Hi Anthony!. I must say first many thanks for this videos, Im from Argentina and Im having salsa lessons in my city and your videos really help me to improve my movement. There will be any Bachata lessons in the future??
Greetings!
Updates from July, 2010
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Mdptweety
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method_men25
Anthony,
First of all, I’d like to say what you’re doing is a great public service
But please! Don’t forget about all of us who love your wonderful, HiDef, full length, HD, NON iPhone vids of you doing your thing!
Don’t get me wrong, pocket salsa is a wonderful idea.
BUT
Some of us like a challenge…Thanks again,
-LupeR
Anthony Persaud
We have not forgotten.
We are making some good changes that had been ignored for a year. We will start new shows in late August. (I also had to make sure I kept my real day job in this economy!) 
method_men25
Oh yea, that whole priority business and stuff. *Whatever* haha
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tao.
Hello, everyboby, hello, Anthony teacher.my name is tao,I come from China .
I love salsa.
I like Anthony teacher dancing.
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nickg78
Hey Anthony,
you used to have ads on your website that sold these salsa shoes that looked like sneakers. You have worn them in some of your videos, they are white white a black stripe on the side…………….whats the site you got them from???
cold.salsero
Maybe you’re thinking of gabellini dance shoes?
Anthony Persaud
It’s one of our sponsors: http://gabellinishoes.com/ (Gabellini Shoes). You are looking for the salsa shoe called ‘The Classic’.
tao.
Anthony teacher,I want to have a pair of great men shoes,but This website I couldn’t open it
Don’t know why
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Cold Salsero
Anyone know when Colombian Independence Day is? Wikipedia gave me two different answers, July 20th and August 7th.
Marco
It’s too bad I didn’t get to read this Sunday night before a social dance. The “halftime performers” were Staight Outta Cali. I would have asked them for you.
cold.salsero
Woot! Burn the floor Cali dancers!
It’s okay, apparently it’s today
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LAG5499
Hi everybody!! I’ve read on the internet that it’s better to dance some songs on2 and some others on1. However, the articles that I’ve read don’t mention the characteristics of each type of song… Could you please enlighten me? please be as clear and detailed as possible avoiding the word “feeling”. It’ll be great if you provide examples of each type of song. Thanks a lot!
cold.salsero
In my experience, I feel like songs that have percussion that really jumps out at you in-your-face kind of make you feel like dancing on2 (sorry, I used the F word).
Example: Mambo Gozon by Tito Puente. The clap in the conga drums really stand out from the non-percussive instruments like the horns, so they make you want to emphasize them more by dancing on2.
This doesn’t mean you can’t dance the song on1, you certainly could, nor do I think that dancing on1 to the song is “better” than dancing to it on2. For me, I guess it’s a matter of personal preference. I personally would dance to it on2 because of what I said about the congas, they make me feel like dancing on2 to emphasize them (sorry for the F word again).
There might be stylistic examples that other people can give for dancing a song on one timing versus another (like more time for a lady to do her spins on2, etc), but I can’t think of any right now.
cold.salsero
By the way, more answers from other people on addicted2salsa’s facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=414470969409.
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salilsurendran
Hello Friends,
I recently started swing dancing. I was surprised to see that I could figure out Swing music in just 2 days. While dancing Swing I don’t count but just feel the downbeat in the music. Compared to this I still have to specifically listen to the 2nd and 4th beats(being an on2 dancer) while dancing Salsa. In spite of listening to Salsa music for almost 2 years, I still don’t feel Salsa music as much as I do Swing. If I could feel Salsa like the way I feel Swing, it would make my dancing so much better. I am wondering if this is because I started Salsa first before going to Swing, or Swing is much easier music than Salsa(just like Bachata) or it is just that psychologically, I am still trying to hard in Salsa to count or hear the beats rather than just feeling it? -
salilsurendran
Hey Anthony,
I love your iphone app ‘Pocket Salsa’. I was wondering if you could present the patterns on 2 count also. Also on the addicted2salsa website there are a number of patterns that are not present on the iphone app. Are there any plans to port them to the iphone app. I had a question about the copa loop over that is present in the Advanced section of your Pocket Salsa app for the iphone. After the copa, you start leading the turn on 5. At this point the weight of the lady is on her left foot making it difficult for her to do the turn. I dance on 2 and when I try to do this pattern it seems easier for me to do it immediately after the copa on the beat 1(on2 count). So I was wondering if on 1 also you should be starting the lead on the 3rd beat immediately after the copa.Anthony Persaud
1) We plan to do something with presenting On2 patterns. We just want to do it right (takes a lot of thought on how to organize material). We want to make sure there is an order in the videos to help people get up to speed quickly and minimize confusion on whether they should do on1/on2 and what the timing differences are.
