Hello!
There are two beginner dances under the heading of Dancecripts.
Hasta La Vista is samba line dance.
Regards,
Kirsi-Marja
Avainsana: line dance (Page 1 of 18)
HASTA LA VISTA
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: Hasta La Vista by Bob Tyger, Kay Denar/Pub (cd-from the collection Latin Pops (Popular Hits for Latin Dancing))
Counts: 32
Type: 1 wall beginner samba line dance
SAMBA BASIC X 2
1 a2 Step right forward, left together, right in place
3 a4 Step left back, right together, left in place
5 a6 Repeat 1 a2
7 a8 Repeat 3 a4
WHISKS X 4
1 a2 Step right to side, step left behind and little across left, step right in place
3 a4 Step left to side, step right behind and little across left, step left in place
5 a6 Repeat 1 a2
7 a8 Repeat 3 a4
PADDLE TURN L, HOLD, PADDLE TURN R, HOLD
1-2 Turn 1/4 left on the ball of the left foot and step right to side, left in place (rock step)
3-4 Repeat 1-2 (facing 6 o’clock)
5-6 Repeat 1-2
7-8 Turn 1/4 left on the ball of the left foot and step righ to side, hold (facing front wall)
1-2 Turn 1/4 right on the ball of the right foot and step left to side, right in place (rock step)
3-4 Repeat 1-2 (facing 6 o’clock)
5-6 Repeat 1-2
7-8 Turn 1/4 right on the ball of the right foot and step left to side, hold (facing front wall)
Repeat
Check the new explanatory text int the step sheet of Tell Mama.
Regards, Kirsi-Marja
MUSTANG SALLY (2015)
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: Mustang Sally by The Commitments
Mess Around by Ray Charles
Unchain My Heart by Ray Charles
Counts: 32
Type: 1 wall beginner line dance
This dance is related to dance The More. You can practise many movements, when you dance counts 5-8 in the first 2 eight count figures. In the last 8 count figure you can practise different kinds of Charleston movements at different skill levels. You can also dance Mess around -movement instead of Charleston movement.
SIDE, BEHIND, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE, STEP BACK, TOUCH, STEP FORWARD, TOUCH
1-2 Step right to the side, left behind and across left
3&4 Step right to side, left together, right to side
5-6 Step left back, touch right together
7-8 Step right forward, touch left together
SIDE, BEHIND, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE, STEP BACK, TOUCH, STEP FORWARD, TOUCH
1.2 Step left to side, right behind and across left
3&4 Step left to side, right together, left to side
5-6 Step right back, touch left together
7-8 Step left forward, touch right together
3 STEPS FORWARD, TOUCH FORWARD, 3 STEPS BACKWARDS, TOUCH BACK
1-3 Step forward right, left, right
4 Touch left toe forward
5-7 Step back left, right, left
8 Touch right toe back
CHARLESTON X 2
1-4 Step right forward, touch left toe forward, step left back, touch right toe back
5-8 Repeat 1-4
Repeat
TELL MAMA (20.9.2026)
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: Tell Mama by Honey B & T-Bones
Counts: 32
Type: 1 wall improver blues line dance
SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE, ROCK STEP BACK
1&2 Step right foot to side, left together, right to side
3-4 Step left foot back, right in place
5&6 Step left to side, right together, left to side
7-8 Step right foot back, left in place
STEP TO SIDE, SLIDE, & COUNT TOGETHER X 4
1-2a Step right to side, slide left beside right, step left foot down
3-4a Repeat 1-2a
5-6a Repeat 1-2a
7-8 Step right to side, touch or tap left together
SIDE STEP, STEP BEHIND, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE, CROSS STEP, TOE TAP BACK, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE
1-2 Step left to side, step right behind left
3&4 Step left to side, right together, left to side
5-6 Step right across left, tap left toe back in the place
Advanced: step right foot across left (5), turn around left (6)
7&8 Step left to side, right together, left to side
BREAK SYNCOPATIONS
&1-2 Step right to side (out), step left to side (out), hold
&3-4 Step right under your pelvis (in), step left together (in), hold
&5&6 Step right forward, left together, step right back, left together
&7 Step right to side, left to side
&8 Step right under your pelvis, left together
Repeat
SPEAK LOW (20.9.2026)
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: Speak Low (Bent Remix) by Billie Holiday
Counts: 32
Type: 1 wall or 4 wall improver rumba line dance
RUMBA BASIC
1-3 Step left foot to side, right back, left in place
4-5 Step right to side, hold
6-7 Step left forward, right in place
8-1 Step left to side, hold
ROCK STEP BACK, RUMBA WALK FORWARD WITH SWEEP// 4 WALL: ROCK STEP BACK WITH ¼ TURN LEFT (2-3)
2-3 Step right foot back, left in place
4-5 Step right foot forward, slide left toe from back to front
6-8 Step forward left, right, left
When dancing 4 wall line dance: turn ¼ left on the count 3
TURN ½ R, RUMBA WALK FORWARD
1 Turn ½ right on the ball of the left foot
2-4 Step forward right, left right
TURN ½ L WITH SWEEP, ROCK STEP BACK, STEP TO SIDE, HOLD
5 Turn ½ left on the ball of the right foot and sweep left toe back
6-7 Step left back, right in place
8-1 Step left to side, hold
NEW YORK L, STEP TO SIDE, HOLD, SPOT TURN, STEP TO SIDE, HOLD
2-3 Turn ¼ left on the ball of the left foot and step right forward, left in place turning ¼ right (facing 12.00 o´clock)
4-5 Step right to side, hold
6-7 Turn ¼ right on the ball of the right foot and step left forward, turn ½ more to right and change the weight to the right foot and turn ¼ more to right (facing 12 o´clock)
8-1 Step left to side, hold
Repeat
Starting from the second repetition the dance begins on the count 2.
