Rueda de Casino
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Rueda de Casino is a way of dancing Cuban salsa where pairs form a circle (in Spanish, rueda means "wheel"), and partners frequently swap. A cantante (Spanish for "singer") gives commands. This list is a quick lookup to remind yourself of the commands - click on the names of the moves to see more complete descriptions.
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[edit] All Moves
| Name | translation | description | related figures |
| Abajo | Down | Walk backwards | Una Abajo, Arriba, Centro, Tarrito |
| Abanico | Fan (as in fanning air) | Sombrero, turn girl, then ronde. | Sombrero, Ronde |
| Adiós | bye | Command for changing the direction in the cadena. | Cadena, Centro, Prima |
| Alarde | show off | Croqueta | |
| Amarillo | Yellow | Turn to the right, push her hand, duck under your left, push her hand, back to Guapea | Guapea |
| Arriba | Up | Walk forwards | Abajo, Centro, Dame, Tarrito |
| Azuquita | video | ||
| Barrera | barrier | Centro | |
| Benjamín | benjamin, youngest son | Mambo, Tango | |
| Beso | kiss | video | |
| Biquini | bikini | chicos también - span. for "guys as well". | |
| Cadena | chain | Adiós, Directo, Prima | |
| Candela | Flame | 3 sets of claps | Guapea |
| Centro | middle | Arriba, Abajo, Cadena, Tarrito | |
| Cero | zero | Ocho, Prima Centro con Dos | |
| Chicos/Chicas | guys/ladies | ||
| Cien | hundred | Noventa | |
| Complícate o Complicado | "complicate yourself" or "complicated" | ||
| Croqueta | croquette | Enchufa | |
| Cruce | cross | mpg video | |
| Cuatro | four | Dos, Tres, Una | |
| Cubano | Cuban | Leaders move side to side in front of followers | El Dos, Enchufa |
| Dame | Give me (one) | Move on to the next follower | Tarrito, Cucaracha |
| Dame Dos | Give me two | The same as dame, but miss out a partner | Dame Tres |
| Dame Otra | Give me another | Identical to dame | No Me Gusta |
| Dame Tres | Give me three | The same as dame, but miss out two partners | Dame Dos |
| Dame Una | Give me one | The same as dame | No Me Gusta |
| Derecha | right | Izquierda | |
| Dile Que No | Tell her no | Cross body step | None |
| Directo | directly | Mentira | |
| Doble o Dos | "double" or "two" | Enchufa | |
| Drácula | Dracula | Enchufa, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti | |
| El Dedo | The finger | Right-to-right, follower turns right, left, leader turns right, Enchufa then Dile Que No | En Loji, Montaña |
| El Pozo | The well | Bring up water from a well | None |
| Enchufa | Plug her | Follower's left turn and leaders move to the next follower. Video | Enchufa Doble, Enchufa y Sacla, Enchufa para Arriba, Enchufa con Rounded, Dile Que No |
| Enchufa con Viaje | Connect her, with a journey | Enchufa, then miss out one follower while you turn twice | Enchufa |
| Enchufa Doble | Plug her twice | Enchufa, but the leader stops the follower with his right arm, then pushes her back, and repeats a normal Enchufa. Video | Enchufa y Sacla |
| Enchufa Doble Sácala Doble | Connect her twice, take her out twice | Enchufa Doble, then the leader changes hands, and makes the follower do a right turn in the centre, twice. | Enchufa Doble |
| Exhíbala | Exhibit her | The follower turns in the centre, then back out | Abajo, Arriba, Para el Medio |
| Farolero | show off | Havana | |
| Flor | flower | Levántala, Prima Centro con Dos | |
| Fly | spanglish: a fly | a fuera - span. for to the outside; al suelo - span. for "to the floor"; al medio - span. for in the middle | Pelota |
| Frankenstein | Enchufa, Drácula, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti | ||
| Fuente | fountain | Croqueta | |
| Fuera | outside | Fly | |
| Guapea | Basic step | Dame, Dile Que No, Enchufa | |
| Giro | turn | ||
| Havana | Farolero | ||
| Izquierda | left | Derecha | |
| Kentucky | video | ||
| Levántala | lift her up | Flor, Prima Centro con Dos | |
| Mambo | mambo [dance] | Tango | |
