The Latin dance move glossary

Alarde

Bachata show-of-skill flourish — a descriptive term, not a count-codified figure

2 min read

Bachata Abrazo

The close partnered embrace of bachata

2 min read

Bachata Basic

The foundational side-to-side step of bachata

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Bachata Basic Side Step

The foundational lateral unit of bachata partnership

3 min read

Bachata Body Roll Combination

An in-place spinal body-wave sequence from sensual and urban bachata

2 min read

Bachata Body Wave Backward

Ondulación corporal posterior

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Bachata Body Wave Forward

Partnered sequential torso undulation in close hold; sensual and modern bachata

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Bachata Box Step

A closed-position, square-pattern variation of the bachata basic (cuadrado)

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Bachata Box Step

Foundation rectangle of the modern partner repertoire

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Bachata Chest Pop

An accented upper-body isolation in modern and sensual bachata

2 min read

Bachata Cradle

Sensual-bachata wrap and side-to-side rock (la cuna)

2 min read

Bachata Cross Body Lead

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Bachata Cross Step

Crossing footwork figure replacing the lateral step on counts 1 and 5 of the 8-count bachata pattern

2 min read

Bachata Death Drop

A partner-supported backward show drop in modern bachata

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Bachata Dip

Partnered level-change figure in bachata

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Bachata Double Heel

Syncopated double-heel accent on the bachata pause count

3 min read

Bachata Fall Forward

Partnered forward lean dip

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Bachata Foot Flick Golpe

The count-four (and count-eight) foot accent of the bachata basic

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Bachata Head Roll

Cervical Isolation in Bachata Sensual

3 min read

Bachata Hip Circle

A foundational hip-isolation styling element in bachata

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Bachata Hip Roll

Orbital pelvic isolation in close-embrace bachata

2 min read

Bachata Inside Turn

Follower's counter-clockwise (left) rotating figure under a raised-arm arch

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Bachata La Sombra

Sensual-bachata figure that leads the follower into shadow position

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Bachata Lateral Wave

Ola lateral — partnered torso undulation in the frontal plane

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Bachata Madrid Style Turn

The signature led follower's turn of bachata moderna (estilo Madrid)

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Bachata Mambo

The forward-back rocking break in bachata

3 min read

Bachata Neck Wrap

Modern and sensual bachata wrapping figure

2 min read

Bachata Open Break

A two-hand opening action from closed or open bachata frame

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Bachata Outside Turn

Clockwise single-turn figure in partner bachata

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Bachata Pretzel

Wrapped-arm partner position in international social bachata

2 min read

Bachata Sensual Cambré

The supported backbend that bachata sensual borrowed from Brazilian zouk

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Bachata Sensual Circle

A close-embrace traveling figure in which a connected couple orbits a shared central axis

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Bachata Sensual Hair Comb

Led hand-to-hair styling figure in Bachata Sensual (peinada)

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Bachata Sensual Head Roll

Follower upper-body isolation in Bachata Sensual

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Bachata Shadow Position

Parallel hold in which leader and follower face the same direction, with leads transmitted through body contact rather than visual reference

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Bachata Shoulder Shimmy

Percussive upper-body embellishment on the pause count

2 min read

Bachata Side Step

The lateral four-count basic of bachata

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Bachata Side Tap

Eight-count lateral basic step anchored by the golpe accent

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Bachata Slide

Tap-substitution glide on the syncopated beat

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Bachata Swivel

Foot-pivot hip accent on the tap beat

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Bachata Syncopated Footwork

Rhythmic step subdivisions inserted within the bachata basic

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Bachata Tap Step

Foundational lateral three-and-tap figure of partnered bachata

2 min read

Bachata Two-Hand Turn

Foundational both-hands-joined rotation in bachata

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Bachata Wave Through The Body

A vertical, segment-by-segment spinal undulation used as bachata body-movement styling

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Body Roll

Sequential torso isolation (body wave) in sensual bachata styling

2 min read

Body Wave

A led torso undulation of sensual and modern bachata

2 min read

Brujito

Bachata two-hand turn-and-wrap figure

1 min read

Caída

Bachata Dip Technique

1 min read

Cambré Dip

Bachata sensual backbend figure

1 min read

Cande

Traditional bachata footwork figure associated with Cande Soriano

1 min read

Cross Body Step

The foundational place-exchange travelling figure of modern and sensual bachata

2 min read

Derecho

Bachata basic rhythm and closed-position basic

1 min read

Dip

Bachata Partnerwork Figure

2 min read

Dominican Mambo Footwork (Bachata)

Fast, syncopated Dominican-bachata footwork — called 'mambo' at home and 'footwork' internationally

2 min read

Dominican Turn (Bachata)

Traditional, Dominican-style follower's underarm turn

2 min read

Dominicana Footwork

Syncopated tap-and-pop foot patterning of Dominican-style bachata

2 min read

Dominicana Pop

Bachata's off-beat accent in the Dominican-style basic

2 min read

Double Step

A double-time footwork syncopation that replaces the closing tap of the bachata basic

2 min read

Enrosque (Bachata)

1 min read

Forward and Back Basic

Bachata

1 min read

Hammerlock Bachata

Wrapped turn with the follower's arm folded behind the back

1 min read

Hilo de Seda

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Lateral Step

Bachata's foundational side-to-side basic — paso básico / básico lateral (lateral or side basic in English)

2 min read

Lean and Pivot

Supported lean with shared-axis rotation in bachata

1 min read

Madrid Step

Syncopated footwork pattern of bachata española, contrasting the Dominican rest-tap with a five-transfer 'and'-count insertion

3 min read

Majao

Bachata Rhythmic Section

1 min read

Marejada

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Paseala

Bachata Partnered Walk

1 min read

Pretzel Variation

Bachata Partnered Figure

1 min read

Repique Stutter

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Sensual Lean

A counterbalanced supported lean from the sensual bachata repertoire

2 min read

Sensual Roll

Bachata Sensual body wave (body roll)

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Sensual Wave

Body wave (onda corporal) — bachata sensual

2 min read

Side to Side Turn

A follower turn led from the bachata lateral (side-to-side) basic

2 min read

Sombrero

Bachata Arm-Arc Hat Figure

2 min read

Tornillo

Stationary-axis orbit figure in bachata moderna and fusion

1 min read

Triple Step

Bachata's foundational three-step footwork unit (1-2-3-tap)

2 min read

Volteo

Generic bachata underarm turn

1 min read

Advanced Hip Twist

International Style Cha Cha Cha — Silver-level figure

2 min read

Aida

Cha-cha-cha back-to-back figure (International Latin, Silver level)

2 min read

Alemana

Cha-Cha-Cha

1 min read

Cha Cha Curl

International/American cha-cha-chá spiral-turn figure

2 min read

Cha Cha Hip Twist Spiral

Gold-level International Style cha cha cha figure linking a hip twist into a spiral turn

3 min read

Cha Cha Natural Opening Out Movement

Bronze-level International-style Cha Cha figure: a connected swivel that opens the body out to the natural (right) side and closes back to face the partner.

2 min read

Cha-cha Basic

Foundational rock-and-chasse pattern of cha-cha

1 min read

Cha-Cha Chasse

three-step triple-rhythm action in cha-cha

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Cha-Cha-Chá Closed Basic

The foundational rock-and-chasse figure of cha-cha-chá, danced in closed hold with partners facing.

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Cha-Cha-Cha Cross Basic

A cha-cha-cha basic-movement variation — also taught as the Cross Chasse — that swaps the side chasse for a crossing chasse with a small swivel.

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Cha-Cha-Chá Open Basic Movement

The open, break-apart form of the cha-cha-chá basic

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Closed Hip Twist

International Style Cha Cha Cha — a hip-twist figure danced from and back to Fan Position

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Cross-over break

Cha-cha-chá

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Cuban Break (cha-cha-cha)

Syncopated, largely in-place check-and-replace figure that substitutes for the side chassé.

2 min read

Fan

Cha-cha open-position fan ending

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Hand to Hand

Cha-cha paired opening to alternating side positions

1 min read

Hand to Hand (Cha-Cha-Cha)

A foundational International Style figure that opens the couple side to side, alternating a single-hand hold

2 min read

Hockey Stick

Cha-Cha

1 min read

Lariat

Cha-Cha-Cha

1 min read

Latch & Snap

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Mirror Tilt

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Natural Top (Cha Cha Cha)

A Bronze-level rotating closed-hold figure that winds the couple clockwise around a shared centre.

