Dame Dos

Rueda Group Figure

a-tiempo, contratiempo

Lead, Follow

a tiempo · contratiempo

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Rueda de Casino

rueda

a-tiempo, contratiempo

Dame Dos is a partner transfer across two Follow positions. The Lead does not take the immediately next Follow.

The first Follow downstream is visibly skipped, making the Lead's travel path distinct from a normal Dame.

The Lead continues to the second Follow downstream and establishes the new partner connection only there.

Follows remain largely in their circle sectors while Leads perform the longer transfer pathway.

Because every Lead travels two slots, tempo and pathway width must remain organized so neighboring Leads do not enter one another's travel lanes.

Dame Dos does not change the number of claps. It changes the reach of the partner exchange: instead of moving only to the immediately next dancer, the change continues to the second intended partner position.

Because one partner position is passed over, gaze, body direction, and travel need to orient earlier toward the more distant destination.

The additional distance is covered through appropriate steps. A large jump or pulling on other dancers does not replace the travel pathway.

Practice the normal one-position change first and then use the same starting organization with the destination two positions away.

Keep visual orientation on the actual destination and avoid forming a brief false connection at the skipped position.

Can you reach the second partner position in time without running, jumping, or cutting through other dancers' pathways?

The longer change remains spatially distinguishable from Dame Una.

The skipped position is not temporarily received as the new partnership.

The longer pathway travels neither far into the center nor unnecessarily outside the circle.

Dame to the next Follow with two claps. In one A-tiempo variant the claps fall on 7 and 8 before Dile que no; other schools place the accents differently.

Rueda partner change: each Lead leaves the current Follow and travels downstream to the immediately next Follow; Follows largely hold their circle sectors and receive the incoming Lead. Continue with Dile que no or the next call.

Immediate repetition of Dame: the Lead who has just arrived releases the new connection again and advances one more Follow slot in the same downstream direction.

Dame to the next Follow with one clap on 7 before the following Dile que no. Partner-transfer mechanics remain identical to Dame.

In the compound call Enchufla y Dame, Enchufla is danced with the current partner and is followed by exactly one Dame partner transfer to the next Follow. This avoids a double transfer even though in some Rueda schools “Enchufla” alone already implies a Dame exit.

Like Pelota una, but with two claps during the transfer to the next Follow. In one A-tiempo execution the two accents fall on 7 and 8.

One Rueda variant of Adiós begins with a back-spot/circular rotation; near the end the Lead ducks under the Follow’s left arm and leaves the current partner to take the next Follow counter-clockwise.

Adiós con la Hermana or Prima con la Hermana begins without an immediate partner change. After the Adiós/Prima opening, Hermana continues as an Enchufla organization with the current Follow; in the common Rueda version the partner change occurs at the end of Hermana, followed by Dile que no.

One Cero sequence begins with Enchufla: on 5 the Lead steps back, on 6 into the circle and claps on 7. He then spins back out. The Follow duplicates the inward action next, stepping back on 1, into the circle on 2 and clapping on 3. Both return to the same partner and finish with Dile que no.