Cuban Vibes Teachers Training Session

Date of next workshop: every 1st Sunday of the Month (3.00pm - 5.00pm) Where: Ilford Sports Club, 3 Cricklefield Place, Ilford IG1 1FY | 020 8514 8352 Cost £5 per session for members | non members £20 per session. We will be covering the Cuban Vibes Syllabus going over all the core teachers points for each move we will also be covering what are the key elements of delivering and managing a dance class. ★-★ Summary of Afro Cuban Workshops ★-★ We will focus more on body movement and basic characteristics of each Orishas rather than the different rhythms. We wI'll also focus more on musicality covered in the different Patakis of each Orishas focusing on La Topa, Nongo, La Lubanche & Chachalokafu and other popular rhythms . ★-★ Summary of Rueda Workshops ★-★ Rueda – a fuera This Rueda workshop is danced with the focus switched to the outside of the wheel. You will learn the basics of “a fuera” as well as some figures, which are especially nice, when dancing to the outside. Rueda - de la Calle This Rueda is fun and funky with short, quick moves with a bit of a twist incorporating some of the familiar standard Rueda moves. Rueda - con Afro/ Rumba This Rueda workshop has elements of Cuban Rumba and Afro Cuban dances, this workshop will give you the basic knowledge of these dances and movement. Rueda – en la Linea This Rueda workshop is a special form of the Rueda, in which the couples do not dance in a circle, but side by side in a line Rueda – Contra Tiempo/Son Rueda This Rueda workshop is danced to Son Music. You will learn how to dance to the Son beat (contra tiempo) Rueda – Cruzado This Rueda workshop will be divided in 2 groups, one group dances on 1, the other group dances on 5 in one Rueda circle. Rueda – Dos Ruedas/ llantar This Rueda workshop will teach you a special expert way to dance Rueda in 2 circles Rueda – Espejo This Rueda workshop is a bit of a brain tease brings you back to when you was a beginner in this format the men start on the right feet and the women on the left in short it’s like looking into a mirror. Rueda – Dos Mujeres This Rueda workshop teaches the men how to dance with two women. Men will be introduced to doing a Rueda with “2 women” and special calls. Rueda – Dos Hombres This Rueda workshop teaches the women how to dance with one man. Women will be introduced to doing a Rueda with “2 men” and special calls. Rueda - Travesti/Switch This is another fun type if rueda when the lead and follower switches role in the rueda and switches back using different rueda transitions so men if you have never played the female role here's your chance. Rueda – Mixta This is a reuda with of 4, 6, or 8 couples but subdivided into two teams. Half of the couples are in normal Rueda format while the other half are in Rueda Pa'Fuera. Teams enter/exit wheel by the call “Enchulfa Mixta”. Rueda – Contrario This a rueda were every second lead change partner in the opposite direction ie contrario means opposite. When the command “contrario” is used the leads are divided in two teams with one team moving in the direction of abajo and the other team in arriba. Rueda - dos Pareja This a rueda with only 2 couples, even though it feels less like a circle, you still can do a lot of the standard and new figures in the comfort of just 2 couples. This type of rueda comes in very handy if you happen to be at a cross body party and your struggling for leads and followers. ★-★ ★-★ ★-★ ★-★ ★-★