Pairs of dancers form a circle, with dance moves called out by one person, a Caller (or 'Líder' or 'cantante' in Spanish ). Many moves have Hand Sign s to complement the calls; these are useful in noisy venues, where spoken calls might not be easily heard. Many of the moves involve the swapping of partners.
The names of the moves are mostly in Spanish, some in English (or Spanglish ; e.g., "un fly"). Some names are known in slightly different versions, easily recognisable by Spanish-speaking dancers, but may be confusing to the rest.
While rueda is especially popular in Cuba and a number of places in the U.S., it can also be found in many other countries. In Europe, rueda has active groups in at least France, Germany, Poland, Russia, Spain and UK. At least in Germany, some of the calls are in German.
Although the names of the Calls are presently the same across the board, the different towns in Cuba use their own calls. This was due to the fact that when the pioneers of started, they wanted to keep others from participating in their Ruedas. Nowadays many local variations of the calls can be found. They can change from town to town or even from teacher to teacher. For example, if you learn rueda in London you will nott normally be able to dance it with people who learned rueda from a different teacher. Furthermore, when a teacher runs out of calls but wants his class to keep going and make money, he often makes up new calls. This goes to detriment of the fun of dancing rueda with people you just met, but makes for an expanding world of rueda.
Casino Rueda scenes may be seen in the movie '' Dance With Me '' and in the music Video Clip ''No me dejes de querer'' by Gloria Estefan .
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- A Bayamo
- --- A Bayamo por de bajo
- --- A Bayomo complicado
- Abajo (down)
- Abrázala (hug her)
- Adiós (bye)
- --- Adiós con la hermana (bye with the sister)
- --- Adiós con la prima
- --- Adiós con vuelta la vuelta
- --- Adiós largo
- --- Festival de adiós
- Al medio medio (to centre)
- A lo cortico
- Arriba al tiempo España
- Aspirina
- Balsero (raft)
- Bikini
- Beso beso (kiss)
- Besito (little kiss)
- Bola
- --- Bola una
- --- Bola dos
- --- Bola tres
- Botella botella ... -> con la tapa (con tapa)... -> trunca
- Bulla bulla
- Cadeneta (chain)
- Candado (lock)
- Cero cero (zero)
- Cien (one hundred)
- Coca Cola
- Coco
- Coquita
- Consorte
- Croqueta Taxi
- Cucaracha (cockroach)
- Dame (Gimme)
- --- Dame otra (give me another)
- --- Dame una dos, tres... (give me one, or two, three..)
- --- Dame arriba Dame dos arriba, tres arriba...
- --- ...con una (clap while you do the Dame) (...with one (clap))
--e.g., Dame dos con una
- --- Dame con los manos con los manos, pasala con los manos
- Danilo
- --- Danilo y dame
- Dedo (finger)
- --- Dedo saboreado
- Dedo, guarapo y bota
- Dile que no (tell her "no")
- Dile que si (tell her "yes")
- Doble play
- Doble cero (double zero)
- Dos (two)
- Drácula
- Echevarria
- Enchufla (plug in)
- --- Enchufla pa'fuera
- --- Enchufla pero no dile que no (enchufla without "dile que no")
- --- Enchufla doble (double)
- --- Enchufla p'al medio (to center)
-- Enchufla p'al medio con dos (... with two (claps))
- --- Enchufla y casate (... and get married)
- ---...la cunada,... la hermana,... su madre,... la tuya
- --- Enchufla por detrás
- Evelyn
- Exhibe, Exhibela (show her off)
- Fly fly
- Frankenstein
- Gancho (hook)
- Guapea {Link without Title}
- Hombres derecho (men to the right)
- Huracan (hurricane)
- Juana la cubana
- Kentucky
- --- Kentucky complicado
- La rosa (rose)
- Mantecado
- Montaña
- Mujeres... derecho (women to the right)
- Mujeres... izquierdo (women to the left)
- Noventa
- Nueve (nine)
- Ochenta y cuatro
- Ocho (eight)
- Panqué
- Pasa con los manos (pasala con los manos, dame con los manos) (pass with hands)
- P'al medio medio (to centre)
- Pa'Arriba (forward)
- Pa'Tras (backward)
- Pelota... (ball)
- --- Pelota (con) dos (ball with two (claps))
- --- Pelota (con) quatro (..with 4... )
- Peluquería
- Prima
- --- Prima doble
- --- Prima con hermana
- Principe bueno
- Principe malo
- Policía
- --- Policia de Miami
- Ponle sabor (give it flavor)
- Puente (bridge)
- Rico pa el
- Rubenada
- Saboreado
- Sacar agua del pozo
- Seis (six)
- Serrucho (saw)
- Setenta (70)
- --- Setenta complicado (complicated 70)
- --- Setenta Miami
- Sencillo
- Siete (7)
- --- Siete loco
- --- Siete moderno
- Sin manos (without hands)
- Sombrero
- --- Sombrero doble
- --- Sombrero p'abajo por de bajo
- Suena (sound)
- Tarro tarro (horn)
- --- Hombres un tarro
- --- Mujeres un tarro
- --- ... de mentira
- --- Dos tarros
- Tarrito
- Telefoto
- Talía
- Three-way stop
- Trenecito
- Uno (one)
- Vacilala (check her out)
- Yogurt
- --- Yogurt con tapa
- ---Yogurt con todo el mundo
- --- Yogurt con la vecina
- --- Yogurt para siempre
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