| Medio | middle | Fly | |
| Mentira | lie | Directo | |
| Mira la Bonita | look at the beautiful lady | ||
| No Me Gusta | I don't like this | Repeat the previous move | None |
| Noventa | ninety | Ochenta, Cien | |
| Ochenta | eighty | Sesenta, Noventa | |
| Ocho | eight | Prima Centro con Dos, Cero | |
| Otra | another | ||
| Panqueque | pancake | ||
| Para el Medio | To the middle | Step to the middle of the circle | Enchufa, Treinta y Tres, Flor, Levántanla |
| Paseándola | passing her | ||
| Patín | Skate | Enchufa, leaders meet in the middle, skate to the right then left, and meet the next follower | Enchufa |
| Pelota | Ball | Stamp twice then clap twice | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Peluqería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti |
| Pelota Loca | Crazy ball | Enchufa then stamp, clap, stamp, clap, stamp, clap, clap clap | Pelota, Enchufa |
| Peluquería | barber's shop | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti | |
| Policía | police | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti | |
| Prima | female cousin | video | Flor, Levántala, Ocho, Cero |
| Príncipe Bueno | good prince | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Malo, Spaghetti | |
| Príncipe Malo | bad prince | video | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Spaghetti |
| Recoge un Kilo | take a kilo | video | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Spaghetti |
| Salúdate | |||
| Setenta | seventy | Ochenta | |
| Sombrero | Hat | Hold both hands, right over left, and turn her to her left, then move your left arm over your head, and your right over hers - video | Noventa |
| Spaghetti - or espagueti, since most Spanish speaking people cannot pronounce sp or st at the beginning of a word | Enchufa, Drácula, Frankenstein, Pelota, Peluquería, Policía, Príncipe Bueno, Príncipe Malo | ||
| Suelo | floor | Fly | |
| Tango | con giro - with turn. | Mambo, Benjamín | |
| Tarrito | Cheat on her (literally small horn) | Lift your left arm and walk under it to the next follower | Dame |
| Tres | three | Cuatro, Dos, Una | |
| Trompo | pegtop | ||
| Una | one | Cuatro, Dos, Tres | |
| Vacílala | swing her | ||
| Vuelta por el Mundo | around the world |
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From w:Rueda de Casino:
Translations are in ( ), variants are in [ ], explanations are in <>.
- A Bayamo
- A Bayamo por de bajo
- A Bayomo complicado
- Abajo (down)
- Abrázala (hug her)
- Adiós (bye) <Miami>
- Adiós con la hermana (with the sister)
- Adiós con la hermana complicado <leads hook turn and switch partners at the end>
- Adiós con la familia (with the whole family)
- Adiós con la prima
- Adiós con (la) vuelta
- Adiós largo
- Festival de adiós [con una] [con dos] [con tres] <adios con una, then adios con dos, then adios con tres - or until your "con" whatever you called>
- Al medio [p'al medio] (to centre)
- A lo cortico
- Arriba al tiempo España
- Aspirina <Enchufla-Exhibela-Dile que no>
- Avion
- Balsero (raftsman)
- Bikini
- Beso [El beso] (kiss)
- Besito (little kiss)
- Bola
- Bola una
- Bola dos
- Bola tres
- Botella [La botella] ... -> con la tapa (con tapa)... -> trunca
- Bulla [Una bulla] [Suena]
- Cadeneta (chain) <series of enchufla's with men's Lh and Rh - different than La Cadena>
- Candado (lock)
- Candado de mentira
- Cero [El cero] (zero)
- Cien (one hundred)
- Coca-Cola <from Guapea, assumes dame first - after a Dame, if called before "1" or DQN position, take your next lady into Coca-Cola>
- Coco
- Coquita
- Consorte
- Croqueta [or Taxi]
- Cucaracha (cockroach)
- Dame (una) (Gimme one) <the "una", unless otherwise called, is assumed>
- Dame otra (give me another)
- Dame una/dos/tres... (gimme 1/2/3..)
- Dame y arriba [also Dame dos arriba, tres arriba...]
- Dame (una) con una (with clap(s)) <Miami claps on "1", Cuba claps on "7">
- (Dame) Dos con dos/una (dame dos with 2/1 claps)
- Dame 1/2/3... con 1/2/3...