I TOLD YOU SO
Choreographers: this dance was made in Kauniaisten kansalaisopisto line dance students Raili and Mauri Kantola, Tiina Rautiainen, Leena Barck, Päivi Julkunen, Monica Tallberg, Ghita von Gerdten, Pia Herlin, Nina Timonen, Susanna Honkanen, Kristiina Hautamäki, Irmeli Hakonen and Alf Skogster with the helping hand of Kirsi-Marja Vinberg in 12.3.2011.
Music: I Told You So by Carrie Underwood
Counts: 32 and 1 restart
Type: 4 wall improver line dance
SYNCOPATED ROCK STEP FORWARD, STEP TOGETHER, SYNCOPATED ROCK STEP TO SIDE WITH TOUCH, TURNING STEPS ¼ AND ¼ , SHUFFLESTEP TO SIDE WITH TOUCH
1&2 Step right foot forward, left in place, right together
3&4 Step left to side, right in place, touch right beside left
5-6 Step left foot to side and turn 1/4 right, step right diagonally right forward and turn 1/4 right
7&8 Step left to side, right together, left to side and slide left beside right
Restart: start the 5th repetition (facing front wall) and dance 8 counts, then start again.
CROSS ROCK STEP, SWEEP STEPS BACK, WEAVE TO RIGHT, NIGHT CLUB BASIC, STEP TO SIDE
1-2 Step right across left, step left in place
3-4 Sweep right toe back and step on the foot, sweep left toe back and step on the foot
5&6& Step right to side, left behind and across right, right to side, step left across right
7-8& Step big step to right with right foot, step left back, right in place
1 Step left to side
RUMBA BOX, COASTER STEP, SYNCOPATED ROCK STEP FORWARD
2&3 Step right to side, left together, right forward
4&5 Step left to side, right together, left back
6&7 Step right foot back, left together, right forward
8& Step left forward, right in place
ROCK STEP BACK, LOCK STEP FORWARD, ¼ PIVOT TURN, SWAYS
1-2 Step left back, right in place
3&4 Step left forward, right foot to lock position, left forward
5-6 Step right forward, turn 1/4 left and step left in place
7-8 Sway to right, to left
TOISTA
ESKIMO TANGO
Koreografi: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Musiikki: Alma Cogan: Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo
Iskuja: 32 ja 1 tägi
Tyyppi: 4 seinän helppo rivitanssi, tango
WALKS FORWARD, TURN ½ R, WALKS FORWARD
1-2 Astu oikea eteen, tauko (hidas)
3-4 Astu eteen vasen, oikea (nopea, nopea)
5-6 Astu vasen eteen ja käänny ½ kierrosta oikealle ja samalla potkaise taaksepäin oikealla jalalla vasemman säären edessä (hidas)
7-8 Astu oikea eteen (nopea), vasen eteen (nopea)
WALKS WITH FLICKS, TURN ¼ LEFT, STEP TOGETHER, HOLD
1-2 Potkaise oikea sääri sivulle ja astu oikea eteen (hidas)
3-4 Potkaise vasen sääri sivulle ja astu vasen eteen (hidas)
5-6 Astu oikea eteen ja käänny ¼ vasemmalle (nopea), astu vasen paikalla (nopea)
7-8 Astu oikea yhteen, tauko ja samanaikaisesti vasen polvi ohjataan lähemmäksi oikeaa polvea
STEP TO SIDE, ROCK STEP, CROSS STEP, STEP TO SIDE, ROCK STEP, CROSS STEP
1 Astu vasen sivulle (nopea)
2-3 Astu oikea vasemman yli, astu vasen paikalla (nopea, nopea)
4 Astu oikea vasemman yli ristiin (nopea)
5 Astu vasen sivulle (nopea)
6-7 Astu oikea vasemman yli ristiin, astu vasen paikalla (nopea, nopea)
8 Astu oikea yli ristiin (nopea)
STEP TO SIDE, SLIDE WITH TOUCH, STEP TO SIDE, SLIDE WITH TOUCH, STEP TOGETHER, STEP IN PLACE, HABANERA BENDING TO RIGHT
1-2 Astu vasen sivulle ja liu’uta oikea yhteen (hidas) ja aseta kädet siten kuin jos pitäisit kiinni partnerista (hidas)
3-4 Astu oikea sivulle ja liu’uta vasen yhteen (hidas) ja aseta kädet kuin jos pitäisit kiinni partnerista (hidas)
5-6 Astu vasen yhteen, oikea paikalla (nopea, nopea) kädet pitäen partnerista kiinni
7-8 Astu vasen sivulle ja vedä oikean jalan kärki lähemmäksi vasenta jalkaa ja samalla taivuta ylävartalo oikealle ja aseta kädet kuin pitäisit kiinni partnerista (hidas)
TAG (tägi) 3. toistokerran jälkeen:
QUICK STEPS FORWARD, ROCK STEP FORWARD, TOUCH TOGETHER
1-4 Astu eteen oikea, vasen, oikea, vasen (nopea nopea nopea nopea)
5-6 Astu oikea eteen, vasen paikalla (nopea, nopea)
7-8 Kosketa oikea yhteen, tauko (hidas)
Lopetus:
Olet juuri tehnyt ¼ pivotin vasemmalle (kasvot etuseinään päin): kun olet astunut vasemman sivulle (isku 1 kolmannesta 8 iskun sarjasta), tee rock step ristiin ja askel vielä ristiin rytmissä 2&3.
