L’AME ET L’ESPRIT aka SOUL AND SPIRIT /3.2.2024
L’ame Et L’esprit aka Soul and Spirit
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: L’ame Et L’esprit by Christin Leon;
Chandelier by DJ Mitya feat. Rousse;
For Practise: Somos by Jose Feliciano
Counts: 32
Type: 4 or 1 wall, improver/intermediate rumba line dance
RUMBA BASIC R
1-4 Step right to right side, rock step forward (2-3) starting with left foot, step left to left side (4)
5-8 Hold, rock step back starting with right foot (6-7), step right to side (8)
NEW YORKS WITH SWEEPS
1-4 Sweep left toe from side to forward and turn 1/4 right (1), step left forward (2), right in place and on the right foot turn 1/4 left (3), step left to side (4)
5-8 improver (1wall line dance): Sweep right toe from side to forward and turn 1/4 left (5), step right foot forward (6), step left in place and turn 1/4 right (7), step right to side (8)
5-8 intermediate OR IMPROVER (4 wall line dance): Sweep right toe from side to forward and turn 1/4 left (5), step right foot forward (6), step left in place and turn 1/2 right (7), step right forward (8), wall 9 o´clock
IMPROVER 1 WALL AND 4 WALL: COUNTS 17-24
SWEEP ACROSS, ACROSS STEP, STEP TO SIDE, STEP BEHIND, SWEEP BACK, STEP BEHIND, STEP TO SIDE, STEP ACROSS
1-4 Sweep left from side or from back to right side crossing right foot (1), step left across right (2), step right to side (3), step left behind right (4)
5-8 Sweep right from front to back (5), step right behind left (6), step left to side, step right across left
INTERMEDIATE 4 WALL: COUNTS 17-24
1-4 Step left forward (1), turn full turn around right on the left foot (low spiral) (2), step right to right side (3), step left behind right (4)
5-8 Sweep right from front to back, step right behind left (6), step left to side (7), right across left (8)
HIP MOVEMENTS MAKING CUBAN MOTION (BOTH IMPROVER AND INTERMEDIATE)
1-4 Hold, step left to left and sway hips left (2), right (3), left (4)
5-8 Hold (5), sway hips right (6), left (7), right (8)
When you start the dance from the beginning, there is no step to right on the first count, instead make hold and then continue with rock step forward.
Repeat