2 min read

New Yorker

Cha-cha side-by-side break figure

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Open Break to Underarm Turn

Cha-cha partnered figure

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Open Hip Twist

International Style cha-cha-chá: a checked, lead-generated hip-twist swivel from open facing position into fan

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Reverse Top

International Style cha-cha-cha — a counter-clockwise spot turn, the mirror of the Natural Top

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Rope Spinning

International Style Cha Cha Cha turning figure

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Settle Fold

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Shoulder to Shoulder (Cha-Cha-Cha)

International and American ballroom cha-cha-cha figure (Newcomer/Bronze)

2 min read

Side Chasse

Cha-cha-cha

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Spiral (Cha-Cha-Cha)

Single-foot spiral turn with the free leg crossed loosely in front, danced out on the cha-cha-cha chasse

2 min read

Split Cuban Break

Cha-cha-cha

1 min read

Spot Turn

Cha-cha-cha

1 min read

Sweetheart

Cha-Cha-Chá

1 min read

There and Back (Cha-Cha-Cha)

A travelling advance-and-retreat figure built on the cha-cha-cha basic

2 min read

Three Cha-Chas

A repeated chasse figure in partner cha-cha

1 min read

Time Step

Cha-cha-cha

1 min read

Cha-Cha Chase

Open-position cha-cha-cha turning figure in which the follower 'chases' the leader's half-turning forward basics along a shared track

2 min read

Chacha Turkish Towel

Cha-cha partner figure

1 min read

Cross-Body Lead (Cha-Cha-Cha)

Slot-style place-change figure in cha-cha-cha

3 min read

Cuban Break

Cha-cha-chá syncopated break figure

2 min read

Cuban Cross (Cha-Cha-Chá)

A cha-cha-chá crossover figure — also called the Cross Basic — danced on the triple-step chasse

2 min read

Cumbia Abrazo

Basic close-embrace partner figure in cumbia social dancing

2 min read

Cumbia Basic

The foundational rocking back-step of social cumbia

2 min read

Cumbia Coqueteo

The courtship interplay at the core of traditional Colombian cumbia

2 min read

Cumbia Cruzado

Crossing-step variation of the cumbia social basic

2 min read

Cumbia La Candela

The candle-bearing courtship figure of folkloric Colombian cumbia

3 min read

Cumbia Media Vuelta

Beginner half-turn traveling figure in Colombian cumbia

2 min read

Cumbia Paseo

The traveling promenade of partnered cumbia

3 min read

Cumbia Vuelta

The basic led underarm turn of social cumbia

3 min read

Cumbia Vuelta Doble

Led double under-arm turn in modern partnered cumbia

2 min read

Cumbia Zapateo

The percussive heel-and-toe foot-stamping of cumbia's traditional courtship couple dance

2 min read

Sombrero (Cumbia)

The sombrero-vueltiao courtship gesture in folkloric Colombian cumbia

2 min read

Cadena (Danzón)

The chain-passing partner figure of the Cuban danzón

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Danzón Basic (Paso del Danzón)

The foundational closed-hold step of Cuba's national social dance

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Danzón Cedazo

The figured, weaving section of the Cuban danzón and its contradanza ancestor

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Danzón Paseo

The danzón's recurring promenade-and-listening refrain.

2 min read

Danzón Paso de Cajón

The small, contained box step at the heart of Cuban danzón.

2 min read

Danzón Pausa

The held rest during the danzón's recurring paseo

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Danzón Promenade (Paseo)

The strolling refrain figure of the Cuban danzón

2 min read

Danzón Sostenido

The sustained close-embrace passage of the Cuban danzón

2 min read

Aviaozinho

little-airplane figure in modern forro

1 min read

Caminhada (Forró)

Forró's foundational travelling walk in close embrace

2 min read

Carreirinha

Short running step in forró

1 min read

Chanel

Forró Figure

1 min read

Chicote (Forró)

Rotational Head and Torso Release

1 min read

Chuveirinho

Forró

1 min read

Controle de Mao

Hand Control Figure in Forró Universitário

1 min read

Dobradiça Dupla

Forró Partnered Figure

1 min read

Dois pra Lá, Dois pra Cá (Forró Basic)

The foundational side-to-side basic of forró, danced in close embrace.

2 min read

Facao Forro

Facão in contemporary forró partnerwork

1 min read

Forró Atrás e Ao Lado

Core travelling variation of the forró universitário curriculum — back and then to the side

2 min read

Forró Balancinho

The in-place lateral rock at the rhythmic heart of forró

2 min read

Forró Banana

Close-embrace shared-weight counterbalance in forró.

2 min read

Forró Basic — Dois pra Lá, Dois pra Cá

The foundational side-to-side basic of forró

2 min read

Forró Bate e Volta

The foundational send-and-return figure of close-embrace forró

2 min read

Forró Cadeado

Forró's "padlock" — a wrapping turn that locks and then unwinds the partners' joined arms.

2 min read

Forró Caminhada

The travelling walk of Brazilian forró

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Forró Coca-Cola

A led turning figure of Brazilian forró

2 min read

Forró Dobradiça

A folding hinge turn in partnered forró

2 min read

Forró Embaixo / Forró Debaixo

The grounded, low-posture way of dancing the forró basic

2 min read

Forró Giro

Forró

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Forró Giro Simples

The simple turn — forró's foundational close-embrace spot turn

2 min read

Forró Repiques

Syncopated tap-step accents that echo the zabumba's off-beat strokes in close-embrace forró

2 min read

Forró Tieta

A named travelling turn in Brazilian forró universitário

2 min read

Forró Volta Simples

Forró's foundational underarm turn ("simple turn")

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Giro a dois

Shared couple turn in forro

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Giro do Cavalheiro

Forró Leader's Turn

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Giro Junto

Partnered together-turn in forró

1 min read

Giro Ninja

Forró "ninja turn" — a concealed-arm follower turn in close embrace

2 min read

Giro Solto

Forró Open Turn

1 min read

Mancadinha

Forró Footwork Variation

1 min read

Manivela

Forró Partnered Rotation

1 min read

Muidinho

Close-embrace micro-basic in forró

1 min read

Oito Costas com Costas

Forró figure-eight through a back-to-back pass

2 min read

Panamericano

Forró partner figure

1 min read

Portinha

Forró partner figure

1 min read

Quebra de Braço

Forró arm-fold figure

1 min read

Rocambole

Forró rolling turn with hand change

1 min read

Rolê

Forró Partnered Figure

1 min read

Torcao

Forro partner-dance twist-and-unwind figure

1 min read

Vem cá Neném

Compact in-and-out invitation figure in social forró

1 min read

Xique-xique

Forro rhythmic footwork-and-hip variation

1 min read

Anchor Drop

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Basic 3 Triangle

Triângulo — third foundational close-embrace figure of kizomba

2 min read

Contra-tempo duplo

Kizomba double syncopated weight-change figure

1 min read

Corridinho

Foundational lateral-travel figure in kizomba and urban kiz

2 min read

Dois passos (two steps)

Kizomba basic step

1 min read

Espera

Pause in kizomba

1 min read

Espera com volta

Kizomba waiting action with turn

1 min read

Ginga Lateral

Kizomba Body Movement

1 min read

Ginga lateral dupla

Double lateral ginga in kizomba

1 min read

Homem para trás

leader-backward walking basic in kizomba

1 min read

Kizomba Balança

Lateral Sway Figure

2 min read

Kizomba Basic 1 Pasada

Foundational foot-pass figure built on the kizomba marcha

3 min read

Kizomba Basic 2 — Side to Side

Lateral weight-transfer step; foundational figure in the kizomba beginner vocabulary

3 min read

Kizomba Básico

The foundational side-to-side weight-transfer pattern in kizomba

2 min read

Kizomba Caminhada

The foundational walking figure of kizomba — the basis of its whole movement vocabulary

3 min read

Kizomba Contracorpo

Contra-body opposition in kizomba's weighted walk

2 min read

Kizomba Contratempo

Counter-time stepping in close-embrace kizomba

2 min read

Kizomba Ginga

The foundational swaying groove of Angolan kizomba

2 min read

Kizomba Ocho

Figure-Eight Pivot Figure in Close Embrace

2 min read

Kizomba Rocking Turn

Close-embrace rotational rock step

2 min read

Kizomba Saída em Três

A foundational three-count travelling exit in kizomba's close embrace

2 min read

Kizomba Semba Separation

The open-frame 'separação' figure of Angolan semba

2 min read

Kizomba Shuffle Step

Lateral drag-close figure in close embrace

2 min read

Kizomba Vine Dip

Lateral vine in close embrace leading to a supported back dip

2 min read

Kizomba Volta

Rotational couple figure in closed embrace

2 min read

Lantern Turn

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Marka

Kizomba Hip Rotation

1 min read

Mulher para Trás

Kizomba — leading the follower's backward walk

2 min read

Passo Cruzado

Kizomba Foundational Footwork

2 min read

Pernada

Kizomba leg action

1 min read

Pião (Pivot Turn)

Kizomba

1 min read

Pivot

Kizomba partner rotation around a grounded axis

1 min read

Retake

Kizomba Directional Transition

1 min read

Retrocesso

Backward-Traveling Figure (Kizomba)

