The basic step in salsa is the basis of sensual dance

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Salsa is very popular in Latin America, it is the favorite dance in Cuba. It symbolizes a cheerful and dynamic lifestyle. People enjoy a whirlwind of vivid emotions, passion and inexpressible freedom. Salsa gives all this easily and joyfully. It is not necessary to travel to distant countries to learn this incendiary dance. People of all ages can dance salsa. You do not need to have special physical training for this.

Salsa translates from Spanish as "sauce" - it will spice up life, enriching it with a whole range of emotions, impressions and pleasures.

Salsa starts with steps

Salsa is danced differently in Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela. Dance everywhere has its own characteristics and specifics. But there are the simplest figures that are used in any style of salsa. The basic steps for beginners are not difficult. And at the same time, the steps are the basis of this Latin American dance.

Steps are divided into short (fast) and long (slow).

They are the basis of the dance. The basic salsa steps alternate like this: two short ones - one long one.

It's very easy to walk in the dance:

• forward - back, put.
• back - forward, attach.

Absolutely anyone can dance salsa. For this, it is not necessary to train with a partner. They dance not only in pairs, but also in groups. It is enough just to have a desire, a good mood and a little time. Maybe salsa is your lifestyle too?

First lesson

Stand up. Legs in place. You already know the basic salsa steps, add the score.

• One - the movement starts with the right foot. Step back. Leave the left leg in place.
• Two - the left foot steps over in place. Raise the leg a little and return to the same place. The weight of the body is transferred to it.
• Three - the right foot is firmly attached to the left foot.
• Four - pause.
• Five - the movement starts with the left foot. Step forward. The right leg remains in place.
• Six - the right foot steps over in place. Raise the leg a little and return to the same place. The weight of the body is transferred to it.
• Seven - the left foot is firmly attached to the right foot.
• Eight - pause.

In just a few minutes you have mastered the basic salsa steps for your partner.

The partner moves in the same way, but the score changes. He starts his basic salsa steps at the count of five. For him, this will be the count of "one".

Newbies often make the mistake of skipping a break. In fact, they dance on "one-two-three". Whereas the basic salsa steps are performed in one-two-three-four.

Additional moves

Never forget that salsa is passionate, sensualLatin American dance.

The movements of the pelvis are of the utmost importance in it. Therefore, when moving in a dance, you need to pay attention to the movement:

• hips;
• hand;
• pelvis;
• and, of course, facial expressions!

Movement always helps to make a dance sexy and attractive.

If you do not like monotonous and boring physical exercises, then salsa will successfully replace fitness!