What do you think ’bout this begining style? Should we do like this at the dance club?
Updates from May, 2009
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DEVILOFDARKNESS
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Italo
I built my own dance floor!
This is the best thing I’ve done for myself. I’ve been practicing my spins and wanted a very nice, clear, low friction dance floor to do it on–and apart from going to a studio, many of us have carpet, or just not smooth enough floor etc.
So I bought 2 boxes of laminate flooring. 1 box is PLENTY for a single person–it makes a 5×5 foot square basically, joins together in less 5 minutes, and can be taken apart in 30 seconds. For those of you who haven’t done it–they just click together, seamlessly.
I bought two boxes, not sure if 1 would be enough–and 2 boxes is fantastic for 2 people, possibly 3. (2 boxes is a 8×5 rectangle. You can buy a box at lowes or the home depot for $30, or like me, found a few remnant boxes and paid $25 for two boxes. Anyone who has done a laminate job always has a few boxes left over (craigslist!) or if you can swing the 30, you can get a new box from Lowes etc.
Anyway, so I actually brought my Porto-Floor to a friends house last night and it was absolutely fantastic! Safe for the shoes, completely clean and dirt free, low friction–and really simple to put together and take apart.
I highly recommend it! “Studio in a Box”
Italo
Ernest Acosta
Can you list the brand of laminate flooring that you purchased for your dancefloor?
Italo
get the cheapest one. There really is no difference–they all have a perfect dancing floor finish, seamless and incredibly smooth. 2 boxes are enough for a moderate sized 2 person dance floor, and 1 box is perfect for 1 person. Aim for left over boxes from a project where they have say, 2-3 left and just want to get rid of them. OR just say ‘heck with it!” go to Lowes or the Depot and just pay 30$ for a box. this new dance floor has saved my knee, thank god, because I tweaked it doing so many right spins/doubles that I realized a smooth floor AND suede shoes were a necessity. good luck!
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lonbluster
I have found out a better matrix to be on perfect timing when you dance sincopathed, On2 salsa.
It is a mix of the clave and the tumbao of the conga with accent on the downbeats. With this matrix I always know more precisely WHEN I have to place the following step or steps, giving therefore more freedom to interpret the music or to break out of the schemes for shining a little bit or whatever.All that one should do is to listen for instruments playing on the following beats:
2-3-5-6-6½-8-8½
which(swapping 2 measures) can also be put as:
1-2-2½-4-4½-6-7There is a stress/accent on the 3 and the 5(1 and 7),the two downbeats in the clave.
Even though the two correspond to the type of clave being played, IT can change often direction during a song, and may be interpreted both as 2/3 or 3/2 and this produce a different attitude and feeling for the song.
This is due to the fact that the accents on the downbeat in the first case are in the middle of the pattern and in the second case on the 2 extremes.
Also in the first case the 1 is purposefully obmitted, maybe because it already has a strong impact in the song, but if we prefer we can revert to the second case to give a different interpretation to the song, even if the music is suggesting more one of the two models.Does it mean something to you?
In this file matrix_3_2 you can hear the pattern without having to think about it, but the concept is NOT to search for this pattern in salsa songs, but instead to follow the instruments that most often match these beats in the music.
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Marie-B
Hey guys,
Recently I’ve been going through this latin-Jazz phase. I’ve bought the Bobby Montez Cd that Anthony talks about in one of his podcasts but I’m looking for some other and maybe easier to find suggestions… Can you guys help me out?Thanks
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Don Vaillancourt
I mentioned a while back that I bought 20 hours of private lessons after having completed my 1 year salsa course. Wow, you wouldn’t believe the stuff that I learnt on posture and weight transfer.
I have noticed that with Salsa you really learn how to use your body effectively. I was watching Buffy the vampire slayer the other day and noticed how she does one of this martial arts spinning-kick ( I think its called round-house kick). I managed to do one using my salsa spot turns. It wasn’t perfect, but it shows how learning to use your body is the root of great salsa dancing.
So now my teacher has asked me to do a competition with her. Well this requires super advanced private lessons where she really drills me on posture and nitpicks every little detail, but mind you this is only for my school’s summer ball and nowhere near the big times, but it’s a start. Learning to dance never stops. It’s fun.
Marie-B
I’ve done 15 years of ballet before thinking of salsa and even though both styles are very different, weight transfer is a recurrent thing in dance… For me, when I dance with a guy if he transfers his weight properly, he won’t have to pull on me to lead I just feel his weight shifting and it makes the dance way smoother…
Where have you been taking classes?
