The Science of Salsa - Surrounded with Sharonne Vinokurov and Virshki Yekaterina 

Well thank you very much. Please share with your friends. You are the second person to ask about that dance. I've watched it several times myself. Is there any parts in particular that you would like me to breakdown for you?

@judoka9786 this is for you. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7AsdNcjubwI.htmlsi=AyM0XFaDb35rLqgR

I call it a progressive turn. A progressive basic is when the follow takes longer strides in their steps. Making their 3rd step. The 3 if dancing on1, 1 step if dancing on2 is more forward than feet together. I think when people are first learning the basic step, it's easier to show forward and together...back and together. So there is a structure they can follow. In time everyone dances a progressive basic. Hope I explained that well enough.

@@JoeFigueroaLIRDANCE I just re-read your comment. I learned at first to dance On1 and used the fwd-together back-together method. I now usually dance On2 (syncopated) so that my basic starts on 8-&-1 (ball of the foot - heel - weigh transfer), that looks like two 4/4 counts for one step -- two eighth notes (tu-tu) and one quarter note. Merges together it looks and feels like one long step. This "step" and it's mirror on 4-&-5 I do pretty much in place. The break steps 2 or 6 move away from this middle ground. The "rock back" steps -- 3 or 7 -- are anchored in the middle where the 8... / 4... steps were executed. The steps 2 and 3 or 6 and 7 are also two 4/4 counts long but executed as quarter notes. Hence the "quick-quick" impression. So, were I teaching On1, I might use the method you describe above. On2, especially syncopated On2, unlikely. Now, a progressive basic would be something akin to what the follower has to do when she starts down the line in a cross-body lead. Then she does have to take a step forward on 8-&-1. There are many instances where this occurs. And you are right... after dancers reach a certain level the number of simple basics they perform in one dance is fairly limited. We all end up doing something else generally forgetting about our feet. It's just when when we start to pull movements apart or worse teach them that we start splitting hairs. The French have a very impolite way of saying that. If we ever meet, say in Paris at PISC, I'll explain. Anyway... My initial comment had more to do with the fact than an "outside" turn is not always to the outside. It depends on which track the lead stands. The progressive turn, aka outside turn, however, is always a clockwise turn... a travelling 1.5 revolution clockwise turn.

@rianmonnahan INTERESTING thought! You're right. Inside turns is a subjective term. Gives me an idea to do a video on what I refer to as "back lead" or "switched" movements. Thanks! 👍🏽