How to Do Sweetheart Cumbia Dance Steps

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Summary: Learn how to do sweetheart 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

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How to Do Sweetheart Cumbia Dance Steps

Now that we've learned the turn, the side basic, we're going to show you one more cumbia step. Coming out of the basic. It's still a turn, but it's a turn into sweetheart position. It comes out of the basic. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and you continue just with the basic. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. Explaining the step, it comes out of a basic. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. Now you need to make sure that you're holding onto to both hands. 1, 2, 3. It's similar to the turn that we did over here. The main thing is you don't let go of the other hand. Watch. It goes 1, 2, 3, she does her basic, you do your basic in place, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 1. What the hand is doing is coming over the head. The right hand is staying down at the waist. Both hands come down to waist level. Then again you reverse, bring it down, over the head, bring it down, reverse, bring it down. The steps on this for the leader are very small. You're just doing the basic in place. It's the follower that's doing the most of the work. Watch her step. It goes right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left, right, left. Here's her step. Let's smooth it out. I'll show you one last time with the basic. 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2,3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, and 1.

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