Enredala
Rueda de Casino wrap-and-release figure
RuedaLevel: Improver1 min read2 citations
Enredala is a rueda de casino call built on casino’s open-hold social vocabulary rather than on a fixed slot: couples dance in a wheel formation while a caller names synchronized figures for the group.[1] In the base form, the leader uses the first measure to invite the follower inward from guapea timing, changing the hand pathway so she rotates left in stages into a wrapped or crossed-arm position; the second measure releases the wrap and restores a facing open hold. The follower does not lunge forward on the first count: she breaks back on her own right foot, then travels and reorients through the leader’s redirected hand path. Rueda de Casino is commonly traced to Havana social dance circles of the 1950s, with later diffusion through Cuban and Miami salsa communities.[2] Enredala belongs to the call-and-response repertory in which names are practical cues for a shared pattern; outside rueda/casino scenes, the same physical wrap may be described generically as a wrap or cuddle, but those are not stable regional call names for this rueda figure.
How it's danced
Lead and follow cues
CountCasino/rueda a tiempo count: 1-2-3, 5-6-7, with breaks once per measure on 1 and 5. The base Enredala uses one two-measure setup-and-wrap phrase, often followed by a second phrase to release cleanly.
Lead
From open guapea hold, break back on left on 1, recover and begin drawing the follower inward on 2-3 while keeping the joined hand pathway compact. On 5-6-7, guide her left/counter-clockwise in stages into the wrap, with roughly 90 degrees of reorientation as she enters and roughly another 90 degrees as the crossed-arm shape closes. Release or unwind on the next 1-2-3 and restore open facing position on 5-6-7.
Follow
From open guapea hold, break back on right on 1, recover on 2, and begin traveling inward only after the break. On 5-6-7, follow the raised or redirected hand path into a left/counter-clockwise wrap, turning approximately 90 degrees into the pathway and approximately 90 degrees more to settle the crossed-arm position. On the next 1-2-3, unwind through the release and return to open facing position on 5-6-7.
Song timingBest at moderate social rueda tempos, roughly 150-185 bpm. Above about 190 bpm, the wrap must be smaller and the release simpler to keep the follower balanced and the group synchronized.
Learn first
Prerequisites
- Guapea
- Open hold in rueda
- Follower left turn
- Basic wrap/cuddle hand pathway
- Clean release back to open hold
Watch out
Common mistakes
- Starting the follower forward on count 1 instead of preserving her back break on her own right foot.
- Pulling the wrap with the arms rather than redirecting the hand path while the follower travels under her own balance.
- Collapsing the frame so the crossed-arm position traps the follower’s shoulders or elbows.
- Under-rotating the staged turn, leaving the follower neither clearly wrapped nor clearly facing the leader.
- Using an outside/right-turn pathway while still calling the figure Enredala as a left-wrap entry.
Don't confuse with
Easily confused moves
- Enchufla: a related casino turning action, but not itself the wrapped Enredala shape.
- Dile que no: a casino cross-body-style resolution, not the wrap figure.
- Sombrero: a two-hand over-the-head figure with a different final shape.
- Generic 'cuddle' or 'wrap': useful English descriptions, but not established rueda call names for this specific entry.
Around the world
Other names
Cuba / casino rueda
Enredala
Spanish call meaning to wrap or entangle her; treated here as the canonical rueda call.
Miami rueda
Enredala
Commonly retained as the Spanish rueda call rather than translated.
References
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Bailar Editorial Team. (2026). Enredala. Bailar Biblioteca. Retrieved July 4, 2026, from https://getbailar.com/biblioteca/move/rueda-enredala
Bailar Editorial Team. “Enredala.” Bailar Biblioteca, 2026, getbailar.com/biblioteca/move/rueda-enredala. Accessed 4 July 2026.
Bailar Editorial Team. “Enredala.” Bailar Biblioteca. Accessed July 4, 2026. https://getbailar.com/biblioteca/move/rueda-enredala.
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