ABC’s Of Latin & Hidden Secrets – Rumba Part 1

Product Description

Rumba Part 1 begins with Basic Movement, Fan and Hockey Stick, then continues through Spot Turns, New Yorker and Hand to Hand. Natural Top, Cucarachas and Closed Hip Twist lead into opening-out work and Reverse Top, placing several established figure families within the same programme.

The later topics include Open Hip Twist, Spiral, Curl and Aida, followed by Rocks, Rope Spinnings and Sliding Doors. Three Alemanas, Advanced Opening Out and the closing Three Threes topic extend the selection. This breadth allows viewers to revisit the relationships among figures across one Rumba volume, while the full contents keep each topic in sequence.

The later topics are not collapsed into the basic opening group. Sliding Doors, Three Alemanas and Three Threes retain their own places in the programme, while the separate Spiral, Curl and Aida entries make the middle selection easier to identify. A student concentrating on one figure family can consult the contents before returning to the relevant part of the recording. Corky and Shirley Ballas present this as Rumba Part 1 within their ABC’s Of Latin & Hidden Secrets series. Approximately 80 minutes covers the stated selection. The complete figure list gives teachers and dancers a defined repertoire reference, preserving the course’s progression without suggesting that a named figure alone describes every technical detail taught.

Course Contents

• 1. Basic movement
• 2. Fan
• 3. Hockey stick
• 4. Spot turn to L and R
• 5. New Yorker
• 6. Hand to hand
• 7. Natural top
• 8. Cucarachas
• 9. Closed hip twist
• 10. Opening out to R and L
• 11. Reverse top
• 12. Alemana
• 13. Open Hip Twist
• 14. Spiral
• 15. Curl
• 16. Aida
• 17. Rocks
• 18. Rope spinnings
• 19. Sliding doors
• 20. Three Alemanas
• 21. Advanced Opening out
• 22. Three Three””””s