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Summary: Learn how to do side to side dance steps in cumbia dancing with expert Columbian cumbia dancing instruction from a professional dancer in this free online advanced dance lesson and choreography video clip.
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Christina Haggerty Christina Haggerty was born and raised in Seattle. She started her formal dance training in college where she took her first classes in jazz, ballet, and Ethn... read more
This is another basic cumbia step and this step goes side to side. It starts out just as easy as this. Step right, come together, right, foot slightly slides in, and then you're going to left, together, left, right, together, right, left, together, left. Notice there's a pause. I'm stepping 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Let's try it a little faster. It goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. That's the basic side cumbia step.