2 min read

Saca

Kizomba partner-dance figure

1 min read

Saída 1

Kizomba Exit Pattern

1 min read

Saída 2

Kizomba exit pattern 2

1 min read

Saída Chica

Ladies' Exit — Kizomba

2 min read

Saída Lateral

Kizomba foundational lateral exit

1 min read

Semba Kick

Playful kick accent in kizomba with semba-derived styling

1 min read

Tarraxa Basic

Stationary tarraxa/tarraxinha body-action basic in kizomba contexts

1 min read

Tarraxa Circular

Kizomba / tarraxinha close-embrace circular isolation

1 min read

Tarraxa lateral

Lateral tarraxa hip isolation in kizomba-related social dance

1 min read

Tarraxinha

Grounded, on-the-spot body-isolation dance — and music genre — from Angola's Benguela province

2 min read

Tarraxinha Dissociation

Pelvic and Torso Isolation in Angolan Social Dance

2 min read

Tide-Return Saída

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Urban Kiz Lady Styling

Follower styling within urban kiz

1 min read

Urban Kiz Man Styling

Stylistic expression in Urban Kiz

1 min read

Urban Kiz Stop

A suspended pause or check in urban kiz phrasing

1 min read

Virgula

A foundational comma-shaped redirecting figure in close-embrace kizomba

2 min read

Virgula dupla

Repeated vírgula direction-change in kizomba

1 min read

Balão Apagado

Lambada — the contained 'deflated balloon' head circle

2 min read

Cabeça (Lambada Head Roll)

The signature head roll of lambada

2 min read

Lambada Básico

The foundational lateral sway of lambada

2 min read

Lambada Peão–Boneca

Linked spinning-top and doll-wrap figures of Brazilian lambada

2 min read

Soltinho

Lambada's open, released partnering position

2 min read

Volta (Lambada)

The signature led turn (giro) of Brazilian lambada.

2 min read

Copa

An On2 "in-and-out" checking figure from New York mambo.

2 min read

Cuban Break (Mambo)

Stationary On2 break-step accent in mambo

2 min read

Mambo – Cuban Mambo Footwork

The eight-count, break-on-2 basic at the root of Cuban-style mambo.

2 min read

Mambo Back Break

The back-rocking half of the mambo basic, danced On2

2 min read

Mambo Basic

The foundational On2 rock step of mambo and the New York scene

2 min read

Mambo Charge

A committed forward-and-back lunge that accents the on-2 mambo break.

2 min read

Mambo Chase

A tandem turning figure of successive half-turns in American-style mambo

2 min read

Mambo Cross Body Lead

Mambo's foundational slot-exchange figure, danced on the 2.

2 min read

Mambo Cucaracha

Stationary partial-weight side press danced to mambo on-2 timing

2 min read

Mambo Forward Break

The forward-rocking half of the mambo basic, broken on count two

2 min read

Mambo Hammerlock

A closed-position rotational figure

1 min read

Mambo New York Shine

Mambo (On2) footwork pattern

2 min read

Mambo Open Break

The couple's simultaneous backward break that opens an On2 mambo into a turn-ready facing position

2 min read

Mambo Side Break

The lateral mambo basic, broken on the two

2 min read

Mambo Spot Turn

A two‑measure in‑place half‑turn in American Mambo, danced On 2

2 min read

Mambo Underarm Turn

The follower's clockwise turn beneath the raised joined hands, danced on the mambo break-on-two.

2 min read

Sombrero con Mambo

Cuban casino partner figure (Anglophone scenes: Sombrero Mambo)

2 min read

Apartao

Merengue open-break separation

1 min read

Merengue Abrazo (Close Embrace)

The close-embrace hold of social merengue

2 min read

Merengue Cambre Dip

A back-leaning dip figure danced inside merengue's four-beat march.

2 min read

Merengue Double Turn

A led two-rotation underarm turn — the doble vuelta — danced over merengue's continuous every-beat march

2 min read

Merengue Hammerlock

A two‑beat wrap‑and‑lock figure in club merengue.

2 min read

Merengue March Basic

Foundational partner figure of social merengue

2 min read

Merengue Neck Roll

A led overhead arm-wrap that settles briefly across the back of the neck and shoulders without breaking merengue's continuous march.

2 min read

Merengue Pretzel

A four-beat closed-position turn on the merengue basic step

3 min read

Merengue Side By Side

A foundational same-facing open figure of social merengue

2 min read

Merengue Vuelta (Underarm Turn)

The foundational full turn of Dominican merengue, led as an overhead arch over the continuous march

2 min read

Ventana

Merengue

1 min read

Baldosa

The milonga box step (la baldosa / baldoza)

2 min read

Cadencia

The check-and-replace rocking weight change of Argentine tango and milonga

2 min read

Milonga Balanceo

The in-place rock of milonga

2 min read

Milonga Lisa

The smooth, one-step-per-beat foundational style of milonga

2 min read

Milonga Marcha

The foundational marching walk that drives the milonga

2 min read

Milonga Traceada

The continuous, syncopated weaving style of Argentine milonga

2 min read

Milonga Traspié

The syncopated rebound step of milonga con traspié

2 min read

Estampa

Pachanga stamping figure

1 min read

Estampa Diagonal

Pachanga Footwork Figure

1 min read

Pachanga Basic

Foundational bounce step of the Cuban pachanga

2 min read

Pachanga Basic Sideward

The foundational lateral footwork step of pachanga

2 min read

Pachanga Glide

The signature dragging, skating footwork of Cuban pachanga

2 min read

Pachanga Hop and Slide

The signature bouncing footwork cell of Cuban pachanga

2 min read

Pachanga Kick Ball Change

A syncopated pachanga footwork shine layered into salsa

2 min read

Pachanga Side Travel

Lateral traveling footwork of the pachanga shine (salsa)

2 min read

Pachanga Tap Step

The foundational syncopated tap-and-bounce footwork of Cuban pachanga

2 min read

Reggaeton Dembow Step

The foundational reggaeton figure, danced to the genre's defining dembow percussion

2 min read

Reggaeton Gasolina Step

A grounded dembow bounce step named for the 2004 reggaeton anthem 'Gasolina'

2 min read

Reggaeton Perreo Basic

The foundational couple-facing step for social reggaeton — perreo, or sandungueo, in Puerto Rico

2 min read

Reggaeton Perreo Down

A foundational mirrored perreo figure danced under one shared English name across reggaeton's scenes.

2 min read

Abajo (Para Abajo)

The grounded basic-step call of Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Abanico

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Abrazala

Rueda de Casino embrace figure

1 min read

Adios Arriba

Rueda de Casino partner-change figure

1 min read

Adios con la Hermana

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Adios Doble

Rueda de Casino Partner-Changing Figure

1 min read

Adios y Quédate

Rueda compound based on Adios with a stay instruction

1 min read

Al Directo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Al Directo Doble

Rueda de casino partner-change figure

1 min read

Al Medio

Converge-to-center call in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Anillo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Arcoiris

Rueda de Casino arm-arc figure

1 min read

Azuquita

Rueda de casino figure

1 min read

Babosa

Rueda de Casino partner-exchange figure

1 min read

Balsero

A Rueda de Casino place-exchange with a signature rowing-the-raft arm motion

2 min read

Bayamo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Bayamo por Abajo

Rueda de casino Bayamo-family figure

1 min read

Bebe

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Besito

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Beso Largo

Rueda de casino call with a sustained kiss-style close-in

1 min read

Bulla

Rueda de Casino call with stomp-and-shout accent

1 min read

Cadena

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Cadeneta

Rueda de Casino chain figure

1 min read

Cambio Moneda

Rueda de Casino partner-change call

1 min read

Camina la Rueda

Rueda de Casino Traveling Figure

1 min read

Candado

Cuban casino / rueda de casino partner figure ('padlock')

2 min read

Candela

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Carrusel

Rueda de Casino partner-changing figure

1 min read

Cero (Dame Cero)

The zero-exchange (no-advance) call in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Chisme

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Cien

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Coca-Cola por Atras

Rueda de Casino travelling left turn led from behind

1 min read

Confusion

Rueda role-switch call

1 min read

Consorte

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Control

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Corona

Rueda de Casino call

1 min read

Croqueta

Rueda de casino figure

1 min read

Cuba Libre

Rueda de Casino call

1 min read

Cubanito

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Dame Arriba

Rueda de casino partner-change call

1 min read

Dame con las Manos

Rueda de Casino Partner Exchange

1 min read

Dame con Uno

Rueda de Casino Partner Exchange

1 min read

Dame Directo

Rueda de Casino Partner Exchange

1 min read

Dame Otra

Rueda de Casino Partner-Switching Figure

1 min read

Dame Tres

Rueda partner-change call to the third available follower

1 min read

Dame Una

The foundational partner-exchange call of Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Dedo Complicado

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Dedo por Debajo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Dedo Saboreado

Rueda de Casino call

1 min read

Directo

Rueda partner-change figure

1 min read

Dracula

Rueda de Casino enchufla with theatrical neck-bite gesture

1 min read

Echeverria

Rueda de Casino shine call

1 min read

El Dos

Rueda partner-change call skipping one follower

1 min read

El Nudo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

El Pozo

Rueda de Casino figure

1 min read

Enchufla al Reves

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla Arriba

Rueda de casino partner-change figure

1 min read

Enchufla con Clave

Rueda de Casino figure

1 min read

Enchufla con Dracula

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla con Mambo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla con Rodeo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla con Rumba

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla con Vuelta

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla y Quédate

Rueda de Casino place-exchange call — swap places and keep the same partner

2 min read

Enredala

Rueda de Casino wrap-and-release figure

1 min read

Enroscala

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Estrella

Rueda star formation

1 min read

Estrella Doble

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Evelyn de Cuba

Rueda de casino call

1 min read

Festival de Enchufla

Rueda de Casino call built from repeated enchufla actions

1 min read

Festival de Fly

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Fly

Rueda de Casino rhythmic clap call

1 min read

Frankenstein

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Guapea

Casino's open-position basic and the rest step of rueda de casino.

