How Do You Do Cumbia Dancing?
“Hello, my name is Rosario Nene Ortega. I am a dance instructor and performer at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida. In this clip I am going to show you how to put Cumbia dance steps together with a partner. What you will need is comfortable clothing, a comfortable pair of shoes, nice Cumbia music and a partner. So let’s show you some of the steps together. We are going to start with the basic, one, two, three and five, six, now the first turn we are going to turn. I have to come back from the turn and then a sweetheart. In the mirror you can see our feet and here we are going to show you how to break this down and put it together so we’re going to start with our basic position and we start with the basic step, one, two, three, our hands framed, he is going to lift his arm to indicate to me that I am going to turn. He turns me, I go around and I face him and then he turns, he lifts again to let me know that he wants again. Now our hands are parallel together, when we break back he
“Hello, my name is Rosario Nene Ortega. I am a dance instructor and performer at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida. In this clip I’m going to show you how to do the crossover in Cumbia. You would need comfortable clothes, comfortable shoes, great music and a nice partner. So I’m going to show you how it is. We are going to start one, two, three, five, six, seven, again, one, two, three, and five, six, seven. Now I’m going to break down the footwork for you. I’m going to start with the lady, with the lady it is going to break back, one, two, three, notice that in the three he is in the second position open because I need to crossover and pass to the other side so I cross with my left and I turn and he turns. So we’re going to do the whole thing again and one, two, he opens, and I continue walk, walk together. This has been Rosario Nene Ortega.
“Hello, my name is Rosario Nene Ortega. I am a dance instructor and performer at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida. In this clip I’m going to show you how to put Cumbia dancing steps together. What you’re going to need is comfortable clothing, a comfortable pair of shoes, nice Cumbia music and a wonderful partner. So I’m going to show you several steps how they put them together, how to link them together. I’m going to start with a basic step, one, two, three, and one, two three. He’s going to do open break and continue with the open break. We’re going to change hands, we are going to do the sweetheart. In the mirror you can see our feet and here you can see our arms. I’m going to break it down with you. We are going to start with the basic, the basic step will be break back, change, forward and now change, left and together again now we’re going to do an open break which is one, two, three, I’m going to pass to the other side with my left. I’m going to turn and again to complete
“Hello, my name is Rosario Nene Ortega. I am a dance instructor and performer at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida. In this clip I’m going to show you some basic Cumbia dance steps. What you would need is comfortable clothing, comfortable shoes and a great Cumbia song. So I’m going to show you the basic step. The basic step I’m going to break back, break and break back and also there is a movement of my hips and the hip is doing to go down, up, down, down, up, down because the Cumbia is a movement that is very Latin and is very grounded. So I’m going to break this down for you. So I’m going to break back to turn this way so you see me, one, two, three, pause, one, two, three, pause, one, two, three, pause, one, two, three, pause.
“Hello! My name is Rosario Nene Ortega. I’m a dance instructor and performer at The Goddess Store in Hollywood, Florida. In this clip I’m going to show you how to do this Sweetheart Cumbia Step. What you would need is comfortable clothing, comfortable shoes, great Cumbia music, and a wonderful partner. So let us begin, and one, two, three, five, six, seven, one, two, three, five, six, seven. So let’s break down the hand movement. Gonna go into position, we are faced to each other, facing each other, we’re hand to hand, and we’re going to go one, two, three, he’s going to lift his arm, and he’s going to take me to his side, and here we are together. Now let’s take a look at the feet. We break back one, two, three, I’m going to step forward, and he’s going to pivot me, and I’m going to complete the movement.
