Casino Pendulum
- salsa
- Level 2
- 70–138 BPM
- 8 beats
A Cuban circular figure powered by shared counter-weight, not by the feet. From two-hand frame both partners lean their hips slightly away from each other on 1-3 to load a mutual lateral counter-balance — a controlled 'V' where each carries the other's tone. On 4 the lead starts a counter-clockwise casino travel and the loaded lean swings the couple around their common center like a pendulum bob; the lean is the engine, not the steps. On 5-7 both ease the lean to bring the hips back over the feet, completing a quarter-orbit, and settle to frame on 8. The orbit only works with symmetric, equal-and-opposite weight — it dies if either partner collapses the tone.
Cues
Lead and follow cues
Lead
English
Take both hands on 1 and lean your hips away from {{partner}} on {{count}} 1-3 to load the counter-balance — give equal tone, don't pull. On 4 travel counter-clockwise and let the lean swing you both around the shared center. Ease the lean on 5-7 and settle to frame on 8.
Español
Toma ambas manos en el 1 e inclina la cadera lejos de {{partner}} en los {{count}} 1-3 para cargar el contrapeso — da tono parejo, no jales. En el 4 viaja antihorario y deja que la inclinación los haga girar alrededor del centro compartido. Suaviza la inclinación en 5-7 y asienta al frame en el 8.
Follow
English
Match the lead's hip-away lean on {{count}} 1-3 so the counter-balance is truly shared — never hang, give equal-and-opposite tone. Feel the count-4 circular intent through both hands and travel the orbit, then bring your hips back over your base on 5-7 and re-frame on 8.
Español
Iguala la inclinación de cadera del líder en los {{count}} 1-3 para que el contrapeso sea de verdad compartido — nunca te cuelgues, da tono igual y opuesto. Siente la intención circular del conteo 4 por ambas manos y viaja la órbita, luego lleva la cadera sobre tu base en 5-7 y retoma el frame en el 8.