| The Moving of the Hips, the Cuban beat, the swaying | | | | freer and there is more side to side movement with |
| of bodies... this is what it is like to dance the Salsa. The | | | | the Salsa dance. While dancing, the shoulders and the |
| Salsa dance integrates the dances of the rumba, the | | | | upper body remains level while the feet move causing |
| Pechanga, the Mambo and many other dances into | | | | the hips to move and shift. This shift is famously called |
| one sizzling dance. Most of the dances are of African | | | | the Cuban hip movement. Although there are simple |
| and European decent. The term Salsa was coined | | | | and basic steps on how to dance the salsa, the salsa |
| from the Spanish word for sauce. The salsa is a spicy | | | | is open to improvisation. That's what makes the salsa |
| sauce and the dance is just as spicy. The Salsa dance | | | | a unique and fun dance. It relies on rhythm and feel |
| is a passionate and rhythmic dance that can be | | | | and letting the music lead you. It is based on moving |
| intimate and fast moving. Because or its roots in many | | | | your hips and feeling the movement of your dance |
| other cultural dances, the history of the salsa dance is | | | | partner. |
| constantly being contradicted and is constantly | | | | Learning how to dance the salsa can be done by |
| changing. Most cultures claim the Salsa as an evolution | | | | searching the internet. The internet provides |
| of their own cultural dance. But for the most part, | | | | instructional videos that show step by step instruction |
| Salsa dance and Salsa music are considered Latin | | | | and show the different steps and techniques in the |
| dancing and Latin music. | | | | Salsa dance. These videos instruct the steps for both |
| The Salsa dance and its steps are based on rhythm | | | | the male and the female parts. Most of the steps are |
| and footwork. The two dancers, usually a male and a | | | | learned by learning the feel and rhythm of the music. |
| female, face each other when dancing. In learning how | | | | Once the steps are learned, the dancer can freely |
| to dance the salsa, one has to learn the two positions | | | | dance within the salsa system. The salsa is a very |
| in dancing. The two positions are the Open Position | | | | passionate dance that portrays intimacy and vibrant |
| and the closed position. The Open position has the | | | | emotion. Learning to dance the Salsa can make you |
| lead, usually the man, holding one or both of his | | | | familiar with many other dances since the salsa dance |
| partner's hands. This is important when leading your | | | | is a distillation of many other dances. Learning the |
| partner, especially when doing the Salsa turns and | | | | Salsa will give you the base to easily learn other |
| spins. In the closed position, the lead places his hand on | | | | dances such as the Boogaloo, the Cha Cha and the |
| his partner's back while his partner places her hands | | | | Mambo. Dancing also keeps you in shape and helps |
| on his shoulders. Both dance partners dance in two | | | | with your confidence. Add some spice in your life and |
| kinds of steps, the back step and the front step. It is | | | | learn to dance the dance of passion, the dance of the |
| similar to Mambo except that the movements are | | | | Salsa. |