2) We will be making update to the full version of the iPhone app to support viewing the Podcast from the phone. Currently the iPhone/ iPod Touch app contains videos not found on the website as we consider it supplemental reference material to our podcast. I’m still working on implementing this, but I’m first working on getting the main application ported over to iOS 4 (in addition to having Apple resolve some uploading issues on their end).
3) You could lead the copa that way, but I would emphasize that stopping her would be more appropriately done on count 3, and the indication to start turning should happen on count 5 since between 3 and 5, the lady is transitioning her weight during this time. This transition allows you to help her know that she will be doing a turn after count 5.
OUsalsero
This app looks great. It would have been enough to make me get an iPhone if I hadn’t just purchased an Android. When is the Android version coming out?
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chaith1
I have been doing Salsa for a year and have recently been told that I am not dancing the routine I am just doing it. I was wondering if dancing comes with time or if there is something I should focus on to learn to dance rather than just going through the routines. I guess the thing is I don’t feel the music like the better dancers.
cold.salsero
My apologies for the brief answer, but I’m short on time.
Don’t give up. Yes, of course learning to dance takes time, but how long that time is depends on both you as an individual, and what you’re doing to improve.
These are the two most important things you need in order to develop your sense of musicality, of “feeling the music”:
1. Practice.
2. Listening to a lot of salsa music. And I don’t mean the boring stuff, like salsa romantica (please don’t flame me). I mean the good, catchy stuff, that stuff that makes you want to move and groove, like Rumbon Melon by Joey Pastrana. See this blog by DJ Walt for good music references, http://salsasession.blogspot.com/.These things can also help you develop as a dancer:
3. Take lessons from a good teacher. Studio lessons are highly recommended. Also, joining a performance group can also be a big help.
4. Learn by example. Watch the advanced dancers in your scene, how they match the music with their turn patterns and body movement and shines.To get you started with number 4, here is a video by one of the best leaders (and DJs) in Boston, Andres Giraldo of Salsa y Control [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ3_JQp0kV8[/video]. Watch how he hits the breaks in the music with dramatic moves and poses, and how some of his footwork hits the breaks in the music too.
Here’s another video of some cha cha dancers that DJ Walt wrote about in his blog, [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynKOkVEOgUg[/video]. Watch the crazy body movement, footwork, and shines that the dancer in green uses to match the music.
May I ask where you are located? If you’re in Providence RI or around Boston, I can help direct you to a good dance studio. If not, maybe others can give their recommendations.
Finally, you have other answers from the Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411914244409 .
Don’t stop shining,
Cold Salserocold.salsero
I posted a longer answer for you, but apparently it got eaten.
You have other comments to your post here: http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=411914244409
chaith1
Those were good, if one of them were not yours try to repost it or just email it to me. Thanks for your help.
tao. 8:04 pm on July 30, 2010Permalink |
i’m from chinese,Here, many people love salsa and bachata.
Anthony’s video help very much.
Anthony Persaud 11:43 pm on August 2, 2010Permalink |
We don’t have bachata lessons (yet). We are still working on getting everyone to learn salsa
samcrime786 11:28 pm on September 8, 2010Permalink |
Hi,
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