Rueda 201 - dancing in circles..

I managed to attend one workshop during the term break and learned a few neat moves - my personal favourites are variations on Pelota - being Pelota Uno, Pelota Dos and Pelota tres. Pelota is usually just an Enchufla with a clap on exiting. Pelota Uno involves stoping twice on the spot and then clapping twice. Pelota dos is two stomps, two claps and two wiggles (or whatever - ala Chris). Pelota tres is two stomps two claps two wiggles and the raising of the left leg before exiting. We also learned a variation on Enchufla double called kangaroo - instead of steeping from side to side you jump like a kangaroo. I really enjoyed these as they were easy to learn - building on existing calls - easy to remember and most of all they look very impressive and allow a little (or in the case of Chris) a lot of creativity.

This week we were graced by the teachings of the lovely Carolyn. The class started with a revision of some of the more difficult steps. The practice at the parties had helped as I only missed a few calls and most of those were misheard. My timing and style need some work but that will come. After some time rehearsing we got a pep talk about how easy it had been up to know and how much harder it was going to get towards the end of the new term *Gulp*. I thought last term was hard. It became obvious to me that those of us not so quick at picking up the moves would need more practice. With this in mind I hatched a plan to form a social practice group for level 1 students. Any level 1 students interested can contact me mailto:steve@prosysgroup.com.au. Carolyn introduced us to a couple of new moves before splitting us into smaller groups. When in smaller groups we all get a chance to have turns at calling. My turn was not altogether too smooth - I forgot the golden rule of calling early in the count and on a couple occasions called too late. When this happens the "quick thinkers" (and the caller) are able to start the move on the next "one" count. The "day dreamers" (I am in this group) will miss the "one" count and wait until the next "one" count to start the move. The result is chaos and confusion. The caller has to wait until the circle returns to normality before starting the next call.

The calls week were -

Cruce (crusafix), Con Vuelta (turn)

 

Steve