Wed 3 Sep 2025 - Level 1: Adios, Level 2: Setenta y Uno

This week we will continue with our partner dance workshop one-on-one. We'll show you what to do and not to do in partner dancing to help you build confidence on how to dance outside a rueda circle.

We will still teach new rueda moves too! Level 1 will learn Adios & Adios con la Hermana, while level 2 will learn another new setenta - Setenta y Uno.

Level 1 - Adios & Adios con la Hermana

Adios: With Adios, we switch partners just like with enchufe that we learned last week. It's a fun move because the two partners get to use each other's momentum to change places in the middle of the move.

Adios con la Hermana: This move combines adios and enchufe. It's different from both in that it does not involve a partner change! You start with adios and then the lead turns his/her back to the middle of the circle and does an enchufe with the follow, finishing with a dile que no with the same partner.

Level 2 - Setenta y Uno

Setenta y Uno: Another Setenta move! (And an easy one.) There are many more! This one starts like regular setenta (70) with a hammerlock turn for the follows and both partners returning to their original positions. The lead does the first enchufe for the follow, bringing follow to lead's right and then the lead does a gancho or hooking his right elbow over the follow's left arm. Finally the lead brings does a dile que no, bringing the follow across to the left.

Beginners - Welcome! Guapea & Dame are your foundational moves

Guapea: Basic move in rueda (cuban style salsa dancing)

Dame: (Scroll down to see detailed step-by-step video.) Switch partners by lead bringing partner on right over to left. Dame is the same as Dile Que No - dame is what we call in a rueda circle and dile que no is what is done dancing one-on-one.