How to Do a Basic Bronze International Rumba Routine
The International Rumba is a beautiful dance that allows a great deal of expression and body movement because of its particularly slow timing. Compared to American Rumba, it is considerably slower in tempo, and as a result requires a fine understanding of solid weight transfers, speed of transitions, and good understanding of basic techniques. Below is a Bronze level International Rumba routine you may utilize for practicing the techniques or for competitive purposes.
Instructions
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Begin in facing position. Man offers his left hand to the lady and initiates hockey stick to hip twist on beats "4, 1."
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End in fan position. Man may choose to break side or forward on "2."
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Continue into an alemana for the lady and follow with an opening out. Finish with a closed hip twist and release the lady into fan position once more.
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Perform a fan and continue onwards into a hockey stick and end facing forward.
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You may choose perform an alemana for the lady on the forward break for the man here, or repeat the routine from Step 1.