Boogaloo Butterfly in Salsa On2: definition, module and class

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Boogaloo Butterfly, a module of Chachacha & Boogaloo

From the module notes

What This Module Trains 🎯

One of my favourite Boogaloo moves. It trains the cross on 1, the heel point, and the turning hand.

The Move 🧠

Butterfly. It's called like that because we're imitating the fan knife or butterfly knife, which is this knife that has those two rotating handles, so you can do all kinds of tricks and flicks with it.

8 and, cross on 1, 2, open to the diagonal on 3.
Point one heel, back on 4, 5 6 7, point the other.
Then layer the groove and bounce, then the wrist turning clockwise, point on 7.

How the Drill Runs 🔁

First run. Go, Point, Point, basic.
Second run. 1, 2, 5, 6, basic, 1.
Third run. 2, 3, 1 2 3, roll, 7, 8, basic on 1.

Technique Cues 💡

Body on your right diagonal, eyes on your left. They do not match, that is the point.
Steps first, then the groove, then the wrist.
Let the move travel in this circle arc.

💡 Drill it: Run it until the hand turns on its own.

🎯 Community

Practice without judging yourself. Every dancer started exactly where you are. Be patient. This lands in the body over months, not days. Record yourself. You will see things you cannot feel. Post it in the community tab, or on Instagram tagging the page.

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From the module notes

What This Module Trains 🎯

One of my favourite Boogaloo moves. It trains the cross on 1, the heel point, and the turning hand.

The Move 🧠

8 and, cross on 1, 2, open to the diagonal on 3.
Point one heel, back on 4, 5 6 7, point the other.
Then layer the groove and bounce, then the wrist turning clockwise, point on 7.

How the Drill Runs 🔁

First run. Go, Point, Point, basic.
Second run. 1, 2, 5, 6, basic, 1.
Third run. 2, 3, 1 2 3, roll, 7, 8, basic on 1.

Technique Cues 💡

Body on your right diagonal, eyes on your left. They do not match, that is the point.
Steps first, then the groove, then the wrist.
Let the move travel in this circle arc.

💡 Drill it: Run it until the hand turns on its own.

🎯 Community

Practice without judging yourself. Every dancer started exactly where you are. Be patient. This lands in the body over months, not days. Record yourself. You will see things you cannot feel. Post it in the community tab, or on Instagram tagging the page.