Don Vaillancourt
San Tropez. My private lessons teacher is Kassandra, a real cutie. She too has 7 years of ballet and 2 years of salsa. For a girl with only 2 years of salsa she knows a lot.
I have been meaning to ask her if she has carried any of her knowledge from ballet to salsa. Maybe you can answer that?
Marie-B
When it comes to salsa, Liz and John from LA once told me something that I believe is very true: « The way you become better in salsa is by cross-training: by studying all kinds of other styles: Flamenco, hip-hop, ballet, tango, etc… and being able to mix all of them up
As a ballet dancer, it was almost natural for me to spin. Also, alot of my arm styling seems alot smoother than other salsa dancers because ballet teaches you how to be smooth, sensual and girly… It helped on the flexibility for the dips and lifts. Also ballet is very precise 45 degrees means 45 degrees not less not more…
So in a way it did help. What is the hardest thing is breaking what they call the ballet corset so basically getting the hip motion and my afro-cuban.One other thing is that if you put too much ballet in your salsa, it looses it’s essence and it becomes difficult for the guy to guide you because the following part is really existant in ballet and too much styling is like not enough : BORING!
it’s all about nuancing things.
Btw, try taking a couple of classes with Corinne, she’s incredible: she’ll teach you so much!Hope I answered your question well
Don Vaillancourt
I have seen Corinne dance once at Salsateque for fun and another time at Academy showing off their pro-competition routine. Really amazing.
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TFox
Hi! I’m a woman in my twenties and I live in a small town. I pick up dancing, especially salsa easily and I love it so much! However, I have no salsa in my life. I’m wondering if you have any advice. I was thinking maybe I could travel somewhere? I need more instruction, but I would pick it up really fast. I would die to just have a week of salsa dancing. And of course I have no partner! I’m in salsa purgatory. Any ideas?
Don Vaillancourt
Where do you live. Maybe there is someone who lives in your area who can help. Maybe try http://www.meetup.com/ to find meetup groups in your area. Search for schools that teach salsa. Also checkout facebook.
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Anthony Persaud
Videos by Dance Skill Level
This has probably been one of the most requested features for Addicted2Salsa: The ability to group our dance video lessons by dance skill level. We understand that everyone has a different learning curve, so we did our best to categorize each video into the skill level that was appropriate. You can select between ‘Beginner‘, ‘Intermediate‘ and ‘Advanced‘ by using the main site buttons. Hope everyone else finds it useful!
For those also interested in non-salsa discussions, I reorganized the OLD forums and placed them here.
marcus
I definitely want to dance salsa and i am a great fan of you guys doing salsa lessons on you tube but i want to know tips for picking up a salsa dance partner because I live in Georgia and there is hardly anybody who wants to dance salsa over here I AM ADDICTED TO SALSA AND I NEED A PARTNER
Octavio
Hey marcus,
I’ve been learning a lot from the following website: http://mastersalsa.com/videos.php
You might want to check it out.
Have fun learning bro.
SalseroWannaBe
@Anthony – always great ideas. You’ll be rich before 40 yo!
@Marcus – depends on which Georgia you live at: Caucasian Georgia, or Georgia in US? Maybe try to find some social sites, or just start teaching small group of friends, then set up parties, use social sites, and maybe you’ll start salsa at your place?
susieqsalsa
Funny you just wrote this note recently as I was going to ask you about it. But I was just on your youtube channel and was trying to save your videos to my playlists and making separate playlists by categories of Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced and I am wondering if your youtube channel can do that, too? I share your videos with a lot of people and this would make it so much easier to share. Thank you!
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Christian
I seem completely unable to get the beat of songs.
Is there somewhere an audio file that includes all counting in addition to normal music/ only counting one and five/ counting every second time?Don Vaillancourt
After trying a whole bunch of ways to try to find the beat what I ended up doing is picking up on where the singer starts his verse. From there count 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 until you are in sync with the vocals. Then slowly I started picking up on the music. I couldn’t for the life of them be able to pick out an instrument, but I can follow it now.
Abraham
Find Ep.25 podcast by Anthony It’s very helpful.
lonbluster
This has been done by Anthony already, check out this audio.
http://addicted2salsa.com/2007/03/13/how-to-find-the-beat-in-salsa-music-part-1/
http://addicted2salsa.com/2009/02/16/the-basic-salsa-clave-practice-soundtrack/Because I have been playing guitar since years now, I find really natural to find the beat after 1 or few seconds the song goes on, and I used to be amazed to see people cannot do it as easily as I do. Anyway, in order to help people like you, I have found out some points to consider:
-in salsa we count up to 8, but you can simplify counting up to 4 and repeat.
