Video: How to Do Cumbia Dance Step Turns

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Learn how to do dance step turns in cumbia dancing with expert Columbian cumbia dancing instruction from a professional dancer in this free online advanced dance lesson and choreography video clip.

- History of Cumbia Dancing
- How to Variations of Side to Side Cumbia Dance Steps

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nam701 Mar 31, 2009
Hi Christina. Really liked your videos, it gave me the right count and the basics to Cumbia. But I'm a guy and would like to learn how to lead and turn a girl and do different moves. Where can I get some info, or could you put up some more videos for guys.

Video Transcript

We're doing variations on the cumbia basic step. This step is something typically you would do with your partner, but I'm going to show the footwork here and we're going to do a partner in a future clip coming up. It's the step you would use common for a turn. Let's start with our basic. 1, 2, 3, and I'm doing the basic with the kick. That's the style I like. Here comes the turn. 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1,2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Notice I'm putting together some of the variations that you've already learned. I'm putting in the kick. I'm putting in the pivot and the basic. Then we're adding the turn. Let me break it down. Here's our basic. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Going into the turn, you start back with half a basic. You go 1, 2. Now, your 3 is where you're going to turn. It's pretty fast. You're going to go 3, you're going to step forward and pivot all at the same time. Here's my kick, 4, step back, 6, 7, 8. I'm pivoting on 3 and I'm coming back on 7. The kicks are still on 4 and 8. Again, here's out of the basic. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, pivot, 3, 4, 5, 6, pivot, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, again, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1.

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How to Do Cumbia Dance Step Turns

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