2 min read

Jardin

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Juana la Cubana

Rueda de Casino compound call

1 min read

Kentucky

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Kentucky Complicado

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

La Foto

Rueda de casino pose figure

1 min read

La Habana

Rueda de casino call

1 min read

La Presa

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Leonsio

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Levantala

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Mambo con la Vecina

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Mariposa

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Matala

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Media Prima

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Micaela

Rueda de casino call

1 min read

Mini

Rueda de Casino

1 min read

Mona Lisa

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Nueve

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Ochenta y Ocho

Rueda de casino figure

1 min read

Ochenta y Uno

Rueda de Casino numbered call

1 min read

Pa Adentro Pa Afuera

Rueda de Casino inward-and-outward call

1 min read

Pa Ti Pa Mi

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Palmadas

Coordinated claps in rueda de casino

1 min read

Panque

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Para el Medio

Rueda de Casino Formation Figure

1 min read

Paseala

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Paseala al Reves

Rueda de Casino walk-and-reverse figure

1 min read

Patin

Rueda de casino skating-style call

1 min read

Patin Mujeres Solo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Patin Todo el Mundo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Pelota

Rueda de Casino call built from enchufla and a clap accent

1 min read

Pelota Loca

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Peluqueria

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Policia

Rueda de Casino partner figure

1 min read

Prima

Rueda de Casino travelling figure

1 min read

Prima con Familia

Rueda de casino partner-exchange figure

1 min read

Prima con la Hermana

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Principe Bueno

Rueda de Casino hand-kiss variation of Enchufla

1 min read

Principe Malo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Puente

Rueda bridge passage

1 min read

Puente Triple

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Rueda Adiós

Cuban casino rueda partner-progression call

2 min read

Rueda Arriba

The wheel's basic open step (guapea) and the call that resets it

2 min read

Rueda Básico

Fundamental eight-count step in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Cagua

Called figure in rueda de casino (Cuban salsa wheel)

2 min read

Rueda Centro

The 'Al Centro' convergence call in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Cubanita

Rueda de casino call: enchufla into dile que no

2 min read

Rueda Dame Con Dos

A two-turn call in swing rueda.

2 min read

Rueda Dedo

A pointing partner-exchange call in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Dile Que Si

Clockwise partner-exchange call in rueda de casino

2 min read

Rueda El Lazo

Arm-wrap loop figure in rueda de casino

2 min read

Rueda Enchufla al Medio

A beginner rueda call that gathers both partners into the centre of the circle.

2 min read

Rueda Enchufla Avión

An airplane-armed enchufla in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Familia

A group 'family-cluster' formation call within Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Festival de Adiós

Chained partner-change call in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Festival de Pelotas

Rueda de casino caller phrase

1 min read

Rueda Mambo Rueda

A caller's mambo footwork break and resume within the Cuban casino wheel

2 min read

Rueda Mentira

Rueda de Casino – partner-stay call

2 min read

Rueda Ocho

Figure-eight ('Ocho') turn call in rueda de casino

2 min read

Rueda Plancha

Supported back-lean figure in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Seis

Six-count turning figure in Cuban rueda de casino

2 min read

Rueda Siete

A travelling exchange figure in Cuban-style rueda, called worldwide simply as "Siete"

2 min read

Rueda Sombrero con Mambo

A hat-shaping overhead arm figure with an interpolated mambo rocking-tap step in Cuban rueda de casino.

2 min read

Rueda Una Para Arriba

Directional single partner-change call in Rueda de Casino

2 min read

Rueda Uno

The foundational single-partner exchange (Dame / Dame Una) of rueda de casino

2 min read

Sácala (rueda de casino)

A foundational casino lead-out — 'take her out'

2 min read

Secador

Rueda de Casino call

1 min read

Serpiente

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Setenta con Dos Manos

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Setenta con Gancho

Rueda de casino figure with a hooked-arm Setenta variation

1 min read

Setenta Nuevo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Setenta y Dos

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Setenta y Tres

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Siete Loco

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Siete Moderno

Rueda de casino figure

1 min read

Siete Setenta

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Sombrero con Patada

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Sombrero por Debajo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Sopa

Rueda de casino call

1 min read

Subiendo

Rueda de Casino arm-action component

1 min read

Suena

Rueda de casino — collective percussive accent call

2 min read

Sueter

Rueda de casino sweater-wrap call

1 min read

Tarro

Rueda de Casino partner-change call

1 min read

Toma Corriente

Rueda de casino call

1 min read

Tranca

Rueda de casino locking check

1 min read

Treinta y Tres

Rueda de Casino Figure

2 min read

Trompo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Tunturuntun

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Un Tarro

Rueda de casino horn-gesture call

1 min read

Vacila y Dame

A called turning figure in Cuban rueda de casino

2 min read

Vacilense los Dos

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Vuelta por el Mundo

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Paseo (Cuban Rumba)

The courtship promenade of Cuban guaguancó

2 min read

Rumba Botão

Foundational two‑measure reset figure in Cuban‑derived social rumba

2 min read

Rumba Columbia

The fast solo rumba of Matanzas — a danced dialogue with the quinto

2 min read

Rumba Cuadro Lateral

The lateral box figure of social and ballroom-style rumba

2 min read

Rumba Diana

A follower's outside turn in International Latin rumba

2 min read

Rumba Guaguancó Basic

The basic of guaguancó — the Havana, non-contact couple form of Cuban rumba

3 min read

Rumba Vacunao

Hip‑thrust break step in Cuban rumba and its guaguancó subgenre

2 min read

Rumba Yambú

The oldest and slowest of the three traditional Cuban rumba forms

2 min read

Adiós con la hermana

Cuban casino partner figure

1 min read

Afro-Cuban Turn (Casino / Cuban-Style Salsa)

A led follower turn in Casino (Cuban-style salsa) carried with Afro-Cuban folkloric body movement instead of a plain upright spin

2 min read

Arch Turn

Stylistic Arm Variation

1 min read

Arm Spiral

Salsa Partnered Turn Pattern

1 min read

Back Basic

Foundational Salsa Weight Transfer

1 min read

Back Hand Pass

Behind-the-back hand-change transition in slot salsa

2 min read

Basic

Salsa closed-position basic step

1 min read

Behind the Back Hand Change

Salsa partnerwork hand-change figure

1 min read

Beso

Casino/Rueda kiss flourish

1 min read

Beso pa'ti

Cuban Salsa Figure

1 min read

Body Isolation

Independent segmental movement as a salsa styling technique

2 min read

Bota con la prima

Cuban casino / Rueda de Casino travelling exchange based on Prima

1 min read

Bounced Half Turns

Salsa Partnered Rotation

1 min read

Candado complicado

Salsa casino / rueda figure

1 min read

Cape

Salsa cross-body variation with early inside turn and outside-pivot exit

1 min read

Casino Pendulum

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Change of Place

Salsa place-exchange figure (cross-body family)

2 min read

Check Hesitation

Salsa Partnered Figure

1 min read

Coca Cola (salsa)

A travelling, turning cross-body-lead pattern in linear (slot) salsa

1 min read

Comb

A vertical-plane hand-styling accent brushed back over the head

2 min read

Copa

Cuddle / wrap check in salsa

1 min read

Copa

Cradle Copa / Copa Check

1 min read

Copa (In and Out)

A linear-salsa partner figure in which the leader caps the joined hands over the follower's head, drawing her in along the slot and then leading her back out to face him.

2 min read

Copa Doble

The double-turn 'cup' figure of linear salsa

2 min read

Copa Loca

A continuous, alternating-side variation of the salsa Copa cradle

3 min read

Coppelia

Cuban Salsa / Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Cradle Bounce

Salsa Partnered Figure

1 min read

Cradle Whip

WCS-Inspired Salsa Figure

1 min read

Cross Body Lead

Salsa's foundational slot-exchange travelling figure (On1 / On2)

3 min read

Cross Body Lead Dip

A slot-exchange salsa figure resolved with a led dip.

