PHASE 3 BOLERO
Example of a Phase 3 Bolero
My Wounded Heart Ph.3 << Has easy-to-view LUNGE BREAKS
BL302 Step Teach Demos
BREAK FAMILY
BL303 Definitions
For detailed definitions, Link to Page BL303
Phase 3 Figure List combines the Level 1 List and the Level 2 List
LEVEL 1 FIGURE LIST
Basic Bolero Walks Forward Break New Yorker Shoulder-to-Shoulder Underarm Turn
LEVEL 2 FIGURE LIST:
Crab Walks Fence Line Hand-to-Hand Hip Lift Lunge Break Spot Turn
Bolero Sampler
BL305 Technique
HIP MOTION
Bolero is a Latin rhythm, but there is not much use of the Latin or Cuban hip motion that is more noticeable in rumba and in mambo. Use Cuban hip motion in Bolero Walks, but in other common figures, body rotation would be more important.
FOOTWORK
As you step to the side on the left foot, rotate a little left face. As you step back with the right, keep that rotation—we are using contra-body movement. In rumba, you tend to dance square to your partner, but in bolero, you dance at an angle, always rotating.
HELPFUL HINTS Remember: "fast feet/slow body."
During the slow count, get your foot out there, but let the body lag behind and slowly flow over the whole two beats.Bolero is slinky. The body never stops; it stays in motion.
Ballroom
Bronze Level Bolero
>>>>>>>MOVE TO LESSON
Ginny Come Lately
AUDIO ONLY
BL320 Lessons
Suggested learning order
Almost all Ph.3 Boleros are Ph.3+1 or +2.
The Modified to Ph.3 selections are introduced at LEVEL 2.
See
BL 221 Smooth as Satin (i.e., Blue Velvet modified)
BL 222 Years Have Passed (modified)
BL 321 When It Comes to Bolero
[The difficulty level for the Holiday dances would fall here. See Section BL367]
BL 322 Endless Love
BL 323 I Have You
BL 324 Maria Elena Bolero << Very famous Bolero and popular dance.
BL 325 All Fall Down
BL 326 Girls I've Loved
BL 327 Hawaiian Wedding Song [Dance Title: Wedding Song Bolero]
BL 328 All the Girls
BL330 Workshops
BL 334 Maria Elena Bolero
BL 335 All Fall Down
BL 338 All the Girls
BL 339 Ph. 3+1 and +2 Reinforcement
BL 339-C (CROSS BODY) Butterflies in Havana
BL 339_R (RIGHT SIDE PASS) Solamente Una Vez
BL 339-T (TURNING BASIC) A Man This Lonely; I Belong to You
BL360 Themes
BL 367 Holidays
BL 367-C Christmas Bolero
BL 367-V Valentine Bolero
BL370 Exhibition
My Heart Will Go On Ph.3
-- Excerpts with The Garzas. filmed by Gary
Christmas in Dixie