Salsa Dance Steps

hello I am Nene Ortega I am a dance instructor and performer with Nene Ortega baila.com let's talk about salsa dance steps Salsa Salsa comes from the word that means a combination of I mean sauce salsa in Spanish means sauce in English created by fania All-Stars the 1970s because it combined the steps from New York and stepped from people in Puerto Rico so that created a new way to dance the Mambo so I would say that salsa steps are from the Mambo they come from the Mambo and are evolved into salsa salsa music is eight count however we only dance six steps that's why we count one two three silent in four five six seven silent in eight so if you can create a music and the steps you were gonna dance only six steps for the a count in the Rhythm salsa very social you have different styles you have La style you have New York style and also you have the South American style what we dance in Colombia and Venezuela and the Caribbean each one has its little flavor it's the same music some is faster the other is slower but it's all all based in the eight counts and the six steps so it's very fun it has evolved from Social Casino salsa and then Ballroom salsa in the ballroom salsa the steps are a little bit elongated meaning they have a more they are more graceful but always with the flavor of the Latin music

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