3 min read

Cross Body Lead With Outside Turn

A slot-based salsa en línea change-of-place in which the follower adds a clockwise outside turn

2 min read

Cross-Body Lead Stop (CBL Stop)

A checked variation of the cross-body lead that halts the follower mid-slot

2 min read

Cross-body Lead with Inside Turn

Linear salsa travelling figure with follower's left turn

1 min read

Crossed Hand Matador

Slot exchange from double-cross hold with lateral cape sweep

3 min read

Crucifix

Salsa partnered turn pattern with crossed-hand cruciform shape

1 min read

Cuban 8

Figure-eight hip isolation (Cuban motion) in Cuban-style salsa

2 min read

Cucaracha

Stationary partial-weight side press in salsa, Cuban casino, and ballroom Latin

3 min read

Dame

The Rueda de Casino partner-exchange call

2 min read

Dame Una

The basic partner-change call of Rueda de Casino

3 min read

Diamond Hand

Salsa shine also taught as Diamond Step or Diamond Basic

1 min read

Dile Que No

Casino's resolving figure and the cognate of the linear cross-body lead

3 min read

Dip Basic

Salsa partner dip (closing dip)

2 min read

Dip Butterfly

A supported dip taken from the two-hand 'butterfly' hold in studio salsa

2 min read

Dishrag

simultaneous two-partner underarm action in salsa combinations

1 min read

Dishrag Sunburst

Salsa studio adaptation of the Dishrag / Wring out the Dishrag action

1 min read

Double Hammerlock

Salsa Partnerwork Figure

1 min read

Double Rainbow Copa

Advanced salsa copa variation with two arcing hand changes

1 min read

Double Spin

Two consecutive revolutions of a single led turn

2 min read

El Dos

A numbered Rueda de Casino call that chains two change-of-place passes before the guapea basic

3 min read

El Uno

The salsa basic broken on count one — On1, danced a tiempo

3 min read

Enchufla

Cuban casino place-swap with a follower turn (the 'plug-in')

2 min read

Enchufla Complicada

An elaborated enchufla in Cuban Casino salsa

3 min read

Enchufla Doble

Cuban casino's double-turn 'plug-in' position exchange

2 min read

Enchufla doble pa'ti

Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Enchufla pa'ti

Casino/Rueda enchufla variant

1 min read

Exhíbela

Cuban salsa-casino presentational figure ('show her off')

2 min read

Festival

Salsa Partnered Figure

1 min read

Flare

Footwork styling embellishment — a circular sweep of the free foot

2 min read

Fly

Rueda de Casino clap-and-separate call

1 min read

Fly complicado

Cuban casino / rueda figure

1 min read

Free Copa (Salsa)

Slot-salsa copa wrap with a free-spin release

2 min read

Free Spin

A connection-released solo turn in salsa

2 min read

Hammerlock

Salsa arm-wrap position and turn-pattern entry

1 min read

Hammerlock Doble

Salsa hammerlock entered or resolved with a double turn

2 min read

He Goes She Goes (Salsa)

An alternating-turn travelling figure on the cross-body-lead frame (slot salsa)

3 min read

Inside Turn

Salsa follower's underarm inside (counter-clockwise / left) turn — catalogued in some systems as "right turn inside"

3 min read

Left Underarm Turn

Salsa follower left turn under a raised hand connection

1 min read

Loop de Loop

Partnered salsa figure pairing a sustained overhead arm-loop with a staged 360° follower turn

3 min read

Mixmaster

Salsa Transitionary Sequence

1 min read

Mute Shine

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

1 min read

Neck Drop

Advanced supported backbend drop (salsa)

2 min read

New York Walk

A place-exchange travelling figure in slot-based (On2 / "New York style") salsa

2 min read

Pa'l Centro

Salsa social call / non-canonical figure

1 min read

Patineta

Salsa Caleña Footwork

1 min read

Pivot Turn

Salsa — foundational rotation on the ball of the supporting foot

2 min read

Prep Turn

The leader's one-measure setup lead before a salsa turn

2 min read

Prima con la prima

Cuban Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Quarter Turns (Chase)

A foundational salsa figure that layers a 90° turn onto each basic, danced apart as a partner "chase"

2 min read

Rainbow Copa

Cross-body-lead family · over-head rainbow arc with a clockwise loop · On1/On2 linear salsa

2 min read

Rejection

Cross-body-family check-and-reverse in linear salsa

2 min read

Reverse Cross Body to Hammerlock

Linear Salsa Partner Figure

1 min read

Reverse Tide Cross-Body

A Bailar Original · Miami, FL — 2026

2 min read

Rosalinda

song- or choreography-label, not an attested canonical salsa partner figure

1 min read

Saca la Prima

Cuban casino / Rueda de Casino partner-fetch figure

2 min read

Sácala

Cuban Casino "take her out" — opening the follower to the open guapea position

2 min read

Salsa Abanico

A fan-shaped, slot-traveling figure in On1 salsa

2 min read

Salsa Adiós

A traveling exit turn danced across Cuban, LA, and New York salsa

2 min read

Salsa Around the World

A traveling LA-style (On1) figure that orbits the couple a half-turn around a shared axis.

2 min read

Salsa Back Breaks

The backward half of the salsa basic step

2 min read

Salsa Back Spin

A rotating spin loaded from a backward step in slot-based salsa

2 min read

Salsa Balero

A beginner rocking figure of Cuban On2 salsa

2 min read

Salsa Barrel Roll

A turning figure in which the joined hands circle over an imaginary barrel to power the follower's rotation.

2 min read

Salsa Besame

A mirrored half-turn figure danced under the same name from Cali to New York

2 min read

Salsa Boogaloo

A 1960s New York Latin-soul dance idiom, not a slotted partner figure

2 min read

Salsa Bota (Bota-La Dos)

An LA/On1 turn-pattern variation that layers a leader's turn onto the cross-body lead, sending the follower across the slot to trade ends.

2 min read

Salsa Bounced Full Turns

A 360-degree salsa turn styled with a controlled vertical bounce

2 min read

Salsa Candado

Cuban casino 'padlock' arm-lock figure

2 min read

Salsa Catorce

Number-named call in the Cuban Rueda de Casino tradition

2 min read

Salsa Coca Cola Doble

Double Coca Cola turn

2 min read

Salsa Continuous Shoulder Catches

A staged catch-and-release shoulder lead that redirects the follower across the slot one measure at a time.

2 min read

Salsa Crossover Breaks

A foundational travelling break figure — also called the "New Yorker" — in which partners trade backward breaks to swap across the slot.

2 min read

Salsa Crossovers (Crossover Break)

A foundational open-break figure in slot-style salsa

2 min read

Salsa Cumbia Tap

Rotating cumbia back-rock danced with a tap on the held 4 and 8

2 min read

Salsa Dame Dos

A slot-exchange salsa turn danced under one name across the world's scenes.

2 min read

Salsa Diagonal Back Breaks

Angled back-breaking variation of the salsa basic step

3 min read

Salsa Diagonal Forward Breaks

A directional variant of the forward break step that opens the slot on the diagonal

2 min read

Salsa Diva Walks

A follower-styling forward-walk figure

2 min read

Salsa Double Inside Turn

The follower's two-rotation counter-clockwise underarm turn in slot salsa

2 min read

Salsa Double Outside Turn

Follower's two-revolution clockwise (right) spot turn in linear salsa

2 min read

Salsa Echeverría

A two-turn salsa figure that exchanges the ends of the slot.

2 min read

Salsa Face to Face Side Dip

A held, mirrored side-leaning dip danced on the basic step's break counts

2 min read

Salsa Fallaway Breaks

An opened promenade-style rock-and-recover break in linear salsa

2 min read

Salsa Forward Breaks

The forward-rocking half of the salsa basic step

2 min read

Salsa Guapea

The basic open step of Cuban casino

2 min read

Salsa Guarapo

A foundational traveling figure of Cuban casino salsa

2 min read

Salsa Hook Turn

Hooked-foot pivot turn (hook spin); giro de son doble in Cuban casino

2 min read

Salsa Hot Toe

Not attested as a standardized partner figure in the available record

2 min read

Salsa Instant Turn

A no-preparation 360° right turn executed in place over one break measure

2 min read

Salsa Jazz Point

A jazz-derived, weightless toe-point styling accent for salsa shines

3 min read

Salsa Jazz Square

A borrowed jazz-dance shine (the jazz box) used as solo salsa footwork.

2 min read

Salsa Kentucky

An LA-style turning figure danced within the slot

2 min read

Salsa Left Paddle Turn

A counter-clockwise solo shine driven by incremental ball-of-foot paddles

2 min read

Salsa Lock Taps

A syncopated, slot-traveling figure in LA-style salsa

2 min read

Salsa Locked Left Turn

A lock-step counter-clockwise turn in slot-based salsa

2 min read

Salsa Locked Right Turn (Hammerlock)

A clockwise follower turn that seats the joined arm into a locked hold behind the back

2 min read

Salsa Long Suzy Q

Traveling heel-and-toe twisting shine

3 min read

Salsa Mambo On2 Basic

The foundational eight-count salsa basic danced On2.

