32. Nudos - Knots. El Nudo. Nudo Complicado. Cuban Salsa. Rueda de Casino

Link til tutorial at SalsaSelfie.com:
https://salsaselfie.com/2022/11/06/cu...

I almost couldn't believe it when I one day discovered that in Cuban Salsa, "Casino", there actually is a sub-category of moves called Nudos, "knots"! An old Cuban tradition from who knows where and when. Each Lead is supposed to have his own private arsenal of home-made Nudos with which to tie and untie the Follow on the dance floor. The more far out the better!

The Nudo tradition runs so deep among Cuban Leads that many of them only distinguish between basic figures, named social moves from Rueda de Casino, and their own Nudos. The Nudos are supposed to be the real thing, the culmination of a salsa dance. The Nudos of the Lead are his unique contribution with which to impress the Follow and the onlookers.

To some, Nudo is just Cuban slang for any move. But judging from many of the "Nudos" that have been documented in videos on YouTube, Nudo is not just a move but a quick and dirty one, more like a sub-category of moves that really look like knots.

Very many Cuban Leads don't use Nudos as an exception to the rule. "Nudo" has become their main style of dancing, its look and feel. They call themselves Nudo Masters and they dance Nudo Casino!

The Nudo tradition is not without its charm! Cuban Salsa as the ultimate "juvenile" social dance, the Leads competing with Nudos, fancy footwork, Arm Juggling (Terremoto), falls to the ground, and today wild "Afro" styling is often part of the mix.

But in my opinion, the Nudo tradition is mostly old-fashioned Macho show-off with no role to play in contemporary social dancing.

Most Follows don't like it. Firstly, they consider Nudos for non-dancing, often stationary or with stop-ups. Secondly, Nudos restrict the Follows to the point that they can't "breathe". Thirdly, many Follows believe that the more extreme Nudo moves are just an excuse for some Leads to get at them to the extend of groping or trespassing their comfort zone. Follows don't want to be treated as a dance prop, as an excuse for the Lead's one man show.

Go to danseblog for full tutorial.

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Most of the figures in the videos work the best or are only possible if the Follow steps forward by default. A Follow should only do a back-step, loosing two steps, if the Lead lead her into such a back-step, putting a break on the dance.