November 2005 Cuban Casino II Class

 

Review:

• Vacilala

 

New Moves:

• Early Vacilala:
• Start from:
• Deshecho
• Hecho
• Exhibela
• Execute Early Vacilala by:
• Letting go (true Early Vacilala)
• Switching hands behind back (more like an “Early Hecho”)
• Hands going over Whead (more like an “Early Hecho”)
• Cuban Basic Step – Version #2 (more popular in Cuba these days)
• “Compromiso” (“Get engaged”):
• From Hecho (or “Hecho-like move” – see below), man Lhand comes from top down so his elbow locks with woman’s Relbow
• Lead from:
• R-R:Hecho
• L-R:Hecho (a little tricky manipulating WRarm)
• Vacilala (a little tricky, but very nice move – try it – we didn’t cover this in class)
• Man Duck Through
• R-R:L-L:Hecho
• Woman continues walking CW around back of man. On3 man sets, and on 5,6,7 man ducks under arms as woman finishes walking around man so she ends up on Rside of him
• Right into Exhibela
• Neck Catch
• R-R:L-L:Hecho
• As woman starts to walk CW around back of man, M places both arms to rest on his shoulders and M moves CW with woman so M always has back to woman.
• At some point (on5,6,7 is better I believe), man accelerates his turning to R (CW), so that he ends up facing W and does this by going under R-R hands so that all four hands are around the back of Mhead. M lets go of his hands, so woman is left with her two hands around back on Mneck and holding on as Man then leans away so a centrifugal force keeps them turning CW and together.
• On some 1, man reaches Lhand from below up to Whands wrapped around man and pushes on WRhand to unlock arms and to initiate a Vacilala-like move.

 

 

Connecting Moves:

·        Think of Vacilala, Early Vacilala, Hecho and even Exhibela as simliar moves and usually moves you can do from Hecho you can do from Vacilala and Exhibela, etc.

o       For example, from Hecho you can do Deshecho.  Well, you can also do Deshecho from Early Vacilala & Exhibela (but not so easily from Vacilala)

o       From Hecho you can do a simultaneous MLT starting on5.  You can also do this from Early Vacilala & Exhibela (and from Vacilala which starts the “Vacilala con engaño” move.)

o       Can you do Compromiso from Hecho, Exhibela, Vacilala and Early Vacilala

 

 

Routine:

• Hecho
• Deshecho and pull-in leading early vacilala by releasing L-R
• Finish early vacilala
• Repeat with switch hands behind back version (switching from L-R to R-R)
• Repeat with R-R going over woman’s head
• Then woman’s walks CW around man winding R-R behind his back and man ducks through
• Comes up and does exhibela