American Style Syllabus

 

American Smooth

Foxtrot

Bronze:

  1. Forward Basic
  2. Quarter Turns
  3. Left Rock Turn
  4. Swing Step
  5. Promenade Walk
  6. Left Turn Box
  7. Right Turn Box
  8. Simple Twinkle
  9. Right Rock Turn
  10. Promenade Turn

Silver:

  1. Progressive Basic
  2. Open Left Box Turn
  3. Advanced Twinkle
  4. Open Left Rock Turn
  5. Open Swing Step
  6. Open Right Turn
  7. Twinkle and Twist
  8. Grapevine
  9. Twinkle and Pivots
  10. Fallaway and Rocks

Waltz

Bronze:

  1. Forward Change Steps
  2. Left Box Turn
  3. Right Box Turn
  4. Simple Twinkle
  5. Hesitations
  6. Hesitation Combinations
  7. Promenade Hesitation
  8. Promenade Turn
  9. Twinkle and Walk Around
  10. Left Turn Cross

Silver:

  1. Progressive Basic
  2. Open Left Box Turn
  3. Advanced Twinkle
  4. Progressive Twinkle
  5. Left Side Rock and Spin
  6. Open Right Turn
  7. Twinkle and Twist
  8. Twinkle and Fallaway
  9. Twinkle and Pivots
  10. Fallaway and Rock

Tango

Bronze:

  1. Basic and Outside Basic
  2. Promenade Basic
  3. Promenade to Fan
  4. Progressive Rocks
  5. Continuous Basic
  6. Corte
  7. Turning Rocks
  8. Outside Swivels
  9. Turning Corte
  10. Promenade Turns

Silver:

  1. Corte and Walk Around
  2. Rock and Ronde
  3. Left Turn and Fans
  4. Promenade Turn to Corte
  5. Continuous Ronde
  6. Back Turning Rocks
  7. Quick Change
  8. Turning Rock to Same Foot Lunge
  9. Double Ronde
  10. Oversway

 

 

American Rhythm

Rumba

Bronze:

  1. Rumba Box Step
  2. Underarm Turn
  3. Rumba Rocks
  4. Progressive Walks
  5. Outside Breaks
  6. Back Breaks
  7. Open Break/Underarm Turn
  8. Cross Body Lead
  9. Open Walk
  10. Back Spot Turn

Silver:

  1. Back to Back
  2. Side Pass
  3. Forward Spot Turn
  4. Side by Side Progressive Walks
  5. Side by Side Rocks
  6. Back Spot with Underarm Turn R.
  7. Back Spot with Underarm Turn L.
  8. Wrap Around
  9. Back Spot to Spiral Turn
  10. Free Turns with Breaks

Swing

Bronze:

  1. Swing Basic
  2. Throaway
  3. Closing Link
  4. Underarm to Left
  5. Underarm to Right
  6. Four Kicks
  7. Change of Hands
  8. Whip Throwaway
  9. Windmill
  10. Stop and Go

Silver:

  1. Kick Ball Change
  2. Underarm Turn with Hand Change
  3. Hesitation
  4. Back Shuffle
  5. Whip and Underarm Turn L.
  6. Whip and Underarm Turn R.
  7. American Spin
  8. Rolling Off the Arm
  9. Spin Whip
  10. Toe Heel Swivels

Samba

Bronze:

  1. Samba Basic
  2. Whisks
  3. Samba Walks
  4. Simple Twinkle
  5. Samba Box Step
  6. Chasse R. and L.
  7. Open Break Underarm Turn
  8. Back Spot Turn
  9. Progressive Twinkle
  10. Opening Out

Silver:

  1. Kick Release
  2. Twinkles to P.P. and C.P.P.
  3. Back Samba Walks
  4. Solo Turns
  5. Synchopated Twinkle
  6. Criss Cross
  7. Shadow Twinkles
  8. Rolling Off the Arm
  9. Maypole L. and R.
  10. Closed Swivels

Cha-Cha

Bronze:

  1. Basic Cha-Cha
  2. Cross Over Breaks
  3. Outside Breaks
  4. Back Breaks
  5. Open Break
  6. Progressive Basic
  7. The Chase
  8. Underarm Turn
  9. Cross Body Lead
  10. Kick Swivel

Silver:

  1. Underarm Turn with Spin
  2. Back Spot Turn
  3. Forward Spot Turn
  4. Three Cha-Chas
  5. Side by Side Triples
  6. Stop and Go
  7. Sweetheart
  8. Fallaway Swivel
  9. Promenade Swivels
  10. Back Spot with Underarm Turns

Merengue

Bronze:

  1. Chasse to Left
  2. Forward Walk
  3. Promenade Walk
  4. Left Rock Turn
  5. Separation
  6. Back Breaks
  7. Open Break Underarm Turn R.
  8. Open Break Underarm Turn L.
  9. Chasse to Left and Right
  10. Open Rocks

Silver:

  1. Back Spot Turn
  2. Synchopated Chasse
  3. The Freeze
  4. Forward Spot Turn
  5. Back Spot with Underarm Turn L.
  6. Back Spot with Underarm Turn R.
  7. Promenade Swivels
  8. Wrap Around
  9. Pendulum and Grapevine
  10. Flick Breaks

Mambo

Bronze:

  1. Mambo Basic
  2. Passing Basic
  3. Cross Over Breaks
  4. Open Break with Underarm Turn
  5. Back Spot Turn
  6. Mambo Breaks
  7. Kick Swivels
  8. Stop and Go
  9. Cross Body Lead
  10. Fallaway Swivel

Silver:

  1. Forward Spot Turn
  2. Back Spot with Underarm Turn R.
  3. Back Spot with Underarm Turn L.
  4. Side by Side
  5. Open Hip Twist
  6. Spin Whip
  7. Advanced Hip Twist
  8. Spins
  9. Time Steps
  10. Chase Turn to Cross Turn

Last Modified June 1997

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