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:

  11. Progressive Basic
  12. Open Left Box Turn
  13. Advanced Twinkle
  14. Open Left Rock Turn
  15. Open Swing Step
  16. Open Right Turn
  17. Twinkle and Twist
  18. Grapevine
  19. Twinkle and Pivots
  20. 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:

  11. Progressive Basic
  12. Open Left Box Turn
  13. Advanced Twinkle
  14. Progressive Twinkle
  15. Left Side Rock and Spin
  16. Open Right Turn
  17. Twinkle and Twist
  18. Twinkle and Fallaway
  19. Twinkle and Pivots
  20. 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:

  11. Corte and Walk Around
  12. Rock and Ronde
  13. Left Turn and Fans
  14. Promenade Turn to Corte
  15. Continuous Ronde
  16. Back Turning Rocks
  17. Quick Change
  18. Turning Rock to Same Foot Lunge
  19. Double Ronde
  20. 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:

  11. Back to Back
  12. Side Pass
  13. Forward Spot Turn
  14. Side by Side Progressive Walks
  15. Side by Side Rocks
  16. Back Spot with Underarm Turn R.
  17. Back Spot with Underarm Turn L.
  18. Wrap Around
  19. Back Spot to Spiral Turn
  20. 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:

  11. Kick Ball Change
  12. Underarm Turn with Hand Change
  13. Hesitation
  14. Back Shuffle
  15. Whip and Underarm Turn L.
  16. Whip and Underarm Turn R.
  17. American Spin
  18. Rolling Off the Arm
  19. Spin Whip
  20. 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:

  11. Kick Release
  12. Twinkles to P.P. and C.P.P.
  13. Back Samba Walks
  14. Solo Turns
  15. Synchopated Twinkle
  16. Criss Cross
  17. Shadow Twinkles
  18. Rolling Off the Arm
  19. Maypole L. and R.
  20. 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:

  11. Underarm Turn with Spin
  12. Back Spot Turn
  13. Forward Spot Turn
  14. Three Cha-Chas
  15. Side by Side Triples
  16. Stop and Go
  17. Sweetheart
  18. Fallaway Swivel
  19. Promenade Swivels
  20. 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:

  11. Back Spot Turn
  12. Synchopated Chasse
  13. The Freeze
  14. Forward Spot Turn
  15. Back Spot with Underarm Turn L.
  16. Back Spot with Underarm Turn R.
  17. Promenade Swivels
  18. Wrap Around
  19. Pendulum and Grapevine
  20. 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:

  11. Forward Spot Turn
  12. Back Spot with Underarm Turn R.
  13. Back Spot with Underarm Turn L.
  14. Side by Side
  15. Open Hip Twist
  16. Spin Whip
  17. Advanced Hip Twist
  18. Spins
  19. Time Steps
  20. Chase Turn to Cross Turn


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