We've been thinking about what makes us label one thing as "beginner", another, "intermediate" and a third, "advanced". And we've come to these understandings:

• When something goes off vertical it moves from beginning to intermediate.
• When you do something while it's off vertical, that moves it from intermediate to advanced.
• When someone goes where the other used to be and it involves some sort of foot crossing thing, that's advanced (such as cadena or la trensa. We've already planned videos to teach these.)
• If there is any lead which is very subtle, that, all by itself, moves the combination from beginning to intermediate. An example is the lead in the wrap that controls the follower's leg.
• Any kick which involves some combination of momentum and body connection around an axis usually requires high intermediate to do quite well.
• When you start mixing these kicks in unusual ways, we call that "advanced" (boleo-ganchos, kicks through the legs while turning, etc.)
• If you do anything substantial around a leader or follower's axis, this is intermediate.
• If you have to keep the follower on axis while moving and the axis is continually changing, then this is advanced. An example: callecita is intermediate but forward/backward boleos while the man walks around the woman is advanced. We call this "dynamic axis".