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| No. | The Move | Description | |
| 1 | Salsa Basic |
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| 2 | Side Step | 1st Beat: Gents step sideways left on the 1st beat, leading the lady sideways using his right hand just above her waist on to her left foot. On the 2nd beat the Gents step in the central position with his right foot as the Lady steps centrally with her left foot. Both return to the central position on the 3rd beat and pause on the 4th beat. 5th Beat: Gents step sideways on the right foot, leading the lady sideways to her left his right (her left). On the 6th beat the Gent steps with his left foot centrally as the lady steps centrally on her right foot. Both return to central position with both feet on the 7th beat, finishing with a pause on the 8th beat. |
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| 3 | Open Step | Same beat as the side step but the Gents open shoulder by 90 degrees along with opening left foot 90 degrees on the 1st beat, whilst holding Lady above the waist. On the 5 th beat Gents should aim to locate the lady's right hand guiding her into an open to their right hand side (lady's left), before returning to central position on the 7 th beat and pausing on the 8 th beat. |
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| 4 | Men's Left Turn (Pizza tunr) | Gents step forward on left foot holding Lady's right above head height. On the 3 rd beat they should perform a walking 180 degree turn (anticlockwise) and having dropped the right arm hold. On the 5 th beat the Gents should place their right foot near left foot, on the 6 th beat they should open the left foot and return to the central position. Lady's should be performing the basic Salsa backward for forward step during the 8 beats. |
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| 5 | Ladies Right Turn | Gents hold their left hand slightly above head height, then aim to guide the lady into a turn using their right arm which should be placed between the lady's shoulder and waist. Lady's step back on right foot on the 1 st beat but on 3 rd beat should open right foot by 90 degrees; she then performs a 360 degree walking turn in the next 4 beats, before returning to the central position. |
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| 6 | Men's Right Turn (Pizza tunr) | Similar to Men's left hand turn, but this time he steps into right hand (clockwise turn). Caution: Gents may wish to avoid hitting lady with the left elbow, which may happen on the 2 nd beat if they don't step out correctly. |
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| 7 | Right hip turn for guys | Gents should keep left hand at waist level as they step forward on their left foot, then conduct a 180 degrees to their right turn on the 3 rd beat (moving clockwise). On the 3 rd beat Gents need to swap hands, holding the lady's right hand with their left, slightly pulling the lady towards him so that she knows to step forward on her 5 th beat. On the 5 th beat the Man should continue with his clockwise walking turn and return to central position. He should swap hands again to return to the Salsa Basic position. |
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| 8 | Cuatro | Gents performs left hand pizza turn in 3 beats, then lady performs right hand turn on 5,6,7 | |
| 9 | Wrap and Unwrap | Gents step sideways/open on the left foot on 1 st beat as if uncoiling a spring, whilst holding the Lady's right hand high and her left hand low. Gents then need to lead lady into 180 degree walking turn ending in a Wrap, her momentum you have been created by the initial lead and she will end up nestled inside the Gents right shoulder area. The 4 th beat is a pause as normal. On the 5 th beat the Lady steps back on her left foot and springs back out and Unwraps into the Salsa basic central position. |
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| 10 | Cross Body | Gents steps forward on left but on the 3 rd beat they should open their left shoulder so that its 90 degrees to the Lady, with the guys holding their left hand high (Lady's right hand of course). On the 5 th beat the Men should lead the Lady into a 180 degree walking move across their body, using their right hand to lead the move. The lady needs to take a slightly long step forward step on the 5 th beat with their left foot and then use the 6 th beat to take another good size step |
