Salsa
Setenta y Dame Una
Run the seventy, then hand her on. The Setenta combo that doubles as a partner change in the wheel.
What This Move Is
Setenta y Dame Una = "seventy and give me one." You dance a full Setenta — prep on 7, hammerlock, half-walk, unravel and switch — but instead of resolving back to your own follow you carry the exit straight into a Dame Una, releasing her and stepping to the next follow one position around the circle. The Setenta module stays identical; only the resolution changes, sending you onward in the rueda.
Key Points
- Lead: Dance the Setenta clean and on time, then on the unravel let the follow keep travelling left while you peel off to the next position — don't stall in the switch.
- Follow: Complete the Setenta hammerlock and unravel as normal, and when the lead releases on the resolution, settle and receive the new lead arriving on the count.
- Timing: Setenta runs its usual multi-phrase (prep on 7, hammerlock 1-2-3, unravel 5-6-7), then the Dame Una change lands on the following 8.
- Common mistake: Treating it as two separate calls with a dead beat between — the dame must flow out of the Setenta's exit, not restart after it.
Style Notes
A Setenta-family figure repurposed for the wheel — it lets a caller fire the casino classic and rotate partners in one breath. Pure rueda context: keep your travel disciplined so the circle stays even.
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- Level
- Intermediate
- Type
- Rueda
- Frame
- Open
- Style
- Cuban
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