El Tongoneo

Choreographed by Rene Quiroz, Mexico City

Description:  80 count, 1 wall, phrased line dance

Source:  Dancing Deep In the Heart of Texas (http://members.aol.com/cactusstar/home.htm) and www.kickit.to; formatted for texaslinedancejamboree.com

Music:  Tongoneo by Mestizzo -117 bpm

Dance Pattern:  See note at end on music repetitions and dance patterns


 

VERSE PATTERN (64 Counts):

(FWD LRLR, HEEL, TOE, HEEL, STEP),  (BACK RLRL, HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOUCH)

1-4      Walk forward LEFT, Walk forward RIGHT, Walk forward LEFT, Close RIGHT

5-8      LEFT heel forward, LEFT toe touch at instep, LEFT heel forward, Close LEFT

9-12    Walk back RIGHT, Walk back LEFT, Walk back RIGHT, Close LEFT

13-16  RIGHT heel forward, RIGHT toe touch to instep, LEFT heel forward, Touch RIGHT

 

(SIDE SWIVEL STEPS, HEEL, TOE, HEEL, STEP) to Right, then to Left

17-18  Turning slightly right, step right on RIGHT; Straightening to front close LEFT foot to RIGHT

19-20  Turning slightly right, step right on RIGHT; Straightening to front close LEFT foot to RIGHT

          Note: There is a slight twisting motion as you travel right in counts 17-20

21-24  RIGHT heel forward, RIGHT toe touch to instep, RIGHT heel forward, Close RIGHT

25-26  Turning slightly left, step left of LEFT, Straightening to front, close RIGHT foot to LEFT

27-28  Turning slightly left, step left of LEFT, Straightening to front, close RIGHT foot to LEFT

          Note: There is a slight twisting motion as you travel left in counts 25-28

29-32  LEFT heel forward, LEFT toe touch to instep, LEFT heel forward, Close LEFT

 

(BACK RLRL, HEEL, TOE, HEEL, STEP),  (FWD LRLR, HEEL, TOE, HEEL, TOUCH)

33-36  Walk back RIGHT, Walk back LEFT, Walk back RIGHT, Close LEFT

37-40  RIGHT heel forward, RIGHT toe to instep, RIGHT heel forward, Close RIGHT

41-44  Walk forward LEFT, Walk forward RIGHT, Walk forward LEFT, Close RIGHT

45-48  LEFT heel forward, LEFT toe to instep, LEFT heel forward, Touch LEFT

 

(SIDE SWIVEL STEPS, HEEL, TOE, HEEL, STEP) to Left, then to Right

49-64  Repeat counts 25-32 (to left)

57-64  Repeat counts 17-24 (to right)

 

CHORUS PATTERN (16 counts):

ARM MOVEMENTS

65-66  Step out to right side with RIGHT foot, Right arm in front, open hand, palm down, fingers pointing           directly to left side; Hold

67-68  Left arm in front, open hand, palm down, fingers pointing directly to right, Left hand will be over           Right hand; Hold

69-70  Extend Right arm to right side with open hand, fingers pointing up (like "stop" signal), head turns           to right; Hold

71-72  Extend Left arm to left side with open hand, fingers pointing up, head turns to left; Hold

 

THE TONGONEO (turning of the hips)

73-74  Pivoting on ball of LEFT foot 1/4 to left, swing hips out on RIGHT foot; Rotate hips forward and to           left till you are over Left foot.  Note:  Hips are circling counterclockwise, both arms are overhead,           rotating in a circle counterclockwise with your hips, hands are in fists

75-80  Repeat 73-74 three more times till you are back to front again

 

 

NOTE: Music repetitions and dance patterns:

The verse part of the dance is in the form of a cross.  You go forward and back, right and left, back and forward, and left and right.  Always come back to center.  On the VERY FIRST verse pattern ONLY, you will start with the first music down beat and you will do A CROSS AND A HALF, counts 1-64 and 1-32.  (If you wait 32 (fast) counts to begin, the first pattern will be one complete cross.):

 

1         64 count verse pattern

2         First 32 counts of verse pattern

3         Chorus pattern repeated 3 times

4         64 count verse pattern

5         Chorus pattern repeated 3 times

6         64 count verse pattern

7         Chorus pattern repeated till end (6 times, then 1 more as music fades)