrive over the other foot. (Heels stay down here because we are not going ot move from the other foot).
   c. go through neural. now use supporting leg to transfer weight from the toe to the oppersite shoulder(chest).
   d. (4) continute strech up and over sholder to rotate to bring leg in.
   e. (&) continue to twist
   f. (1) two straigh legs, heels up.
   g. (&) settle from up and over shoulder (let extends)
   h. (a) hip rotates as heel lowers. (lowest point)
   
2. forward walks
   
1. a) complete rotation?
   
1. b) settle to the group while streching forward and move over to the foot.
   
3. backward walks
1. rotate ("strong" twist, triangle)?
2. settle -- leg first until knees touch. Spine slowly begins to move.
   
3. Supporting leg transfer weight.
4. no sliding of foot on the floor, unless we are changing directions.
   
4. Samba
1. Walks with Locks
1. (see 2a, i.e. complete rotation in rumba forward walk) + straighten knee, heel up.
2. (see 2b, i.e. settling in rumba foward walk) + as heel lowers, knee bents hip twist.
   
3. (same action as in chacha) put first and third step on bent knee and second step (locking step) has two stright legs.
   
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