Calypso

This isn't a formal dance - and wouldn't normally even be a pair/couple dance at all. Individual dancers do their own thing but there's generally a lot of hip sway involved. It has some similarities with other latin dances, eg mambo, merengue, salsa. The steps tend to be kept small and include various taps, points and lifts or flicks.

The music has 4 beats to the bar and some syncopation. The tempo varies but is relatively slow, eg 30 4-beat bars per minute.

Sideways Basic or Chassé

		Chassé tap (FP, CH)								Chassé tap (FP, CH)
Beat		1		2		3		4		1		2		3		4
Man		LS		RC		LS		RC tap		RS		LC		RS		LC tap
Lady		RS		LC		RS		LC tap		LS		RC		LS		RC tap

		Chassé lift (FP, CH)								Chassé lift (FP, CH)
Beat		1		2		3		4		1		2		3		4
Man		LS		RC		LS		RdF fl		RS		LC		RS		LdF fl
Lady		RS		LC		RS		LdF fl		LS		RC		LS		RdF fl

Diagonal Basic

		Promenade + lift (PP-CP, DH)								Counter-Prom. + lift (CP-PP, DH)
Beat		1		2		3		4		1		2		3		4
Man		LdF		RxF		LdF		RdF fl		RdF		LxF		RdF		LdF fl
Lady		RdF		LxF		RdF		LdF fl		LdF		RxF		LdF		RdF fl

Forwards & Backwards Basic

		Forwards + lift (FP, CH)								Backwards + tap (FP, CH)
Beat		1		2		3		4		1		2		3		4
Man		LF		RF		LF		RdF fl		RB		LB		RB		LdB tap
Lady		RB		LB		RB		LdB tap		LF		RF		LF		RdF fl