-consider the Downbeat and the Upbeat in the music: The downbeat is where most instruments place their notes(and the singer accent the words) and in salsa and in most of the songs it falls on 1 and 3 (5 and 7). I usually start always dancing for few measure (1 measure=1234) stepping on the downbeats.
The upbeat(2,4,6,8) is less easy to find naturally because it is an introductory beat for the nearcoming downbeat. If you are dancing salsa On2(sincopathed timing) you will need to master to find these beats as well, which you can consider as something in the middle between 2 downbeats, or as answer beats.
-if the Clave is clear you can use it as well as cross reference: it marks the 2,3 and 1, 2½, 4 of the subsequent measure.
-sometimes some percussion instruments start marking each beat (often in Chacha)
-even without counting get use to mark the beat of a song, snapping or clapping each beat in order to get a feeling of the speed of the song.
-when you dance you will actually reduce all the counting to finding the 1(5), and all the other steps came by themselves.Don’t worry, after you get it you will never lose it again and you will wonder how it could seem so difficoult
dahvee
If you can download from emusic.com, do a search for Alex Wilson – Salsa Con Soul Timing Workout.
It is a timing song, that isolates instruments and rhythms.
SalseroWannaBe
Eddie Torres Timing CD.
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Abraham
I’m going to see La-33 in Amsterdam next Wednesday , jay for me
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Abraham
Hi guys I’m looking for a Chachacha.
I think its Cuban cause it goes something like: ouahida (something something) Bailar…
I heard it last nite when i went to the club for salsa (first time since 7 months and i bombed
) any ideas on the song?
Abraham
nobody?
Abraham
I found it!!!111. Amor Verdado by AfroCuban Allstars
hooknc
Smallish correction…
It seems as the song is called “Amor Verdadero” by Afro Cuban All Stars.
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/Amor_Verdadero/1726662
Just a tad on the quick side for a chacha.
Abraham
ah yes correct on the title thanks. I gues i’m a speedy gonzales r something because i found it somewhat slow for regular salsa
hooknc
You’re welcome. (However, I have seen the song under the title that you provided.)
On the song…
You are correct it is a terribly slow salsa. However, the song isn’t a salsa, it is a cha cha.
Fast Cha Cha equals a slow Salsa.
One, two, three, cha cha cha…
two, three, cha cha cha…
two, three, cha cha cha… Rinse and Repeat…
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MeWannaSalsa
Thank You Anthony & Julie for your input. Are the workshops at the salsa congress for more advanced salsa dancers or do they have for all skill levels? I will most likely go there because it sounds like i can really improve my salsa. Plus it sounds like one big salsa party everyday till 4 a.m.! Wow you can’t find clubs that stay open that late anymore! I will look for you there if you go so i can mimic (or try to at least) your moves
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MeWannaSalsa
Hi everyone i am new to the salsa world. I been doing it for 2 weeks now and i really enjoy the challenge of learning new moves and applying them into the salsa groove. I live in the East L.A.area and i am wondering if you guys recommend any places that teach salsa. I am a beginner but i want to take 3-4 classes a week. I am currently taking one class on Thursdays but i feel like its not enough. I want to learn more and faster. I want to dedicate myself to salsa for a couple hours each day and 3-4 times a week at least. I been going over the dance videos here on addicted2salsa.com and practicing them with my mother (1 of my partners). I would be down for some private lessons if you know of any great one on one teachers in my area. Any recommendations on how i should approach salsa since i am just starting out? I like the way Anthony teaches in the videos that is the kind of teacher i would LOVE to have! He is the type of salsa dancer i would like to be in the future!
Anthony Persaud
Thank you for the praise! – however there are plenty of amazing dancers and instructors in L.A. (a lot better than us since we are not professionals
)As far as lessons, going out to the club is the most important thing you can do to improve your salsa skills. It will force you to ‘learn how to remember’ patterns and become confident on the dance floor. Definitely you can always come down to San Diego to a few of the venues here.