3 min read

Salsa Mambo Taps

A weightless held-count toe tap that articulates the salsa/mambo basic

2 min read

Salsa Matador

A half-turn traveling figure in LA-style (slot) salsa

2 min read

Salsa Montaña

An intermediate, traveling salsa figure named for the mountain-shaped arch its hands trace.

2 min read

Salsa New Yorker

A traveling place-change figure in New York–style (On2) salsa

2 min read

Salsa Noventa

A basic traveling figure named for its roughly ninety-degree turns

2 min read

Salsa Ochenta

A Cuban salsa turn pattern in the "number" family

2 min read

Salsa Ochos

Figure-eight motion: a tango pivot figure and, in salsa, a hip-styling ornament

2 min read

Salsa Outside Cross Body Lead

A traveling pass in linear (On1 / On2) salsa

3 min read

Salsa Pachanga Basic Step

A syncopated, bouncing footwork shine in salsa, named for the 1950s Cuban genre

2 min read

Salsa Pal Medio (Para El Medio)

Beginner half-turn on the break, with roots in Cuban Casino

2 min read

Salsa Príncipe

Unverified salsa figure name

2 min read

Salsa Pull Through

Pulled side-change in the cross-body-lead family (linear salsa)

3 min read

Salsa Reverse Cross-Body Lead

A clockwise slot exchange — the mirror of the cross-body lead, also called the right side pass

2 min read

Salsa Right Paddle Turn

A continuous clockwise paddled turn (forward walk turn)

2 min read

Salsa Rotating Cross Body Lead

A turning variation of the cross-body lead that reorients the salsa slot

3 min read

Salsa Setenta Moderno

A modern variation of the Setenta, a foundational Cuban-salsa (casino) turn

2 min read

Salsa Shoulder Catch

A transitional shoulder-level hand catch in linear (slot) salsa

2 min read

Salsa Shuffle Step

Syncopated solo footwork shine in salsa

2 min read

Salsa Siete Loco

Casino partner turn with continuous armwork

2 min read

Salsa Sombrero Neck Roll

A hat-tracing styling figure that finishes with a behind-the-neck roll

2 min read

Salsa Step Touch

The on-the-spot side-step-and-tap warm-up that drills salsa's quick-quick-slow timing

2 min read

Salsa Suave

A smooth, soft manner of executing salsa rather than a discrete partner figure

2 min read

Salsa Suzy Q Back Step

A swivel-footwork salsa shine (Suzie Q / Susie Q) and its back-step variant

2 min read

Salsa Suzy Q Double Kick

A travelling salsa shine: a twisting heel-and-toe cross-step decorated with two kicks

2 min read

Salsa Suzy Q Kick

A traveling swivel-footwork shine with a syncopated kick accent

2 min read

Salsa Sweetheart Bounce

A social cuddle-position accent in salsa, with the wrap position borrowed from West Coast Swing and country-western social dancing.

2 min read

Salsa Sweetheart Position

A held, side-by-side wrapped (cuddle) partner position in salsa

2 min read

Salsa T Stance

A stationary, weightless shine accent in slot-based salsa footwork

3 min read

Salsa Tap Tap Go

A beginner salsa footwork-and-timing drill that fills the basic's held beats (counts 4 and 8) with non-weighted taps

3 min read

Salsa Tapped Basics

A weightless tap of the free foot on the salsa basic's held counts, accenting the rhythm without traveling.

2 min read

Salsa Titanic

A supported wing-armed lean used as a dramatic salsa flourish

2 min read

Salsa Triple Inside Turn

The follower's three consecutive counter-clockwise rotations under the leader's raised arm (salsa)

2 min read

Salsa Tumba Francesa

Foundational eight-count basic in On1 salsa

2 min read

Salsa Tunnels

Continuous overhead-arch pass-through in slot salsa

2 min read

Salsa Walk Around

Circular partner figure orbiting a shared center on the salsa basic

2 min read

Salsa Whip

Slot-redirect figure with coil-and-release momentum transfer

2 min read

Salsa Windows

Double-Hand Arm-Frame Styling Figure

3 min read

Salsa Wrap

A led half-turn into a brief back-to-front 'wrapped' embrace in linear salsa

2 min read

Setenta

Cuban casino combination figure — the behind-the-back 'seventy'

2 min read

Setenta Complicado

Cuban casino (salsa) figure — the elaborated Setenta, with hammerlock and added turns

2 min read

Setenta y uno

Cuban Salsa / Rueda de Casino Figure

1 min read

Shines (Mambo)

Solo footwork breaks danced on the 2 (On2)

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Shines Basic

The foundational solo-footwork break of partnered salsa

2 min read

Side Basic

Lateral, non-travelling salsa basic (also 'basic side step' or 'side break')

2 min read

Side Break

Foundational Salsa Weight-Transfer Figure

1 min read

Sombrero

Overhead "hat" arm figure in salsa

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Sombrero Complicado

Cuban casino (salsa) hat figure — an intermediate arm-and-head variation of the basic Sombrero

2 min read

Sombrero Doble

The doubled "hat" figure in Cuban salsa (casino)

2 min read

Sombrero Neck Roll Dip

A Cuban Casino Variation

1 min read

Spot Turn

Salsa — a full in-place turn, led underarm or danced solo

2 min read

Suelta

Solo, partner-free salsa dancing (salsa suelta)

2 min read

Susie Q Shine

A traveling heel-twist crossover shine adapted into salsa from the swing-era vernacular.

2 min read

Suzie Q (Salsa "Suzy Walks")

A traveling heel-toe swivel danced as a salsa shine

2 min read

Suzy Q (In and Out)

A foundational salsa footwork shine danced with an in-and-out traveling swivel

2 min read

Suzy Q (Salsa Shine)

A traveling twist-and-cross footwork pattern, also taught as the 'Suzy Point'.

2 min read

Suzy Q (Salsa Shine)

A lateral cross-and-swivel solo footwork step danced during the salsa breakaway

2 min read

Suzy Q Paddle Turn

Turning swivel-footwork shine in salsa

2 min read

Swivels (Salsa Shine)

Salsa solo-footwork swivel shine

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Tap and Go

A held-beat foot tap that marks rhythm and enables direction changes

2 min read

Texas Tommy

Salsa adaptation of a behind-the-back hand-change turn

1 min read

Tornado

Rotating couple spiral in Cuban casino and Rueda de Casino

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Tornado

Cuban-style salsa (Casino) couple-rotation figure

2 min read

Tow Truck

Salsa Partner Figure

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Triple Spin

A three-rotation spotted spin in slot-based salsa

2 min read

Under the Bridge

A cross-body-family pass in which the follower travels under an arch formed by the leader's raised arm.

2 min read

Vacílala

Cuban casino showcase turn

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Vacílala con la Prima

Cuban salsa (casino) showcasing-turn figure

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Vacilala Doble

Double-turn showing-off figure in Cuban salsa (casino)

2 min read

Vamos Arriba

A verbal exhortation, not a codified partner figure

2 min read

Walkthrough

A teaching/rehearsal pass and the travelling core of slot salsa — not a discrete named figure

2 min read

Yo-Yo

A single-hand, in-and-out 'spring' figure of linear (On1/On2) salsa

2 min read

Assalto

Samba de Gafieira partnered turning figure

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Bailarina

Follower underarm turn in partner samba

1 min read

Caída (Samba de Gafieira)

The supported backward dip of samba de gafieira

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Enceradeira

Samba de Gafieira

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Escovinha

Samba de Gafieira brushed-weight figure

1 min read

Esse da Dama

The lady's S (S da Dama) — a foundational travelling figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Facão Invertido

The mirror-side reversal of samba de gafieira's machete leg-sweep (facão)

2 min read

Gancho (Samba de Gafieira)

Gancho — the led leg-hook of Brazilian partner samba

2 min read

Giro (Samba de Gafieira)

The turning figures of Brazilian gafieira partner dance

2 min read

Giro da Dama

The lady's turn in Samba de Gafieira

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Giro do Balanço

Samba de Gafieira

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Giro do Cavalheiro

The leader's turn in Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Manteiguinha

Samba de Gafieira Technique

1 min read

Peão (Samba de Gafieira)

The spinning-top turn of Brazilian partner samba

2 min read

Pescaria (Samba de Gafieira)

A decorative "cast-and-reel" figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Piao Samba

Samba de Gafieira Pivot Figure

1 min read

Pica-pau

Samba de gafieira — syncopated "woodpecker" tap figure

2 min read

Puladinho Lateral

Samba de Gafieira

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Puladinho Redondo

Samba de Gafieira circular puladinho

1 min read

Rosa

unattested samba partner-figure label

1 min read

Saída Lateral

A lateral exit from the stationary basic in Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Avião

