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Interesting Acrobatic Salsa! I wonder why they didn't start right away. I think the "DJ" put on the wrong music.


 

Wow! A very long and sexy salsa stage performance. Watch how the follower gets aggressive toward the end of the dance. Study this one for some cool (hot?) moves. :) Notice how the musicians integrate a Chopin piano etude into their music. Very well done, guys..

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Salsa Videos
Compiled by Phil Seyer

For your viewing pleasure, I've compiled a number of salsa videos and other salsa learning resources. Scroll down and enjoy them. (Note: it may take a while for the videos to load, depending on your Internet connection. The playback also maybe jerking the first time, but after that you will play smoothly.)

NOTE: Beginners: don't let the advanced salsa moves in these videos scare you. You can start learning salsa with some fun easy steps and gradually add advanced moves. In a few weeks you'll be an experienced salsa dancer!

Hot San Diego Salsa Dancers

Caribbean Soul Dancers Performing at Salsa Congress



Kim Rottier and Sherman Hope perfoming a salsa
song at the Holiday Party on Dec. 9th 2005
editing: Martin Hernandez

Free Salsa Lesson

If you'd like an introduction to salsa, a good website is bustamove.com . They have some free introductory lessons you can watch right away. Click on "Learn to Dance" and pick salsa. Then scroll down and click on "Free Lesson Take Me There."


Learn or Upgrade Your Salsa
For a progressive series of Salsa Instructional DVDs that will teach you beginnng to very advanced salsa, click this link.

Did you know...

The basic rhythm in salsa is quick-quick-slow. But advanced dancers don't always stick to this rhythm, but throw in variations to the basic step. Some teachers erroneously call these "syncopations."

Shines in salsa are fancy steps, usually done while dancing without holding your partner.

Counting steps and beats.
Many salsa teaches count steps rather than beats of music. They often count like this:

1-2-3-- 4-5-6--

...holding the 3 and 6 longer than the other counts. This is not a musical count, because in music, each count has the same duration.

Some teachers count the musical pulse like this:

1 2 3 - 5 6 7 -

These say nothing on "4" and "8" because there is no step on those counts.

Some teachers prefer to have leaders break forward on count 2. This style is sometimes referred to as mambo.

In California, most teachers have salsa students break forward on count 1.