You don't *need* most of the ***adas. However, you *can* incorporate them to spice up the dance. Specifically: - volcadas - I use them sporadically (at most once per song, usually <=1 per tanda) if I feel the connection with the partner is especially strong; when they work, they are fun! - sacadas - there's one I especially enjoy, which is when you lead a giro to your left, sacada on the open step to her right, therefore her left foot is sent into a nice circle around her axis. The rest (and there are tens, if not hundreds, of them, I know a guy, Miles, who came up with a classification system, he's getting to a 1000 different ones now) are not quite necessary; - soltadas - I took one class at the festival. While I don't care much about the soltadas themselves, the build-up to the one of them they showed (underarm turn that brings the partner closer to you), when done at the right moment at the end of the song, makes for a great finale, so I am grateful for that class as well.
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