In the next two videos, Carlton Thomas, founder and instructor at Cuban Vibes Dance School, demonstrates GROUP FIGURES. The first video is from September 2017
- A lo Cortico (to change partners without DQN)
- Cadena (collapse the circle)
- Complícate (add feature to Cadena)
- Salida … a call to exit the group figure.
song = La Modelo by Charanga Forever
A year later, in September 2018, Carlton calls more GROUP FIGURES:
- Treinta y Tres (no partner contact)
- Cadena (collapse the circle)
- Complícate
- Salida
- El Ocho Mujeres (another group figure without partner contact)
- Tumba Francesa (THE classic group figure along the circle)
- Camina la Rueda (an “auto-pilot”) … Dame … Foto
Note: From his Cantante’s Toolbox, Carlton employs Cadena in 2 different sequences.
song = Mercedita tú no Duermes by Lazareto Valdés y Bamboleo
Note: Changing the call to begin Cadena in different ways is a technique of Transition Oriented Calling (TOCADOF), an approach created by Sassan Ito of Berlin
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