Salsa
Caminando / Caminala
Walking. Travelling open-position walks that keep the dance (or the rueda) moving.
Coach's notes — the how & why
What This Move Is
"Walking." Preserved verbatim from the user's inventory. Caminando is a broad category of travelling / rotating open-position figures that keep the dance moving; Caminala ("walk her") is a specific advanced box-pattern walk led entirely by feel, with no rote pattern. Flag: contested — the two terms are used differently across schools.
Key Points
- Lead: Lead the directional changes by feel and change handholds smoothly; keep it repeatable.
- Follow: Stay responsive — Caminala has no fixed pattern, so don't anticipate.
- Timing: A tiempo, 1-2-3 / 5-6-7; Caminala's direction changes can fall on half-counts.
- Common mistake: Follow anticipating a fixed pattern instead of staying responsive.
Style Notes
A connective, travelling figure used to keep a rueda rotating or to bridge between calls. Caminala is genuinely advanced because it's pure lead-and-follow with no script.
Quick notes, not instruction — always learn moves in person with a qualified teacher.
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