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Summary: Learn how to do crossover 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
Another variation for the cumbia basic step is. Here's the basic again. You're going to step, together, step, and step, together, step. In this variation you're actually going to travel more. Instead of just having your feet come together, you're actually going to cross in front, step, and slide. Step, step. See how I'm crossing in front. With the counts to the music, it would look like this. Right, left, right, and left, right, left, and right, left, right, and left, right, left. Now let me count. It goes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Again, just breaking down slowly. You step, cross in front, step, slide it in, step, cross in front, step, slide it in.