Toista
FRENESI CHA CHA (30.8.2026)
Choreographer: Kirsi-Marja Vinberg
Music: Frenesi Cha Cha by Ross Mitchell, His Band and Singers
Counts: 32
Type: 1/4 wall improver cha cha line dance
STEP TO SIDE, WALK FORWARD L, R, LOCK STEP FORWARD, ROCK STEP FORWARD, LOCK STEP BACK
1-3 Step right foot to side, walk forward left, right
4&5 Step left forward, lock right behind left foot, left forward
6-7 Step right forward, left in place
8&1 Step right slightly diagonally back right, left across right, right back
2 LOCK STEPS BACKWARDS, ROCK STEP BACK // WITH 1/4 TURN R, TRIPLE STEP
2&3 Step left slightly diagonally back left, right across left, left back
4&5 Step right slightly diagonally back right, left across right, right back
6-7 Step left back, right in place // as 4 wall line dance turn 1/4 right on the right foot (7)
8&1 Step left together, right in place, left in place
ROCK STEP BACK, TRIPLE STEP, ROCK STEP BACK, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE
2-3 Step right back, left in place
4&5 Step right together, left in place, right in place
6-7 Step left back, right in place
8&1 Step left to side, right together, left to side
CROSS ROCK STEP, SHUFFLE STEP TO SIDE, TRIPLE STEPS WITH KNEES
2-3 Step right across left, step left in place
4&5 Step little step to side with right foot, left together, bigger step to side with right foot (”break”)
6&7 Step left foot together and bring the right knee forward (6), lift the left knee forward as you step your right heel down (&), lift the right knee forward as you step your left heel down (7)
Note: When lifting the knee, bring it closer to the other knee!
8&1 Continue the movement: lift the knees: left, right, left; the heels: right, left, right (weight is on the right foot on the count 1)
Start the dance on the count 2 (walk forward).
Repeat
WAVES
Choreographer: Pia Herlin-Kiviniitty
Music: Waves by Mr Probz
Counts: 32
Type: 4 wall improver line dance
This dance was made in the Choreography training course in Valhalla, on the sixth of May in 2026. Instructor of the course was Kirsi-Marja Vinberg.
STEP, HOLD, STEP, STEP, ½ TURN R, HOLD, FULL TURN
1-2 Step right foot diagonally right forward, hold (facing 1.30 o’clock)
3-4 Step forward left, right
5-6 Step left forward and turn ½ right, hold
7-8 Step right forward and turn ½ right, step left back and turn ½ right (facing 7.30 o’clock)
STEP, SWEEP, STEP, SWEEP, ROCK STEP, COASTER STEP WITH 1/8 TURN R
1-2 Step right forward, sweep left toe from back to front
3-4 Step left forward, sweep right toe from back to front
5-6 Step forward right, step left in place
7&8 Step right back, left together, right forward and turn 1/8 right (facing 9 o’clock)
STEP, STEP, LOCK STEP, ½ PIVOT L, TRIPLE TURN L
1-2 Step forward left, right
3&4 Step left forward, right behind left heel (lock), left forward
5-6 Step right forward and turn ½ left, change weight to the left foot
7&8 Turn ½ left on the left ball and step right, back, left together and turn ½ left, step right forward (facing 3 o’clock)
ROCK STEP FORWARD, STEP BACK, SWEEP, STEP BACK SWEEP, COASTER STEP WITH 1/8 TURN R
1-2 Step left forward, right in place
3-4 Step left back, sweep right toe from front to back
5-6 Step right back, sweep left toe from front to back
7&8 Step left back, right together, left forward and turn 1/8 right (facing 4.30 o’clock)
From the second repetition start the first step to the same direction (facing 4.30 o’clock); don’t turn!
Ending: When the music is coming slower, you are dancing to the right corner of the front wall. Turn your coaster step to the front wall, step one more step forward with left foot and spread your arms out to the sides with your palms facing up!
Repeat