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MadamSamba

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Hiya, folks.

Just interested in what experiences people have had with rueda and what they think. I've seen it a couple of times in the past few weeks and am fascinated and am thinking about taking lessons.

Is it difficult to learn? Does it take long? Will you be OK learning it if you know a little salsa?

Tell me, tell me, tell me, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease. :)
 
It's not hard to learn at all. For most guys just listening to the calls and reacting is probably the hardest thing since you're essentially 'following' the caller and not leading. I love it every now and then...nice change of pace! Adios!!
 
Just starting to learn myself. As best I can tell, if you already know salsa it'll be a snap for you. There are only a few moves where the woman needs to really know the calls/moves – most of them she can just follow. One tip however...stay put! Don't try to "track" your man the way you might if you were just couples dancing. Especially until you learn all the calls you just need to wait for whichever guy is going to pick you up to come and do so.

Speaking of rueda, I vaguely remember a link to a site with the various rueda moves/names/calls on it... does anyone have or know of such a link?
 
Hi, Salsero_AT! Welcome to the forums! :D

Thanks for the link. :D I'm considering attending a few rueda lessons myself, since there's a studio five minutes from my place. Nothing yet, though. :?

Thanks for joining us. I look forward to seeing you in the forums. :D

Jenn
 
Thanks for the welcoming :D

I hope you try rueda one time, it is really great fun... and you can also do some quite challenging figures ... "torniquette" (from Salsalovers i think) for a example is a very fast move influenced by LA style ... which leaves me exhausted if i do it a couple of times 8)
 
I probably will try it in a couple weeks. There are classes about 2 miles from my house, on Wednesday and Friday nights. I'm working hard on another dance project right now, so I've put all my new dance plans on hold for a while, so I can focus and practice. So probably in November. I hear rueda is really fun. :D
 
MadamSamba said:
Hiya, folks.

Just interested in what experiences people have had with rueda and what they think. I've seen it a couple of times in the past few weeks and am fascinated and am thinking about taking lessons.

Is it difficult to learn? Does it take long? Will you be OK learning it if you know a little salsa?

Tell me, tell me, tell me, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeease. :)
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Hi MS. I've taken Casino Rueda and absolutely love it! For beginners, the most important calls to know are "Dame" (Changing partners) and "Dile que No" (Cross body lead for One on One Salsa). To get a head start on Dance patterns, check out http://www.salsa-rueda.de/index_clip.php

The site may be in German but the patterns are pretty much the same. Enjoy! Una Bulla!
 
Wow! Thanks so much for all your advice, links and, most of all, enthusiasm!! :) I'm terribly excited about starting classes in a couple of weeks time! :) The video links are especially great.
 
So started the salsa rueda classes yet MadamSamba? I've been doing it for about 5 weeks now and having a lot of fun at it. :)
 
Just learnt a second basic rueda step, an alternative gaupea step. Instead of stepping as in salsa quick, quick, slow...it is quick,quick,quick,quick. I'm curious which versions you ruderos/as have done and which one you prefer, and why.

Version A
Leader Follower
R 1-2. step L
L 3 step R
R 4 step L
L 5-6 step R
R 7 step L
L 8 step R

Version B
Leader follower

R 1.step L
L 2. tap R
L 3. step R
R 4. step L
L 5. tap R
L 6. step R
R 7. cross-step L
L 8. step R
 
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