by Alan Smith
Salsa dancing is like making Love; If you are not on the Woman’s rhythm -Nobody is really having Fun. Salsa Dancing is great for making new friends and meeting people. Salsa Dancing is cultural & social, it benefits health, fitness and lifestyle. Salsa Dancing has given me self-confidence, posture and a sense of ownership of something that has been completely of my own doing, beginning the classes. Most of all it is in your body, heart and soul.
Salsa refers to a fusion of informal dance styles having roots in the Caribbean (especially in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the United States), Latin and North America. Salsa incorporates multiple styles and variations; the term can be used to describe most any form of popular Cuban-derived genre, such as chachach and mambo. Salsa is a fun, sexy and social dance.
Some form of social dancing has probably existed since the beginning of time. Dancing On2 means that the break step synchronizes with the accented slap of the tumbao, the pattern played on the conga drums, while the On1 break step synchronizes with the first beat of the measure. Dancing is also a really good way to lose body weight, Because it’s such fun and you’re concentrating on learning something new, you don’t realise until the end of the class how much exersise you’re doing. It’s great to dance with someone you’ve just encountered for the first time or with someone you’ve known for years.
Musicians play recurring rhythmic accompaniments often in groups of eight beats, two measures of four quarter notes, while melodic phrases span eight or sixteen beats, with entire stanzas spanning thirty-two beats. The ideal tempo is 80-120 beats. . Music author Isabelle Leymarie notes that salsa performers often incorporate machoistic bravado in their lyrics, in a manner reminiscent of calypso and samba, a theme she ascribes to the performers humble backgrounds and subsequent need to compensate for their origins. Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Spanish Caribbean genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad.
There are lessons dedicated to the art of salsa styling. Salsa instructors are available to teach group Salsa lessons in nightclubs, private functions or parties, corporate events. If you are unsure about whether or not salsa lessons are for you, here are some benefits to attending salsa classes and social dancing. The Physical Health Benefits of Salsa are a wonderful form of cardiovascular
exercise. Also, students taking salsa lessons get to rotate and meet many new people and learn to feel good about themselves in a learning environment, which can be difficult to accomplish.
There are lots of videos clips of classes & dancing at the club on YouTube. Discover tons of step-by-step Latin and Salsa dance videos that will guide you through each and every step. Widely formalized and popularized instructional videos demonstrate a clear teaching style. Enjoy these fun, sexy and easy-to-follow lessons on high-quality video in the privacy of your own home.
The basic step typically uses three steps each measure. This is not to say that the steps are always on beats 1, 2 and 3 of the measure. The Break Step is important in most styles of salsa. First, the break step occurs on the same beat each measure and allows the partners to establish a connection and a common ground regarding the timing and size of steps. Some some and some disagree that Abakua, Comparsa and some times even Mozambique influenced Salsa dancing
The ease of Cuban style dancing may not look as showy as other types of Salsa dancing. Cuban men can dance with anybody of any style. Cubans do the “mambo†stepâ€, but they move so much, they don’t think of the steps. Casino Rueda is a form of cuban salsa danced in a round circle with 2 or more couples exchanging partners where one person calls out the turn pattern names. Cubans do this as well as everybody else who dances salsa, no matter what nationality you are.
Rhythm can be mastered when you drop down the barriers of what others think of you when you dance. The instrumentalists emphasize the differences of the two halves of the eight-beat clave rhythm; for example, in an eight-beat-long phrase used in a 2-3 clave context, the first half of the phrase is given more straight notes that are played directly on beat, while the second half instead contains notes with longer durations and with a more off-beat feeling.
Salsa dancing is incredibly popular throughout Latin America and the United States, and is gaining popularity in Europe and elsewhere. Salsa dancing is an excellent way to widen your social circle and improve your fitness. Salsa dancing is an opportunity for self-expression and relaxation.