The "airplane" display figure of samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Balanço

Samba's pendular swing-and-sway groove

2 min read

Samba Bambolê

A hoop-evoking circular body styling, not a codified partner figure

2 min read

Samba Bicicleta

Decorative pedalling leg-play figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Cadeira

The counterbalanced "chair" pose of samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Caída Básica

Foundational supported drop (caída) in partnered Brazilian samba

2 min read

Samba Caída Vai e Vem

Samba de gafieira traveling figure punctuated by a supported drop

2 min read

Samba Caminhada do Malandro

The malandro's swagger-walk in samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Caminhada Simples

Caminhada Simples — the foundational walking figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Carrinho

Travelling 'rolling-cart' figure of samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Chapéu

The 'hat' figure of samba de gafieira

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Samba Contratempo

The off-beat timing of the partnered samba basic (samba no contratempo)

2 min read

Samba Corte

A dramatic "cut" break in Brazilian partner samba

2 min read

Samba Cruzado (Cruzados Walks and Locks)

Gold-level crossed travelling walks and locks in International-style Samba

2 min read

Samba de Gafieira Basic (o Básico)

The foundational traveling figure of Rio de Janeiro's partnered salon samba

2 min read

Samba Descanso

Stationary marking step in partnered samba; the rhythmic "rest" between travelling figures

2 min read

Samba Dois Tempos

The even two-beat timing of the samba basic (samba no pé)

2 min read

Samba Elástico

A figure name unattested in the standard samba vocabularies

2 min read

Samba Elevador

Elevador — the vertical rise-and-fall accent of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Esse (S)

S-shaped traveling figure in samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Facão

Leg-sweep ornament in samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Gancho Gafieira

The partnered hook figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Gancho Redondo

Round-hook leg ornament of samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Giro Invertido (Reverse Turn)

Left-turning travelling figure of International samba

2 min read

Samba Mestre-Sala

Ceremonial male role of the samba-school carnival pair

2 min read

Samba Pagode Básico 1

The foundational side-to-side basic of pagode de salão (partnered Brazilian samba)

3 min read

Samba Pagode Básico 2

The second foundational close-embrace basic of pagode, Brazil's intimate social samba

2 min read

Samba Passeio

The traveling promenade walk of samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Péndulo

Lateral pendulum step (samba) — paso lateral

2 min read

Samba Pião a Dois

Partner turning figure in Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Picadinho

Syncopated "chopped-step" ornament of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Picado

A chopped, staccato styling of partnered samba footwork

2 min read

Samba Pula a Cerca

The leg-over 'jump the fence' figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Puladinho

The springing 'little hop' variation of the samba no pé basic step

2 min read

Samba Quadrado

The square basic shared by gafieira and ballroom samba

2 min read

Samba Quadrado Aberto

The open-frame square basic of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Quadrado Fechado

The closed-position square — the foundational basic of samba de gafieira.

2 min read

Samba Repique

The lead-drum call and the danced break it cues in samba

2 min read

Samba Romário

A named leg-play trick figure in samba de gafieira, christened after footballer Romário and emblematic of the tradition's culturally indexed naming practice.

2 min read

Samba Sacada

Leg-displacement figure — an Argentine tango import found mainly in samba de gafieira

2 min read

Samba Saída

Samba de Gafieira transition ("exit") step

2 min read

Samba Saída ao Lado

Side-exit (saída lateral) variant of the Samba de Gafieira basic departure

1 min read

Samba Saída Carioca

The basic traveling step of carioca partner samba (samba de gafieira)

2 min read

Samba Saída Moderna

The modern basic exit step of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Tesoura

The scissoring leg figure of Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Tirada Ao Lado

Lateral pull-out ("side draw") figure in Samba de Gafieira

2 min read

Samba Tranca

Leg-locking block figure in samba de gafieira

2 min read

Telésio

Samba Figure

1 min read

Tirada de Perna

Samba de Gafieira leg-displacement figure

1 min read

Tirar a Dama

Foundational displacement that draws the follower out of the embrace to open a Samba de Gafieira chain

2 min read

Vai e Volta (Samba Volta)

A travelling samba volta carried in one direction across the floor and reversed back along the same line

2 min read

Kabetula

Semba syncopated hip-contact figure

2 min read

Kazukuta

Carnival Bounce Step in Semba

2 min read

Passada

Semba/Kizomba foundational movement

1 min read

Queda

Semba partnered fall or drop accent

1 min read

Semba Block

Bloqueio — foundational arrest figure in Angolan semba

2 min read

Semba Bungula

Couple-Rotation Figure

2 min read

Semba Entrada

Foundational approach figure that establishes semba's chest-to-chest embrace

2 min read

Semba Kick

Rhythmically accented free-leg extension in Angolan semba

2 min read

Semba Pernada

Legwork brush figure in Angolan semba close embrace

2 min read

Semba Pivot

Foundational partnered figure in Angolan semba

1 min read

Semba Saída

Opening exit from closed semba hold

1 min read

Semba Umbigada

Navel-Touch Punctuation Figure of Angolan Semba

1 min read

Dile Que No (son)

Casino's foundational resolving figure, danced in the grounded son tradition

2 min read

Dile Que No in Son

Casino's reset figure, taken slower and more grounded in son

2 min read

Enchufla

The casino place-exchange figure within the Cuban son lineage

2 min read

Exhíbela

A Cuban Casino and son presentation figure that shows off the follower

2 min read

Media Vuelta (Son)

The half-turn place-exchange figure in son cubano

2 min read

Redonda

Son circular partner figure

1 min read

Sácala

Sácala — the 'take her out' display figure in Cuban son and Casino

2 min read

Sombrero

Cuban casino 'hat' figure

2 min read

Son Abrazo Son

The closed-embrace basic figure of son cubano

2 min read

Son Basic (Paso del Son)

The foundational contratiempo basic of Cuban son

2 min read

Son Caida

Foundational Son Cubano Weight Shift

1 min read

Son Contratiempo

The off-beat timing of the Cuban son and casino

2 min read

Son Paseo

Son cubano's foundational promenade (walking figure)

2 min read

Son Son Giro

Giro de son — the Cuban son hook turn

2 min read

Son Son Setenta

Son-timed variation in the Cuban casino Setenta family

2 min read

Son Son Vacilala

Cuban casino flirtation figure (Vacila / Vacílala)

2 min read

Son Sostenido

The sustained, held basic of the Cuban son

2 min read

Son Vuelta

The foundational walked turn of Cuban son (giro habanero)

2 min read

Son Vuelta

The foundational led turn of Cuban son and casino

2 min read

Amague

A led or improvised feint in Argentine tango that fakes one movement to launch another

2 min read

Arrastre

The Drag

3 min read

Barrida

Argentine tango floor sweep (arrastre)

2 min read

Barrida and Arrastre

The sweep and drag of the partner's foot in Argentine tango

2 min read

Bicicleta

Free-leg "bicycle" embellishment (adorno) of Argentine tango

2 min read

Cadencia

An in-place rocking weight change that marks the music's cadence in Argentine tango

2 min read

Caricia

The caress adorno of Argentine tango

2 min read

Carpa

La carpa — a counterbalanced 'tent' pose in Argentine tango

2 min read

Castigada

Argentine tango front-boleo action

1 min read

Cruce (the Cross)

The follower's crossed-foot collection at the heart of the eight-step básico.

3 min read

Cruzada

Argentine tango — the follower's cross

3 min read

Cunita (Cuna)

The 'little cradle' — a rocking figure danced in the close embrace of Argentine tango.

2 min read

Doble Frente

A same-facing stage-tango position, also called 'tango al revés'

2 min read

Empujadita

Argentine tango's close-embrace foot-push ("little push")

2 min read

Enganche

Argentine tango leg-hook (coupling) figure

2 min read

Lustrada

Shoe-polish leg embellishment (adorno) in Argentine tango

2 min read

Mordida

Argentine Tango

1 min read

Ocho Atrás (Back Ocho)

Argentine tango's backward pivoting figure-eight

2 min read

Pasada

Tango Argentino

1 min read

Piernazo

A dramatic high-leg throw of Argentine tango

2 min read

Rulo

Argentine tango — a curled floor-tracing adornment, the looping counterpart to the lápiz

2 min read

Sacada Atrás (Back Sacada)

Backward displacement step in Argentine tango

2 min read

Salida

The foundational opening sequence of Argentine tango

2 min read

Sentada

Counterbalanced 'seated' pose of tango argentino (la sentada)

2 min read

Tango Aguja

The "needle" — a pivoting toe-point adornment of Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Apilado

The inclined, shared-axis close embrace of downtown Buenos Aires tango

3 min read

Tango Arrepentida

Decorative two-beat step in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Boleo

A whipping release of the follower's free leg, produced when a led pivot is suddenly checked or reversed

2 min read

Tango Cadena

A continuous chained turning figure (amagues and ganchos) of Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Calesita

A circular axis figure of tango-argentino: the follower as the carousel's centre, the leader as its turning frame.

