Salsa
Adios
Goodbye to this one. A turn-away partner change — leave your partner and collect the next.
This move builds: Floorcraft & Safety …on the always-on five — Connection, Frame, Comfort, Posture, Consent.
- Entry
- closed/embrace or open, facing
- Exit
- open, L-to-R, facing (new partner)
- Tempo
- any
- Musical use
- travelling
- Connector
- Yes — connects closed/embrace or open, facing → open, L-to-R, facing (new partner) vocabulary
- Level
- Intermediate
- Cluster
- Rueda
- Style
- Cuban
What This Move Is
Adios = "goodbye" (also called Prima). The lead does a short turn/embrace with the follow, then releases her arm overhead and travels counter-clockwise to the next follow, collecting her via Dile Que No. Adios con la hermana ("with the sister") takes you two partners over. Flag: Adios is fundamentally a Miami-style Rueda partner-change — not part of traditional Cuban-style rueda — so socially (one-on-one) only the figure shape carries over, not the swap.
Key Points
- Lead: Release the follow's arm high enough for the next lead to collect her; don't release early or low.
- Follow: Turn inside the embrace, get released overhead, and be collected by the next lead.
- Timing: Embrace/turn 1-2-3, release overhead and travel 5-6-7, then Dile Que No.
- Common mistake: Releasing the follow's arm too early or too low so the next lead can't collect her; rushing the travel.
Style Notes
Adios con la hermana keeps the same lead but reaches a different follow; con la familia is festival-chain styling with no single canonical form. Verify the exact variant against your caller.
Chains into
After this, you can flow into…