- Dame... con las manos [pasa con los manos, pasala con los manos]
- Otra (again) <whatever was called previously / not necessarily dame una>
- Danilo
- Danilo y dame
- Dedo (finger)
- Dedo saboreado (with flavor)
- Dedo, guarapo y bota(la)
- Dile que no (tell her "no")
- Dile que si (tell her "yes")
- Doble play
- Doble cero (double zero)
- Dos (two)[El Dos]
- Drácula
- Echevarria
- Enchufla (plug in)
- Enchufla pa'fuera
- Enchufla, Enchufla pero no dile que no (enchufla without "dile que no") <"Enchufla" by default includes Dame "5-7">
- Enchufla doble (double)
- Enchufla que no [Enchufla y no le llegas] <same partner / finish with dile que no>
- Enchufla con la pierna (with the feet)
- Enchufla con vuelta (with turn) <men CCW turn 5-7>
- Enchufla con la familia
- Festival de enchufla [con una] [con dos] [con tres] <enchufla con una, then enchufla con dos, then enchufla con tres - or until your "con" whatever you called>
- Enchufla p'al medio (to middle) [Enchufla p'al centro] (to center)
- Con una/dos (with 1/2 claps)
- Con vuelta (with turn) <CW turn men 1-3, ladies 5-7>
- Con las manos (with hands) <continuous DQN>
- Sin manos (without hands)
- Cadena [Tranca]
- Cadena y Mujeres y Hombres ... Se Fue (get out / on your own)
- Cero (0)
- Seis (6)
- Ocho (8)
- Ocho se fue (one goes around in an "8" formation)
- Enchufla y casate (get married)
- ...la cunada,... la hermana,... su madre,... la tuya
- Enchufla por detrás
- Evelyn
- Exhibe(la) (exhibit her / show her off)
- Fly [Un fly] [Fly dos]
- Frankenstein
- Gancho (hook)
- Guapea [guaperia] (prep / basic step)
- Havana
- Helicoptero
- Huracan (hurricane)
- Juana la cubana (Juana (a girl's name) from Cuba) <smoking cigar>
- Kentucky
- Kentucky complicado
- La rosa (rose)
- Mantecado
- Montaña (mountain)
- Hombres derecha (men to the right)
- Hombres izquierda (men to the left)
- Mosquito (everyone claps above their head on the next 1)
- Mujeres derecha (women to the right)
- Mujeres izquierda (women to the left)
- Noventa (ninety)
- Nueve (nine)
- Ochenta y quatro
- Ochenta y quatro moderno
- Panqué
- Pasa con los manos (pasala con los manos, dame con los manos) (pass with hands)
- P'al medio [Al medio] (to centre)
- Pa'Arriba (upstream) <ladies backwards, or counter-clockwise, Miami>
- Pa'Abajo (downstream) <ladies forwards, or clockwise, Miami>
- Pa' Afuera (turns the circle inside out) <DC>
- Pa'Tras (backward) <Spain>
- Para Ti, Para Mi <Miami, Enchufla for ladies, then men, then ladies, dile que no>
- Para Ti, Para Mi <Cuba, claps into el Medio and to partners in Rueda, CW for men, CCW for ladies>
- Pelota (ball)
- Pelota (con) dos (with 2 claps)
- Pelota (con) quatro (with 4 claps and everyone turns to left)
- Pelota (con) loca (crazy)
- Peluquería
- Photo [Una Foto] <Boston>
- Ping Pong <USA>
- Play <Cuba>
- Doble Play
- Triple Play
- Prima
- Prima doble
- Prima con hermana
- Principe bueno
- Principe malo [Castigalo]
- Policía
- Policia de Miami
- Ponle sabor (put flavor on her)
- Puente (bridge)
- Rico pa el
- Rollo y Guaguanco <Malaysia>
- Rompela
- Rubenada
- Sabia (wisdom)
- Saboreado
- Sacar agua del pozo
- Seis (6)
- Serrucho (saw)
- Setenta (70)
- Setenta complicado (complicated 70)
- Setenta Miami
- Setenta con las manos (with the hands)
- Setenta por debajo largo <Cuba>
- Setenta por debajo largo <Miami>
- Setenta nuevo (new) <Miami>
- Noventa (90) <Miami>
- Setenta y Uno (71) <Cuba>
- Setenta y Dos (72) <Cuba>
- Setenta y Tres (73) <Cuba>
- Sencillo
- Siete (7)
- Siete loco
- Siete moderno <men's Lh catches ladies Lh on "3">
- Siete con Coca-Cola
- Siete loco complicado
- Sin manos (without hands)
- Sombrero
- Sombrero doble
- Sombrero p'abajo [Sombrero por de bajo]
- Sombrero doble
- Sombrero doble complicate <Singapore>
- Sombrero de Manny
- Suena [Bulla] (make sound) <Cuba>
- Tarro [Un tarro] (horn) <Cuba>
- Hombres un tarro
- Mujeres un tarro
- ... de mentira (change your mind)
- Dos tarros
- Tarro, pero no la suelte
- Tarrito (cheat) <Miami>
- Tarrito de mentira (cheat... but change your mind)
- Pegale Tarrito (cheat, hold hands) -> Se Fue (get out / on your own)
- Telefoto
- Talía
- Three-way stop
- Trenecito
- Twist <from Guapea, inside hands together on "3", twist 5-6-7 while holding outside hand>
- Uno (one) [La una]
- Vacila(la) (check her out)
- Vacila con vuelta (with turn) <men hook 5-7, Miami>
- Vacila y sienta {sienta la}
- Vacilence los dos (together) <men spin CCW 1-3, Miami>
- Vacilence los dos con vuelta
- Xemena
- Yogurt
- Yogurt con tapa
- Yogurt con todo el mundo
- Yogurt con la vecina
- Yogurt para siempre
- Yogurt shake
[edit] External links
- Ruedapedia
- Historia de la Rueda de Casino y la Salsa en Cuba
- Indianapolis Rueda (list of calls)
- A Syllabus of Rueda Moves
- large selection of videoclips of Rueda de Casino commands - French site
- List of over 150 Rueda de Casino moves with descriptions in German
- includes 89 videos showing individual moves
- Rueda commands with description
- wikibook for rueda commands
- Various styles of Salsa
- list of Rueda de Casino steps
- Salsa Steps from "Salsa in Singapore"