Actually - this is a forum post by Swannie. She did a good job of selecting a set of videoclips for people to understand that there are different styles of salsa (and salsa music). Just pick your favorite weapon and stick with it.
Cuban: Osbanis (a native Cuban), is big (considered one of the best) Cuban style teacher based in London:
Colombian Style:
PR Style: Tito y Tamara
Anthony added: Jason Molina from PR
NY Style: Eddie Torres, the man himself:
LA Style: The Vasquez Brothers , credited with popularizing LA style:
Anthony added: Alex Da Silva (the LA celebrity):
Victor and Gaby (Mexico Style):
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Well, it’s very interesting the comparison of different styles. I found the LA style video some kind of a tango-salsa fusion. Regarding the mexican style, I must disagree because most of the video is actually about a “quebradita” style of dancing completely different from the way people dance here at Mexico. They performed some salsa but the quebradita or banda dancing is almost all the video about. This kind of dance is typical of the north region of the country, in the other hand, salsa belongs more to the coast parts of Mexico. In fact, I would say that most of the people here, dance salsa like if they were dancing cumbia, but only faster. I liked the PR and cuban style, I think I would practice some steps from there