Since you are in LA, I would recommend going to the Los Angeles Salsa Congress that is coming up in this month (May). You can find info and videos of some of the old events here: http://addicted2salsa.com/tag/los-angeles-salsa-congress/
Julie
It’s great to see your enthusiasm! It only gets better with more practice, and it’s a very rewarding hobby/lifestyle. I don’t know the LA scene very well, but I do know of a team called Mambo Inc. that comes to San Diego (where I am) fairly frequently, and I know they are great instructors and have a dance style similar to Anthony’s. I believe they are located in Downey:
http://www.mamboinc.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1If you do ever come to San Diego, definitely let us know! There are lots of fun places to go out dancing and Anthony and I always enjoy meeting fellow salsa addicts
Good luck & more importantly, have fun!
MeWannaSalsa
I will be going to San Diego to go Sky Diving either the weekend before or after my birthday of July 1st… We are then going to party over there that night. Can you name me a couple spots that play salsa music pleeease? I would prefer a place that has like a salsa room and then also like another room with hip hop or something else to mix it up. Thank you soooo much you guys are real nice! And i am looking into that mamboinc.com group thanks for the tip!
Julie
Skydiving! How fun! I would be happy to give you recommendations for San Diego. It depends what night you will want to dance, as there are usually a couple places open every night. When the date gets closer, shoot Anthony or me an email (see contact us section)!
IncaPie
Hey MeWannaSalsa,
A great place in the L.A. area is DanceSport, California owned by Bernard and Sonyo Martinez. These two are the co-organizers of the SalsaMambo Festival (Congress) in Palm Springs twice a year. Their teaching and dancing skills are top notch, and they are nice people. I’m not sure how far you are from the Garden Grove area, but you can check out all the info you need at:
http://www.dancesportca.com/
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SalseroWannaBe
Hi people and good evening.
Let’s talk about how to store Anthony’s videos on HDD from Youtube. I do it by combining Firefox web browser and Video DownloadHelper plugin. When you’re finished downloading .flv file, you can play them back on your PC using f.e. Media Player Classic with codec pack (it includes a .flv playback support). To convert it to any other format, search google for flv converter to the format that you’re interested into.
Quite easy, if needed more details, read manuals, ask Google, and then ask on forum (if George Oogle and Mr. RTFM fail)
Marco
I have a Cr@zy Ukrainian friend that is an ardent supporter of the RTFM format. I start whining and then he tells me the answer to my BIOS setup questions. (A lot quicker then waking up with an ASUS logo on my forehead.)
Anthony Persaud
Not sure if you have noticed yet, but YouTube now allows you to download videos by clicking the download button below the video. On some videos though it cost 99 cents. You can always download our videos for free through our RSS feed. ( http://feeds.addicted2salsa.com/addicted2salsa )
Christian
It seems like the RSS feed doesn’t have the first podcasts.
SalseroWannaBe
My language version is not showing this option yet. IT’s funny stuff – paying for downloading Youtube videos, that you have already downloaded while watching them. Pay per view is acceptable in some cases, but view and pay to view using your own players is for suckers.
Anthony Persaud
Well, just remember that we accept donations even if we make our videos free to download. We are trying to get a new computer.
SalseroWannaBe
No probs, man. But personally I think you picked up a really cutting edge, instead budget solution. Not nice on times of crisis
Anthony Persaud
So is there an issue downloading videos from the RSS feed or from iTunes for free? We still pay the bandwidth cost for those free downloads – not nice in times of crisis either
SalseroWannaBe
Yes, iTunes is not allowing to download your videos in some countries.
Julie
@SalseroWannaBe
You can download our videos without restrictions (and without iTunes) on our RSS feed. http://feeds.addicted2salsa.com/addicted2salsa . Enjoy!
lonbluster
I use Firefox + FlashGot plugin+ optional download manager(DTA); I think it is better over VideoDownloadHelper.
Enjoy
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DavidI
You guys are the best. i love watching your videos…im a beginner, is there anyway i can download the beginner videos so i can have them on my ipod?
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Anthony Persaud
This weekend will mark the shooting of our 50th Addicted2Salsa Dance Videos episode. After more than 13 million video views on YouTube alone, I don’t know how best to celebrate. Anyone has any suggestions on what you might want to learn? Should we redo the basics? More on2?
This was our most popular video with over 3 million views.
rg
Naked salsa. Will be unforgotten.
DEVILOFDARKNESS
I want to learn the styling (again) and the paterns that have the “lock” word (ex: hammerlock, double lock, loop over lock, etcetera).
How to celebrate? In the past 49 videos, you have been dancing with Stephanie, Melanie and Julie. Therefore, I also want a great performance between you and that three women. And as RG’s idea, you should wear some more colourful clothes, sexier clothes and even wackier clothes (but don’t be naked!).Julie
That would be very interesting indeed.
