It’s time to move forward with your Rumba! This experience series will take you through the core parts of the QuickSteps Beginner Two syllabus, covering dance steps, technique and lead / follow. At the end, you get to give it all at try at your very own dance party.
Lesson 1 – Monday 11/1/16 – Time for an Upgrade
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Learn the Upgraded UnderArm Turn and apply it to your freestyle
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Create an UnderArm Turn that is more graceful and fluid
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Learn to lead and Follow it properly- How do you establish the difference between turns as a follower?
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Apply Arm styling options to the move
Lesson 2 – Monday 18/1/16 – Cross Body Lead
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Learn the Cross Body Lead and apply it to your freestyle
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Learn the correct lead and follow for a Cross Body Lead
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Apply correct technique
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Gain Styling tips to help you give your Cross Body Lead more movement and attitude
Lesson 3 – Monday 25/1/16 – Technique Freak
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Learn how to increase hip movement in rumba for a softer and more polished appearance
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Learn ‘tech drills’ that you can practise at home
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Practise technique under the supervision of the teacher
Lesson 4 – Monday 1/2/16 – Rock Your Rumba!
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Learn the 4 different ‘rocking actions’ in rumba and how they can be mixed and matched to create new steps
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Learn the Policeman Step and how to lead it with confidence or follow it with style
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Add styling to all 4 rocking actions and your Policeman Step
Lesson 5 – Monday 8/2/15 – Technique Freak and Practise Week!
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45mins of ‘tech drills’ and general practise
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Revise over all step patterns applied over the last 5 weeks and dance them through to music
Lesson 6 – Monday 15/2/16 – Cross Overs
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Learn Cross Overs in Rumba and apply them to your freestyle
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Learn how to lead them with confidence
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How to follow Cross Overs- never miss a Cross Over again!
Lesson 7 – Monday 22/2/16 – Wedding Swivels
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Learn Wedding Swivels and apply them to your rumba freestyle
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How exactly should they be lead and followed?
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Learn the perfect swivel technique for swivel elements in the future
Lesson 8 – Monday 29/2/16 – Technique and Routine
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‘Tech drills’
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Revise each step learnt over the last 8 weeks and build them into a mini routine to music
Lesson 9 – Monday 7/3/16 – Questions Answered…
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Participants are encouraged to ask lots of questions about the material learnt over the last 9 weeks and all steps are perfected to music
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‘Tech drills’
Lesson 10 – Monday 14/3/16 – Private Dance Party!
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This is the best part of the whole experience- putting everything you have been working on into practise! The music plays, we dance and enjoy a casual mingle and a cheeky drink to celebrate our achievements!
