Rueda (dance)

Rueda de casino
Rueda de casino
Direction	latin american social dancing
The origins	Cuba
Place and time of occurrence	Cuba
Subgenres
	Rueda de Cuba, Rueda de Miami
Related
	Sleep , Salsa

Rueda ( Spanish rueda - wheel, circle, also rueda de casino ) - a special, Cuban-born, kind of salsa dance performed by several pairs at the same time (from two or more pairs).

Dancing couples line up in a circle and on the command of one of the participants called a “singer” ( Spanish cantante, cantor ), as a rule, men (padre), less often women (madre), harmoniously perform certain figures, replacing partners in a circle. The rued uses movements of both ordinary and paired salsa, as well as specific movements that are characteristic only for it.

It is widely believed that people dancing rueda should perform movements in full synchronism. This is not entirely true: when an rude is executed with an even number of pairs, the so-called “asynchronous” rued is possible. In this case, pairs with odd numbers begin to move as in a regular rudder, and pairs with even numbers begin to lag by a beat. The result is, as it were, two rudas dancing belatedly relative to each other, under the command of one cantor. The change of partners occurs within each of them to their own beat.

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Styles of Rueda de Cachino

There are two styles of dance rueda de casino:

Rueda de Cuba is the original version of the dance that came from Cuba. It is based on movements with the technique of dancing dances and salsa casino .
Rueda de Miami is a modified version of the dance, which was created in the United States by dancers who specialize in linear variations of salsa (since rueda gained immense popularity around the world). The dance is based on the technique and choreography of linear salsa styles.

Rueda Teams ^[1]

Special teams:

