Jive's Toe Heel Tap and Kick Flick Ball Change

In 28th class, we learnt Jive's Toe-Heel-Tap and Kick-Flick-Ball change steps.

Toe Heel Tap steps:
Both partners do a break away and start facing the same directions.
1: Jive step 1.
2: Jive step 2.
3/Toe: With weight on right foot, he touches his left foot's toe to ground and mid of right foot. His left foot's heel remains lifted pointing back and left upwards.
4/Heel: Now he touches his left foot's heel to ground and mid of right foot. His left foot's toe points a bit left and upwards.
5/Tap: He does a tap with his left foot, such that both feet are close and parallel to each other. Weight is shifted on left foot.

6/Toe: He picks up his right foot and touches his its toe to ground and mid of left foot. His right foot's heel remains lifted pointing back and right upwards.
7/Heel: Now he touches his right foot's heel to ground and mid of left foot. His right foot's toe points a bit right and upwards.
8/Tap: He does a tap with his right foot, such that both feet are close and parallel to each other. Weight is shifted on right foot.

Kick Flick Ball change steps:
After doing Toe Heel Tap steps, both partners do:
1: Jive step 1.
2: Jive step 2.
3/Kick: With weight on right foot, he picks up and does a kick step with his left foot towards forward direction, such that his left foot toe's point towards ground.
4/Flick: He again picks up his left leg sufficiently and does a flick towards his left. His left foot's toe points towards left and downwards.
5/Ball: He places down his left foot just back to his right foot. Weight is shifted on left foot.

6/Kick: With weight on left foot, he picks up and does a kick step with his right foot towards forward direction, such that his right foot toe's point towards ground.
7/Flick: He again picks up his right leg sufficiently and does a flick towards his right. His right foot's toe points towards right and downwards.
8/Ball: He places down his right foot just back to his left foot. Weight is shifted on right foot.

Salsa's Cross Hand Variations

In 27th class, we learnt Salsa's Cross hand variations.
After a complete basic step we do:
1: Male partner does open break. He starts leading by forming an inverted C. He pushes his left and female partner's right hand to his left.
2: Step 2 of open break. His left hand continues forming inverted C
3: Step 3 of open break. His lifts his left hand, with left hand palm vertical facing her.
5: Step 5 of side step. He picks his right foot and does a side step. He leaves her left hand and she starts doing a clockwise turn. While doing side step, he should look at his right. His left hand remains at the lifted position and helping her to take a turn.
6: Step 6 of side step.
7: Step 7 of side step. She completes the turn and both partners lower their hands down. While bringing their hands down, they do cross hands. He leaves her right hand and catches it with his right hand. Now both partners have their left hands free.

1: He again does open break. He starts leading by pushing her right hand with his right hand towards her right side.
2: Step 2 of open break. He starts lifting his right hand.
3: Step 3 of open break. His lifts his right hand above their head, with right hand's two fingers in her palm, such that his palm is horizontal and facing her.
5: Step 5 of side step. He picks his right foot and does a side step. She again starts doing a clockwise turn. While doing side step, he should look at his right. His right hand remains at the lifted position and helping her to take a turn.
6: Step 6 of side step.
7: Step 7 of side step. She completes the turn and both partners lower their hands down. While bringing their hands down, he catches her left hand with his left hand above their right hands.

1: Now both partners do cross body lead. Both do step 1 of CBL.
2: Step 2 of CBL.
3: Step 3 of CBL.
Shift: He leads her by leaving their right hands and pulling her left hand by his left hand towards his left.
5: Step 5 of CBL.
6: Step 6 of CBL.
7: Step 7 of CBL. They both do cross hands, so that his left hand now holds her right hand and vice-versa.

Rumba Walk

In twenty-sixth class, we also learnt Rumba Walk.
After doing a simple Rumba step (2-3-4-1 2-3-4-1), we do:
2: Male partner does simple Rumba step 2.
3: Instead of simply shifting weight on right foot, he drags it a bit behind and then shifts weight.
4: He lifts his left foot and puts it a foot behind his right foot.
1: Weight is shifted on left foot.

2: He lifts his right foot and puts it few inches behind left foot.
3: He lifts his left foot and puts it few inches behind right foot.
4: He lifts his right foot and puts it a foot behind his left foot.
1: Weight is shifted on right foot.

2: He lifts his left foot and puts it few inches behind right foot.
3: He lifts his right foot and puts it few inches behind left foot.
4: He lifts his left foot and puts it a foot behind his right foot.
1: Weight is shifted on left foot.

2: He lifts his right foot and puts it few inches behind left foot. Female partner starts doing a walk around turn towards her right (clockwise direction). He raises his left hand and she puts her left foot crossing her right foot. Her direction changes by 90 degrees.
3: Simple step 3, with weight shifting on left foot. She slides on both her feet and turns clockwise 180 degrees.
4: He lifts his right foot and puts it a foot towards his right. She does simple step 4, by putting her left foot a foot left.
1: Weight is shifted on right foot.

Simple 2-3-4-1 is done. The he does forward Rumba walk.

2: Simple Rumba step 2, with right foot going back and weight shifting on right foot.
3: He drags his left foot a bit ahead and shifts his weight on it.
4: He lifts his right foot and puts it a foot ahead of left foot.
1: Weight is shifted on right foot.

2: He lifts his left foot and puts it few inches ahead of right foot.
3: He lifts his right foot and puts it few inches ahead of left foot.
4: He lifts his left foot and puts it a foot ahead of his right foot.
1: Weight is shifted on left foot.

2: He lifts his right foot and puts it few inches ahead of left foot.
3: He lifts his left foot and puts it few inches ahead of right foot.
4: He lifts his right foot and puts it a foot ahead of his left foot.
1: Weight is shifted on right foot.