Marisa
A pattern where by the end Julie has done 50 spins.
Abraham
with diamond tipped stiletto heels so she scrathes “addicted2salsa”in the dancefloor. this may seems hard but as Anthony always says: very simple
Julie
lol – now even I laugh when Anthony says the phrase while we are filming
it ought to be trademarked! I’ll work on the stilettos, however, i don’t think our studio would appreciate us “leaving our mark”…haha
Bharath
I’m an ardent fan of addicted to Salsa and would love to have a very special video as the 50th episode! Surely not the basics (even if its on 2) as most of us would like to remember the 50th episode in a very special way and an Salsa sequence with lots of fun involved would be the best
I would love to learn how to lead 2 women for a sequence of Salsa with lots of styling and cheeky steps (like hand juggles, body rolls, etc…); this is mainly because in many clubs I find lesser Men than Women and it makes it difficult to let the ladies wait for long… It should be fun to lead more than a single partner!
All the very best and eagerly awaiting 100th episode celebration!
DEVILOFDARKNESS
My another idea is that Anthony and his partner(s) should sing the salsa (or mambo) song while dancing. (Ex: El négro bembon, mambo Italiano, manias, etcetera) Anthony, your vocé while talking is so sweet, and I wonder how it would be while singing.
dahvee
First off…Congratulations! This is a great milestone. I know I am not alone in saying, how much all the hard work you guys put in is greatly appreciated.
To make episode 50 extra special you should…
…wait for it…
Make it a TWO PARTER.
The first part, the instructional part, could be on body movements. Show how adding body movements can enhance the basic or simple shines. Maybe even do a simple pattern, then add body flourishes to make it look good.
The second part should be Julie and you dancing to a whole song.
Thanks again for all the hardwork.
BTW – for episode 100 I am insisting you do a team routine with you and all your past A2S partners.
Marcus
hey i’m a addicted to salsa addict and i would like for you to do casts to improve solo salsa for people (like me) who don’t have a partner as of yet
jovi
congratulations
it is time for a huge party. movie everything, friends, fun, salsa dance. i think this would be great for 50th episode.
Dave
I like the idea of leading two partners and also the “two parter” of showing you two dance to a full song afterwards.
Also, in future episodes, I would like to see some exploration of other latin dances. Addicted2salsa.com has helped my salsa immensely, but my bachata is deplorable. Help!Abraham
Hmm a podcast like ep.25 and .26 expaining how to dance on 2? I would like very much yes
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SalseroWannaBe
I’m looking for pictures of 50s and 60s people, especially Latin people dancing to latin music. Can anyone point any (even payed) resources where could I obtain them?
jovi
musik is not latin, but dancing people(also some latin ones) from 50s and 60s (i think)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Mc5qfhrxA&feature=player_embedded
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SalseroWannaBe
Hello salsa world.
Salsa music can be perceived as “dead”, because almost all what you hear at clubs is considered “classic”, older than 20 years. Also this style of music is not easy to adopt by people that grow in non-latin culture, and is not perceived well by people that are not likely into latin music culture (“yuck, what is this”).
Tonight, I would like to share with you some of my favourite tunes, showing that salsa is not only a music of latino “fathers of fathers”, but can be also finded nice to listen by young people grown on more modern rhythms. This is the kind of music that you can take to almost any party, not risking being marked as “latino geek”.Some people tend to call this “urban salsa”, because it adopts reggaeton (street music of latin America), pop, dance, and is often created by DJs using remix tools.
First, I would like to start with Eurocuban Project, as wikidance.org states: “In the city of Turin four boys of which three Cuban live who, joined from the passion for music and the caraibic rhythms, have begun for a year to develop to a plan client and financed directly from the Ministry of the Culture of Cuba.”. (http://www.wikidance.org/index.php/Eurocuban_Project). They were promoted by salsa.it compilations.
Lumidee’s “Never leave you” by Eurocuban Project:There are lot of songs like this. Salsaton, or urban salsa – whatever it is called, brings a breeze of new into kinda cheesy salsa world. Do You guys have any favourites?
With all the respect to The Grandmasters (or grandfathers), this “new wave” shall be a hope to salsa world, telling, that it’s not musically dead, and that you can bring your music to friend’s house, if you live, for example in Europe. Feel the summer, feel fresh, enjoy dancing (AND listening), and stay young in your hearts!
Best wishes to salseros all over the world.