Otra [Otra vez] [Uno más] (again) - repeat the previous figure;
Mentira [Broma] (joke) - execution of the current figure is interrupted and the partner returns to that partner and to the same position from which he started;
Abajo - (down) - we dance salsa in a circle, moving back. Pairs in closed positions;
Al medio [p'al medio] [Por el centro] (To the center) - a signal to the discovery of Rueda. Used as an invitation to the start of the dance and to synchronize the participants. Pairs move in a closed position in and out of the circle. Simultaneously with the movement inward, they lower their hands to the center, while moving out of a circle they raise their hands up. The movement continues until the next command is heard (for example, arriba, abajo, dile que no, etc.);
Arriba (up) - we dance salsa in a circle, moving forward, towards the canter. Pairs in closed positions;
Bulla [Una bulla] (noise, din) - During the performance of pa'l medio, we shout “hey!” To the score 5;
Capelia - three times you make a partner turn into the center of the circle, after the third turn, grab the next partner by the tail and remain at the initial partner;
Dame [dame una] (give me) - dile que no with transition to the next partner;
- Dame dos - dame with transition to the second partner (through one);
- Dame tres - dame with the transition to the third partner (in two);
- Dame con una - dame with one clap at the expense of 7;
- Dame con dos - dame with two claps at the expense of 7.8;
- Dame con tres - dame with three claps at the expense of 7.8.1;
- Dame con uno-dos-tres - in a row 3 commands: dame con uno, then dame con dos and dame con tres;
- Dame por la cabeza - dame with the partner leading the head (hand on the back of the head of the partner);
- Dame por el culo - dame with lead partner for the "tail";
  - Esa no me gusta - continue Dame por el culo until the cantor shouts Esa me gusta
- Dame por el estómago - dame with the partner keeping the abdomen (at the same time, the partner doesn’t stick his hand into the girl’s stomach, but the partner “sticks” her stomach to the partner’s hand);
- Dame por la nariz - dame with a partner by the nose;
- Dame por la oreja - dame with a partner for the ear;
- Dame por la pierna - dame with a partner in the leg around the knee;
Dile que no (tell her no) - move from a closed position to an open
Dile que si (tell her yes) - move from open to closed
Enchufa , Enchúfala (plug it in)
- Enchufla doble
Espaguetis - at the expense of 1,2,3 - Enchufla, then the partner takes the partner’s right hand and pretends to suck the long pasta along the entire length of the partner’s hand, and quickly rolls to the next partner;
Foto [Una Foto] (photo)
- Prepare y foto - you make Enchufla, preening your partner along the way, with the next also Enchufla, but during it you stop and take a picture with a loud cry “Chick!” :)
- Photo “in Krasnodar” - all participants freeze, looking up-center, and stand until the cantor commands Basta!
- Photo “in Moscow” - the team is pronounced on the sly so that the partners do not hear. The usual Enchufla is performed, but at the expense of 5, the partner sharply builds her partner’s face and raises her hands :)
Macarrones - on 1,2,3 - Enchufla, then the partner takes the partner’s right hand and pretends to eat pasta, that is, bites the partner’s hand several times over the entire length (symbolically) and quickly rolls to the next partner;
Mantequilla (oil) - at the expense of 7, the partner raises the partner's hands, 1-2-3 runs his hands along the side area from top to bottom, as if wiping his hands, 5-6-7 runs his hands from the bottom up to the next partner. Then he returns to his.
- Mantequilla suave is the same as Mantequilla, only the partner slowly “wipes” his hands first at the next partner, then in his own way, not at the expense, but as much as the kanter wants. If time is left - wipes about himself;
Paseala adentro y afuera - walk her in and out in a closed position
Peluquero (hairdresser) - at 1,2,3 - Enchufla, then the partner does the “hairstyle” to the partner (ruffles her hair) and goes to the next. Usually the guys agree so that the girls do not hear the command, otherwise they risk getting a small female revenge in return :);
- Hasta peluquería (in front of the hairdresser) - at 1,2,3 - Enchufla, then the partner pretends to spit in the palm of his hand and smooths the girl's hair. Then he quickly rolls to another partner;
La policía - Enchufla with a show of hands of a partner, pat the partner on the sides, the partner screams loudly “Ay, Ay!”, Pulls to another partner and we go to the next one;
- La policía “in Moscow” - Enchufla without turning the partner, stroking the partner on the sides, turning the partner by the hands and ourselves turning 7 hands up, then the partners are stroking us, by the basta team to the next partner;
- La policía de mujer - Enchufla, then we start the partner 7 hands up for ourselves, the partner feels from top to bottom - one-two-three on the sides, five-six-seven on the legs, one-two-three on the inner thigh, five - Six-seven take turns wrapping hands starting from the right and eight kicks, after which the partner flies to the next partner: o);
Por arriba (through the top) - by 1,2,3 - the partner’s circle around the partner (behind), while the partner’s leading hand sweeps over his head, by 5,6,7 - we return the partner to the place (second part dile que no) to position abbierto y cerrado;
- Por detrás (behind, behind) - by 1,2,3 - bypass the partner around the partner (behind) with a change of hands of the partner behind him, then by 5,6,7 - we return the partner to the place in the same way, while the partner again changes hand;
- Por de abajo (through the bottom) - for 1 partner lowers the partner’s hand between his legs at the knees from the back and puts the partner’s hand in his right hand, which is in front of himself, for 2 - the partner shifts the partner’s hand from the right hand to the left in front himself, on 3 - the partner intercepts the partner’s hand with his right hand from the back, then he straightens and by 5 again intercepts the partner’s hand in his usual left hand and ends dile que no;
Prima (cousin)
- Prima bonita (beautiful cousin)
- Prima corta (short cousin)
- Prima no la suelta (cousin don't leave her)
- Prima con hermana (cousin with sister)
- Prima con hermana y la familia (cousin with sister and family)
Principe bueno (the good prince)
- Principe malo (bad prince)
Sácala (take her out) - from a closed position, the partners begin to lead the partners inside the circle and back, turning them around, the partners raise their hand during a turn.
Un tarro (bull) - from a closed position, usually on Arriba, the partner moves to the next partner bypassing his left hand, the position of the case does not change;
Vacílala [Vacila] - at 1,2,3 the partner starts turning the partner with her left hand (over the partner’s right shoulder), the partner makes a half-turn, at 5,6,7 she turns to the position dile que no. further, in fact, dile que no;

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