Theme:
Laying out the fundamentals and meeting dance partners
How Long:
10 weeks
What you need to know before moving to the next level:
Walk, posture, embrace, cross, ochos forward and backward, half giro, half giro with parada. You will know how to dance those movements if you follow the full programme.
Rotating Weekly Programme:
- Week 1: The Cross
- Week 2: Forward Ocho
- Week 3: Medio Giro
- Week 4: Changing Directions
- Week 5: Planeos
- Week 6: Ocho Cortado
- Week 7: Back Ocho
- Week 8: Americana
- Week 9: Pivot changing ochos (Back & Forward Ochos)
- Week 10: Calesita
Practical Details:
- Each week, all the classes are focused on the same topic, with a different movement. If you take more than one class per week, you will learn the technique better, and know how to use it in more than one movement
- We rotate the programme every 10 weeks, so whichever week you start, you will have covered the full programme after 10 weeks
- We recommend to take at least one class per week. If you miss one week, do not worry: you will easily adjust to the next week’s topic. If you need some extra help, do not hesitate to ask your teachers.
- After you have gone through the full programme, ask one of your teachers if you are ready to move on to the next level
Theme:
Building on the fundamentals, adding fluidity, and getting ready for social dancing
How Long:
10 weeks – 3 months (though the programme is 10 weeks, we recommend to stay for 3 months at this level before moving onto to improvers level)
What you need to know before moving to the next level:
- Fluidity in all the fundamentals, with good walking, posture, embrace and ocho backwards and forward.
- In addition to the movements of the beginner programme, you need to know how to dance the full giro.
- You need to know how to transition from circular to linear movements.
- You need to feel comfortable dancing in small spaces and improvising – so we recommend you start going dancing socially.
- You will know all this if you follow the full programme.
Rotating Weekly Programme:
- Week 1: The Cross in cross system
- Week 2: Variation of the Forward ocho
- Week 3: Medio Giro with parada
- Week 4: Changing directions in the cross
- Week 5: Variations of planeos
- Week 6: Variation of the ocho cortado
- Week 7: Sequences with back ochos
- Week 8: Sequences using america
- Week 9: Movements with prediction in the pivots
- Week 10: Movements including Calesita
Practical Details:
- Each week, all the classes are focused on the same topic, with a different movement. If you take more than one class per week, you will learn the technique better, and know how to use it in more than one movement
- We rotate the programme every 10 weeks, so whichever week you start, you will have covered the full programme after 10 weeks
- We recommend to take at least one class per week. If you miss one week, do not worry: you will easily adjust to the next week’s topic. If you need some extra help, do not hesitate to ask your teachers.
- After you have gone through the full programme, ask one of your teachers if you are ready to move on to the next level
- Note that a lot of our students take both the beginner and improvers classes together so we have created the programme so that the classes flow smoothly from beginner level to improvers level.