2 min read

Tango Caminata

The Argentine Tango Walk

3 min read

Tango Caminata Walk

The foundational walk of Argentine tango (la caminata)

2 min read

Tango Colgada

Argentine Tango

2 min read

Tango Contrapaso

Argentine tango's 'counter-step' — a crossing against the line of travel that hinges between the parallel and cross walking systems

3 min read

Tango Corrida

A run of small, quick walking steps in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Corte

A cut in the tango walk — the syncopated stop that, with the quebrada, defined early Rioplatense tango.

2 min read

Tango Cuatro

El cuatro — the follower's figure-four leg adornment

2 min read

Tango Enrosque

A foundational turning figure of Argentine tango

3 min read

Tango Espejo

Mirrored, symmetric movement in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Firulete

Ornamental flourish (adorno) of Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Gancho

A hooking figure of tango‑argentino's close embrace

3 min read

Tango Giro

Fundamental shared turn in salon (Argentine) tango

3 min read

Tango Golpecito

A percussive foot-tap embellishment (adorno) of Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Lápiz

The "pencil" turn of Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Media Luna

Half-moon — the follower's semicircular molinete around the pivoting leader (half of a giro)

3 min read

Tango Media Vuelta

A half-turn that reorients the couple within the ronda

3 min read

Tango Molinete

Argentine Tango

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Tango Ocho Adelante

Forward ocho (ocho adelante) — Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Ocho Cortado

Argentine Tango

2 min read

Tango Palanca

Leverage figure of Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Parada

The leader-initiated stop in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Patada

Decorative kick (patada) in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Planeo

Argentine Tango – Gliding Step

2 min read

Tango Quebrada

The broken off-axis figure of Río de la Plata tango

2 min read

Tango Rebote

A checked rebound that reverses the line of travel

2 min read

Tango Sacada

A leg-displacement (desplazamiento) figure in Argentine tango

3 min read

Tango Saltito

A small partnered jump ('little hop') in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Soltada

Argentine Tango

2 min read

Tango Tijera

The 'scissors' — a leg-crossing embellishment (firulete) in Argentine tango

2 min read

Tango Volcada

An off-axis counterbalance figure of Argentine tango

3 min read

Toque

A non-weighted foot tap/touch embellishment (adorno) in Argentine tango

2 min read

Voleo Circular

Argentine tango's led circular leg-whip, generated by a sudden reversal of the follower's pivot

3 min read

Zarandeo

Lateral swaying figure in Argentine tango

2 min read

Lavar A Roupa

Washing the Clothes

2 min read

Tarraxa Base

Foundational in-place isolation pattern in tarraxa and tarraxinha

1 min read

Tarraxa Cobra

Sequential spinal undulation in close embrace

2 min read

Tarraxa Quadradinha

The Square Figure in Tarraxinha

2 min read

Tarraxa Tarraxada

Signature in-place hip-isolation unit of the tarraxa continuum

2 min read

Tarraxa Ventoinha

Couple Fan Rotation

2 min read

Lean

Shared counterbalance figure in Urban Kiz

2 min read

Tap and Transfer

Urban Kiz Weight-Punctuation Figure

3 min read

Urban Kiz Saida

Urban-kiz adaptation of the kizomba saida exit figure

2 min read

Urbankiz Block Step

Foundational interceptive figure in urban kiz

2 min read

Urbankiz Lady Saida

Follower exit from closed embrace; a foundational separation figure in Urban Kiz

2 min read

Urbankiz Linear Travel

Foundational slot-travel figure of Urban Kiz

2 min read

Urbankiz Pirouette

Follower spot-rotation in closed or semi-open hold

2 min read

Urbankiz Stop

Deceleration-arrest punctuation figure

3 min read

Calesita (Tango Vals)

The carousel figure as danced in tango vals, in 3/4 time.

2 min read

Molinete in Vals

The follower's circular grapevine (giro) carried at the flowing 3/4 lilt of tango vals

2 min read

Vals Cadencia Turns

Argentine tango vals · a turning figure (giro) powered by the cadencia sway

2 min read

Vals Cruzado (Cross-Step Waltz)

The rotary social waltz built on a count-one cross-step

2 min read

Vals Giro Continuo

The continuous rotary turn of the waltz family

2 min read

Bate Cabelo

Head-swing technique in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Body Roll (Ondulação)

Brazilian Zouk spinal undulation

2 min read

Boneca

A folded-arm "doll" wrap in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Bonus

A foundational Brazilian Zouk weight-change figure

2 min read

Boomerang

Brazilian Zouk

1 min read

Cambré

Brazilian Zouk

1 min read

Cambre com Chicote

Arch with whip — follower's backward spinal arch and body-generated hair-whip recovery

3 min read

Chest Rotation

An upper-body isolation that turns the chest around its axis — a signature of Brazilian zouk.

2 min read

Chicote

Brazilian zouk whip action

1 min read

Counterbalance

Shared-weight leaning technique in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Elástico

Brazilian Zouk

1 min read

Forward to Backwards Cambre

Brazilian Zouk — Supported Backward-Arch Figure

2 min read

Gostosinho

Brazilian zouk lateral head-and-body wave

2 min read

Ioio

Reach-and-Return Travelling Figure — Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Lunge

Brazilian zouk supported weight-sink

1 min read

Open Break (Brazilian Zouk)

The foundational figure that opens a closed embrace into a one- or two-hand connection

2 min read

Pian

Brazilian Zouk

1 min read

Pião (Spinning Top)

Foundational Brazilian Zouk axial-turn figure

2 min read

Pretzel Zouk

Brazilian Zouk Closed-Position Arm-Wrap Figure

1 min read

Snakes

Brazilian zouk torso-and-head isolation

1 min read

Soltinho

Brazilian Zouk Position Exchange

1 min read

Viradinha

Brazilian Zouk small pivot for changing direction

1 min read

Volta da Dama

Brazilian Zouk — the follower's full turn (lady's turn)

2 min read

Washing Machine

Brazilian Zouk · Máquina de Lavar — continuous head-led rotation

2 min read

Yo-Yo (Brazilian Zouk)

Brazilian Zouk · elastic open-position figure

2 min read

Zouk Backwards Cambre

Partner-led backward spinal arch in closed hold

2 min read

Zouk Balão

Circular "balloon" travelling figure in Brazilian zouk

2 min read

Zouk Basic (Básico)

Foundational travelling step of Brazilian Zouk

3 min read

Zouk Basic in Place

Foundational in-place slow-quick-quick basic for Brazilian Zouk

1 min read

Zouk Bumerangue Duplo

Brazilian Zouk – double boomerang turn

2 min read

Zouk Carretel

A winding, continuous-rotation figure in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Counter-Balance

Brazilian zouk shared-weight connection technique

2 min read

Zouk Elastico Raul

Elastic rebound figure in Brazilian zouk

2 min read

Zouk Frango Assado

Brazilian zouk head movement (cabeça) — the amplified 'roasted chicken' frango

2 min read

Zouk Grapevine

Foundational lateral traveling figure in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Head Movement

Brazilian Zouk styling element

2 min read

Zouk Kamacho

The signature Brazilian Zouk style of the artist and instructor known as Kamacho

2 min read

Zouk Lateral

A foundational lateral-travel figure of Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Lateral com Cambré

A foundational Brazilian Zouk figure that joins the side-to-side lateral with a led cambré — a backward arch of the head and upper spine carried over the follower's own axis.

2 min read

Zouk Lateral Corridor

Corredor lateral — foundational side-traveling figure in Brazilian zouk

2 min read

Zouk Mergulho

The forward dive of Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Onda

The body wave — a foundational spinal undulation in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Ondulation

Brazilian Zouk body wave (ondulação)

2 min read

Zouk Patinha

The 'Little-Paw' Foot Placement — Brazilian Zouk Foundational Step

2 min read

Zouk Peekaboo

Close-position alternating head-pass figure in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Planada

Traveling Lateral Glide

2 min read

Zouk Reverse Lateral

2 min read

Zouk Rotação

Foundational turning figure in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Rubberband (Elástico)

Brazilian Zouk · stretch-and-recoil traveling figure

2 min read

Zouk Side Chicote

Lateral body-wave whip in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Side Dip

A supported lateral cambré in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Side Lunge

Lateral co-negotiated lunge in Brazilian zouk

2 min read

Zouk Spiral Turn

A continuous, head-accented turning figure in Brazilian Zouk

2 min read

Zouk Tilted Turn

Brazilian Zouk inclined-axis turn

2 min read

Zouk Toalha

Brazilian Zouk head-movement figure (the 'towel' slide)

2 min read

Zouk Walks

The foundational traveling basic of Brazilian Zouk

2 min read