P.S. Sorry for my English, as it is not my primary language
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Bigheadj
Hello all my name is Jevon and I am from Durham NC. I am new to this site and I had a couple questions. First, I find it hard to learn without a partner(after class), I try to practice moves at home in front of a mirror but I am terrified of trying some things I ahve learned with a partner that I haven’t practiced with or one that I don’t know. Any suggestions as to how i can improve on my own and then maybe try some things at a club? Oh I should have told you guys that I am a beginner and a very quick learner, i can watch feet and get a move really fast but sometimes I can get lost in counting(hasn’t come natural yet) and what it is that I want to do. My second question is does anyone know if any seminars or any good instructors in my area?
raj
hmm there is a salsa club at greensboro, i dont really remember the name on top of my head . no wait its “Artistika” maybe its far for u but just thought to share
DEVILOFDARKNESS
About counting, in order not to get lost in counting, I think you don’t have to count all the numbers but you just count 1 when you step your left foot forward and count 5 when you step your right foot backward.
Explanation:
When you step your left on 1, you know that you will have to step it backward before stepping right back ward on 5 (or you may fall down). But pay attention that while walking, you step left, right, left, right, left, right… , therefore you cannot step the left foot backward on 2 but you can step the right foot in place on 2 and step the left foot back on 3. In concluding, your feet naturally react on 2 and 3, so you don’t have to count 2 and 3. Similarly, you just have to count 5 but you don’t have to count 6 or seven because of the above reason.
(please check it out if I’m saying something wrong, thank you.)David
Hi Bigheadj
If you are having problems with your timing that’s what you should work on. The good news is you don’t need a partner.
The link below has a free Salsa beat box you can you to practice your basic step with. Start out a slow pace focusing on your weight transfers and timing, gradually pick up the pace.
I recommend practicing in 5 minute intervals through out the day. Once you develop your muscle memory you can use your steps to mark the count, and it will start to become second nature to you.
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juxstapose
Hey all,
I am wondering what salsa workshops are like at Congresses? I always see people with cameras on youtube filming the pattern. Do people participate and try to learn the pattern? Is it like a salsa class where they have people go around in a circle switching partners and learn it?
Thanks
Don Vaillancourt
Workshops are fun. And yes they are just like class where you change partners. Part usually it’s up to the teacher’s discretion.
Sometimes you learn something. Sometimes you walk out wondering why you thought you could do a shines workshop on2 with Eddie Torres when you had an intro to On2 two workshops ago. Sometimes you learn something new that you didn’t think was done in salsa. And sometimes you just want to have a private lesson with teacher after learning some cool new stuff.
It’s definiterly worth it. And you meet knew people. All good things in my book.
D-C
It’s usually the same thing for every workshop: teacher comes in, teaches the group a pattern/shine for the duration of the workshop and then at the end does the pattern with count and then with music so that people can record it.
People do participate in the teaching part. That’s about 95% of the workshop. Imagine it’s like a big class with many students. Different teachers have different methods but yes it mostly comes down to people going around in “circle” (most of the time it’s a very caotic circle since there’s so many people and not enough space) switching partners and learning the pattern.
juxstapose
Thanks that answered my question!
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DEVILOFDARKNESS
It’s said that there must be somet special moves at the ending of the songs (especially in performing dancing). I don’t want to do the dip because my partner is not very light.
Have you ever thought of some beautiful ending style (except dipping)? Please show us! Thank you!Julie
Here is an article I wrote on “modified dipping,” and the ladies’ preferred method
http://addicted2salsa.com/2008/06/21/how-to-do-salsa-dips-the-way-the-ladies-like-it/Marco
It would be very difficult for me to dip anyone I didn’t know (and practice with) ahead of time. My usual deal is a slow single under the arch with a one handed bow…sometimes a courtsey just to get a rise out of the follow.
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Don Vaillancourt 7:47 am on May 29, 2009Permalink |
Dance clubs are there to have fun, practice, improve, challenge yourself and even do silly things. If you like doing styles go and do it. It’s all in the mood of the song. I wish I could do that, but my teacher is more focused on fixing my poster first.
gnss 8:57 am on June 2, 2009Permalink |
In this video you have ballroom chacha – and also by couple dancing tournaments.
Personally I think (as a ballroomdancer) it is really good if you can get this good in what you do but again there is no place in clubs for a dancing style like this – dancing in clubs is for fun as Don said.
But if you want to learn this go for it, it will be a great experience in your dancing – the only thing to do is not to get too stiff for the salsa dancing we like so much.