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Aprender a Bailar Salsa – Pasos Avanzados

Pasos avanzados para aprender salsa. Para más videos de salsa, vayan ahttp://addicted2salsa.com/videos/es/ . Este video de salsa les enseñara como bailar los pasos mas avanzados de salsa en estilo de línea cual es conocido como estilo de salsa de “Nueva York” or de “Puerto Rico”. En este episodio les eseñaremos los pasos de salsa en el conteo de uno que son fáciles para principiantes. Esta movida la llamamos el ‘reverse titanic’. Facebook: http://facebook.com/addicted2salsa .

Copa Check Salsa Bounce Move

How to salsa dance video episode 89 provides you with a simple intermediate salsa dance move that combines a windmill flare with other basic salsa dance combinations. We call it the Copa Check Bounce salsa dance move.

Forward Travel Salsa Dance Wrap

In episode 88 of Addicted2Salsa Salsa Dance Lesson series, we will teach you a quick intermediate move that we call the Forward Travel Wrap. It is composed of a variation of a salsa cross-body cuddle move for the guys and then performing a short double spin with flicks. If you ever have any questions about salsa dancing, salsa music, or our website, feel free to ask the question on our Facebook page:http://facebook.com/addicted2salsa. You can also follow us on Twitter @addicted2salsa.

Interview with Salsa Stars : Raymond and Jenalyn

We had the pleasure of watching Raymond (12) and Jenalyn (9) Saraza Pacheco perform and receive a great standing ovation at the Los Angeles Salsa Congress this past May, and wanted to interview them to share their story. Raymond and Jenalyn currently dance with Latin Energy dance company and have been taught by instructor Vanessa Stay. Watch them dance and read their amazing story!

How did you learn to dance?

Jenalyn (9 years old):  My mom says I was always dancing, even before I was born in her tummy.  As soon as I could walk, I was dancing around on my tippy toes every chance I got.  My parents put me in dance classes (ballet, jazz, hip hop, acro, tap) when I was 3 years old and I really loved it!  With partner dancing, it all started when we saw our parents taking salsa lessons and watched my parents and grandparents dancing the cha cha and swing at family functions.  We thought this kind of dancing was really cool and my brother started practicing salsa moves in our rooms when my parents weren’t watching.   But one day, our parents heard us practicing and asked if we wanted to take lessons.  They brought us to the Canada Salsa Congress when I was 5 years old and my brother was 7 years old, we met Vanesa Stay and Oscar Naranjo from Latin Energy and showed them our moves.  Vanesa thought we were pretty good and asked us to come for salsa lessons.  When we got good enough, she asked us to join the Latin Energy dance team and we began performing at weddings and festivals.
Raymond (12 years old):  I started taking hip hop and breakdancing lessons when I was about 6 or 7 years old.  I was always around dancing because my mom and dad loved to dance as well as my parents and uncles/aunts.  My sister pretty much explained it all but I want to add that after we joined Latin Energy, our big break was when performed exactly a year later at the Canada Salsa Congress run by Jennifer Auction and the MC was Albert Torres.  He was just a great guy to meet and I’ll always remember how we got our first standing ovation and Albert called us the future of Salsa.  We were hooked on dancing and have continued to learn with Vanesa Stay and have taken other types of partner dancing including ballroom and other styles.

Salsa Dancing for Couples

Now that Valentine’s Day is upon us we thought it would be appropriate to add some more salsa romance into our dance steps. A lot of our fans are couples who enjoy learning to salsa dance with each other – some have even met through salsa dancing! We hope that salsa dancing continues to bring romance to your relationship and enjoy this salsa dance video lesson! The major tip for the lesson is that adding musicality and style at the right moments can turn any great dance into a memorable one!

The Salsa Swing Basic Step

This salsa dance lesson video we teach you what is called the Salsa Swing step or the Lazy Turn. It is a small variation of the Lindy-Hop or Swing dance basic step adapted to salsa dancing. It is a great move to use when, as a leader, you are still thinking which set of dance patterns to perform next.