2: He lifts his left foot and puts it few inches ahead of right foot. Female partner starts doing a walk around turn towards her left (counter-clockwise direction). He raises his left hand and she puts her right foot crossing her left foot. Her direction changes by 90 degrees.
3: Simple step 3, with weight shifting on right foot. She slides on both her feet and turns counter-clockwise 180 degrees.
4: He lifts his left foot and puts it a foot towards his left. She does simple step 4, by putting her right foot a foot right.
1: Weight is shifted on left foot.

Cha Cha Fan Step

In twenty-sixth class, we learnt Cha Cha's Fan step. Steps are:

• 2.
• 3.
• Cha: Male partner gives lead by coming into open hold position, and extending both hands.
• Cha.
• 1.
• 2: During this step, he gives lead to female partner by his right hand (same lead as he gives in Salsa Cross body step 5). Instead of putting her left foot ahead, she puts it in right of his left foot (a bit rotated clockwise).
• 3: She puts her right foot ahead of left, diagonally going ahead.
• Cha: She turns to her left over her right foot and puts her left foot in such a way, that both the partners face perpendicular directions. He has to make sure that she does not move away too much, while she does the fan step.
• Cha: She does another cha in perpendicular direction.
• 1: Both partners extend their extreme hands (his right and her left) at shoulder height.
• 2: Instead of going forward ahead, he goes forward towards her.
• 3.
• Cha.
• Cha.
• 1.
• 2: He gives lead by raising his left hand, so that she can do a right (clockwise) turn (a tap-tap kind of turn). She does her Cha Cha step 2, but she rotates around 90 degrees towards her right. So she puts her left foot across her right foot.
• 3. Female partner does a right (clockwise) turn of 180 degrees. She rotates on her left foot and putting her right rotated clockwise.
• Cha: She keeps on rotating towards right. She picks up his left foot and completes rest of turn by 180 degrees, and then put it a foot apart.
• Cha.
• 1.

Rumba Fan step

In twenty-fifth class, we learnt Rumba's Fan step. Steps are:

• 2.
• 3.
• 4: Male partner gives lead by coming into open hold position, and extending both hands.
• 1.
• 2: During this step, he gives lead to female partner by his right hand (same lead as he gives in Salsa Cross body step 5). Instead of putting her left foot ahead, she puts it in right of his left foot (a bit rotated clockwise). She crosses her right foot with her left foot.
• 3: She turns to her left by putting her right foot rotated counter-clockwise and then sliding on it, till she rotates by 90 degrees.
• 4: She puts her left foot in such a way, that both the partners face perpendicular directions. He has to make sure that she does not move away too much, while she does the fan step.
• 1: Both partners extend their extreme hands (his right and her left) at shoulder height.
• 2: Instead of going forward ahead, he goes forward towards her.
• 3.
• 4.
• 1.
• 2: He gives lead by raising his left hand, so that she can do a right (clockwise) turn. She also does her Rumba step 2, but she starts doing a right (outside) tap-tap turn. She puts her left foot crossing her right foot.
• 3: She does a right (clockwise) turn of 180 degrees. She rotates on her left foot and puts her right foot rotating clockwise.
• 4: She keeps on rotating towards right. She picks up his left foot and completes rest of turn by 180 degrees, and then put it a foot apart, such that both partners start facing each other.
• 1.

Following video shows only first half of fan steps:

Salsa Chiko Variation

In twenty-fourth class, we learnt chiko variation. These steps are extension of chiko steps taught in previous class. In these steps, partners do two cross body leads, one after another. Steps are:

• 1: Same as chiko.
• 2: Same as chiko.
• 3: Same as chiko.
• 5: Same as chiko.
• 6: Same as chiko, except male partner does not leave her left hand.
• 7. Same as chiko.
• 1: Now both partners are facing same direction. They both do basic salsa step 1, with him pushing her hands.
• 2: He leaves her left hand and pulls her right hand with his left hand. He also does cross body lead step 2. He also raises his left hand, so that she can again do a left turn.
• 3: Cross body step 3.
• 5: Cross body step 5. She crosses him doing a left turn.
• 6: Cross body step 6. She crosses him doing a left turn.
• 7: Cross body step 7. She completes left turn and both hands come in contact.

Salsa Chiko Cross Body Step

In twenty-third class, we learnt Salsa Chiko Cross Body Steps. The steps are similar to Salsa Cross body steps for male partner. For female partners, instead of walking straight and then turning, they do a counter-clockwise (left) under arm turn. Steps are:

• 1: Basic step 1.
• 2: Cross body step 2, where male partner puts his right foot turned 90 degrees counter clockwise.
• 3: Cross body step 3, where male partner puts his foot next to his right one, leaving space for her to cross him.
• 5: Cross body step 5. He puts his right foot backwards, and shifts his weight on it. He gives her lead by pulling her left hand with his right hand. She comes forward on her left foot, to cross him.
• 6: He raises his left hand, under which she will make counter-clockwise (left) turn. He puts his left foot rotated 180 degrees counter-clockwise and shifts weight back on left foot and leaves her left hand. She crosses him by rotating 180 degrees on her left foot and putting her right foot a bit back of left foot, in opposite direction to initial direction of left foot. Now both partners are facing each other.
• 7: He puts his right foot rotated 180 degrees counter-clockwise, next to his left foot. She again rotates 180 degrees counter-clockwise on her right foot, putting her left foot in opposite direction to initial direction of right foot. Now both partners are facing same direction.
• 1: Basic step 1 for male partner. He brings his left hand down. She makes another 180 degrees counter-clockwise turn on her left foot, by putting her right foot behind. Now both hands come back in contact. Both partners start facing each other.