Setenta

Casino Partner Figures

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Lead, Follow

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Casino Partner Figures

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Setenta establishes an early wrap or hammerlock organization. Hands, elbows, and shoulders remain readable and mobile throughout.

The arm position organizes the figure rather than restraining the partner. Shoulder freedom matters more than maximizing the wrap.

Further turning or passing actions follow the early wrap. Steps and travel pathways remain independently organized.

The existing arm organization is released and reorganized in a controlled way rather than ending through abruptly dropping an unclear wrap.

The final exit is complete only when both dancers regain a workable couple orientation and a connection suitable for the continuation.

In a common basic form, Setenta begins with two-hand connection and a right or outside turn of the follow. This develops into a Hammerlock-like wrapped position.

The rear arm position is a result of rotation and hand organization. Shoulder and elbow are not pushed behind the back simply to create the shape.

The continuing Setenta structure releases the wrap through coordinated turns and position changes. Both dancers retain personal axes.

Begin with the entry, follow right turn, and controlled wrapped position, then stop there.

Then practice the Enchufla or lead-turn organization slowly without using residual arm tension.

Can both dancers remain independently balanced at every intermediate position and release the arms without pressure?

The arm arrives behind the body in control rather than being separately pushed or pulled there.

Both arms retain enough movement reserve for the following resolution.

The following turn and Enchufla elements remain readable as individual tasks rather than becoming uncontrolled continuous rotation.

One three-eight-count Setenta Complicado variant starts with a Setenta entry into the wrap/hammerlock organization; in the second eight the Lead crosses on count 1 into the characteristic complicated passage and performs the hook turn; the third eight resolves through Enchufla and positioning.

The name Setenta Doble is not used consistently across schools. One variant uses two clearly separated Setenta wrap-and-unwind cycles before the final exit.

Alias entry for the same closed-position Casino base action as Adentro y afuera: rhythmic opening and closing of the couple space with elastic weight transfer. Regionally the name does not identify a uniquely different choreography.

Bayamo denotes a family of Casino figures with crossed two-hand connection and a Rodeo-Inverso-like circular pathway as a recurring core idea. Entries and exits vary; Sombrero is a possible but not defining resolution.

Coca-Cola can denote the Follow’s traveling left turn layered onto a Casino walking/Dile-que-no passage. The rotation is superimposed on continuing travel rather than performed as a stationary spot turn.

In common Casino versions, El Dedo combines a guided Follow right turn with Enchufla or a Follow left turn, a Lead right/outward turn, and Dile que no. Starting handhold varies; right-to-right is documented alongside other one-hand variations.

Fundamental Casino figure and common transition from closed to open position: the Follow passes the Lead on a curved walking pathway while the Lead opens space, and both finish oriented toward each other again.

The name Dile que sí is school-dependent. One couple variant uses a hand-held Vacílala from open position to bring the Follow back into closed or near-closed couple position.

Extended Sombrero figure using several successive two-hand and side-changing pathways. One common version begins with Sombrero, moves into a reverse-Sombrero-like return pathway, and then uses further turning and hand pathways before resolving with Dile que no.