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Ok this is a nice fun post that I thought I’d put out there on a nice Sunday evening, I thought the salsa leaders might need a few more pointers,
1. Salsa timing, I can’t stress this enough.. read thread Top tips to master salsa dancing to find out why
2. Get your force right, most beginner leads are too soft, however a lot of leads who are accustomed to dancing with beginner followers tend to develop very forceful leads as well. Know who you are dancing with, and get a sense of what your current follower needs, Continue reading Ultimate rules for leaders in salsa dancing
I have been approached by many aspiring salseros, wanting to know how I picked up the art of salsa dancing, and what they can do to rocket speed their salsa dancing learning curve. There a few foundational building blocks that any aspiring salsa dancer should work on, I will list these and describe what it entails. They are by no means in any sequential order, they should be learnt together harmoniously for the quickest learning.
Finding the salsa beat!
Finding the beat is crucial in salsa, it doesn’t matter if you’re dancing cuban, cross-body style or rueda you have to time your dance, timing is essential because salsa is a partner dance and both partners need to be in co-ordination and timing with each other. Continue reading Tips To Master Salsa Dancing
Most people get into salsa dancing because they want to build their dance confidence, they may have been inspired by ballroom dancing from movies and reality TV shows like dancing with the stars, and have been inspired to take up dancing.
In the salsa community dancing in a club is known as social dancing, and in this article I’m going to discuss the various ways in which you can rapidly increase your social dancing skills. Continue reading Salsa Dancing Socially!
If you are interested in improving you salsa dancing skills very quickly and in a short space of time as possible, read on. There are many types of salsa dancers, there are dancers who just want to jobby to de-stress after a long days work, there are people who enjoy dancing and meeting new people, there are competitive dancers who dance professionally.
Whatever the reason, the vast majority of people are interested in improving the salsa dancing ability, and moving up through their salsa class level, and generally becoming more profecient at social dancing in general, Continue reading How to get good at Salsa Dancing fast!
Without doubt the most important part of becoming a good salsa dancer is to practice practice practice. Sure you can buy all the salsa dancing dvds, cds, books in the world and watch youtube videos and practice the salsa steps on your own at home. But regardless of all that you will still need to go out to salsa bars and practice your dancing skills, makes mistakes, and go through drills over and over again until it becomes natural to you.
Now to get the practice in, there are a few things you need to consider, practicing salsa with a partner would obviously mean you need to liase with other people, and doing so requires certain salsa social protocols which need to be observed. We will look at those. Continue reading How to be a popular partner in salsa dancing
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