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  • gnss

    6:59 am on January 6, 2009 | 5 | # | Reply
    Tags: cubana, dance style, puertorican

    There is coming a question in my mind – it seems that it has more to do with different places in the world.

    At first I have to say, that I don’t even know if its the same everywhere here in Germany or just my place.
    Straight to the point: Here I see lots of questions about On1 and On2 and I learned about the differences – the thing is, here noone (as far as I know) talks about On1 and On2. It is all more about what style you dance (I don’t mean LA or NY, which would be the same question): The question is “Do you dance puertorican style or cuban?”
    At first I know what both are and my question is not what you are doing – thats something I allready know.

    My question is: What about your country or your city – is there also the question what of both you dance?
    And as a second question: At the place where you are, did you even know that there are differences in this too?

     

    • donv69 8:07 am on January 6, 2009Permalink | Reply

      In Montreal it’s a bit mixed. Some only dance cuban, some only puerto rican, some both. We are not told which moves belong to which in class. It’s something that I learned afterwards.

    • gnss

      gnss 8:16 am on January 6, 2009Permalink | Reply

      I don’t know too much about cuban moves, so I don’t know what moves I learned aswell – but in general I had to chose between a puertorican class and a cuban class – in that case it seems not to be mixed – and I also don’t know to much about dancing cuban for myself, so I can’t say if it would be good to know both while still leraning.

    • dahvee 1:39 pm on January 6, 2009Permalink | Reply

      I’ve cruised through fair amount of Salsa related forums. Some terms mean different things in other locations.

      As near as I can figure in some European countries dancing Puerto Rican style refers to a slotted style as opposed to the circular Cuban or casino style of dance.

      Here in Houston, TX…Cuban dancers are in the minority, so it is assumed that you dance a slotted or cross-body style. It is usually a question of on1 or on2.

    • donv69 6:47 pm on January 6, 2009Permalink | Reply

      “Puerto Rican style refers to a slotted style as opposed to the circular Cuban”

      Perfect description!!!

      I like the slotted style on fast songs, it’s damn cool. Then do cuban when it starts to get repetitive or the rhythm calls for it.

    • Quilb 2:34 pm on January 8, 2009Permalink | Reply

      In the part of Australia i’m in (Sydney) It’s almost all LA On1 although there is people who dance NY On2 and also those who dance Cuban. I myself only dance On2 which makes it hard when you know most of the ladies at socials only know On1.

  • Anthony Persaud

    6:10 pm on November 30, 2008 | 2 | # | Reply
    Tags: commentary, dance style

    I saw this comment on a video of ours in YouTube and I liked it very much. It was a great analogy of comparing different salsa styles by a user named tommrod:

    “Salsa is a language, and as a language, it can be spoken in many accents, slang terms, and varying tone as one may like.”

    For some reason, it just never occurred to me that this was a perfect analogy for “understanding” different salsa styles. A lot of dancers tend to be on the “Cali Colombia Salsa is the best”, or “LA on1 is true salsa”…etc. In reality, just as the Spanish language, even though there are proper ways to speak Spanish (grammar, spelling, syntax..etc) – we do come to accept the diversity of Spanish dialects. On1, On2, Casino, Pachanga, Cali…. They are all just different dialetcs of salsa dancing, each with their own variations on accents as well. The diversity is innumerable.

     

    • gabriel 2:44 am on December 9, 2008Permalink | Reply

      you are right.
      that is a great analogy, although even the right usage of a “correct” grammar is nothing but clear. people from latin america use a totally different grammar than those from spain. so correct forms of grammer also have to adapt the spoken styles.
      thats what the academia real does every year, they are analyzing the spoken word.

      as it is in the dancing sphere. there is no correct way of dancing salsa. there is a lot of technique, but as salsa dancing is like every dance a form of communication to and with music, everybody has it’s own way of talking.

    • tommrod 9:46 pm on December 23, 2008Permalink | Reply

      wow i didn’t know i was so cool !!!
      haaa
      no seriously i didn’t think anybody else hadn’t come up with the same thing. it just seems logic.
      though mr apersaud had to change some of the words i used.
      it’s cool, i have to say mr apersaud inspired me to take classes and learn salsa technique because i have danced salsa but to a “family reunion” level.
      not only i had thought of salsa being a language but also compared to the whole human understanding of relationships. which might be a little too heavy and lack some interest.