July 28, 2009

The Dazzling Darling Of Latin Beats – Salsa!

Introducing the Latin sensual dancing culture and the modern beat of the Salsa sensation.

From the influences of mambo, samba, rumba, cha-cha-cha, and others comes salsa – the youngest of the Latin-American dance royalties. Sexy, sensual and passionate characterizes each movement and moment of its performance. In the late 1950′s, it first came out of the limelight and made noise from Cuba to New York. From then on, it continuously evolved from an eccentric combination of Latin American dances and formed its own eccentric modern identity. It combined the music of Afro and Latin beats, while blending sensual and sophisticated modern dance movements.

Salsa has many popular meanings – music, food, dance and others. Nevertheless, salsa is a lifestyle. Sensuality, sexy, passion and romance, are what it suggests. Music, dance and all else are just part of a hot passionate lifestyle that goes along with the dance; more than that it is a lifestyle of romance, elegance and passion.

Salsa dancing is a full body conversation in rhythm. Each move is a word between the dancing partners. All exerted signals from bottom to top have equivalent responses; each push, embrace, lift and pull suggests meaning. Dance moves can turn so intense and passionate and can make dancers and viewers give into Latino music – the music of romance. In the end, salsa music is about performance.

Salsa dancing could burn dance floors with flaming hot motions of romantic desire. It is as if scattered potions filled the air to indulge people in a mood for love. With passionate execution of movements, thumb-thumping heart beats, and a free flowing aesthetically beautiful dance moves, a dance can actually speak language of emotion and passion.

Aesthetically exceptional, the dance movement of salsa which came from the Latin culture is an eye catcher. It leaves a beautiful impression on the dancers doing the dance moves. A sexy, desirable and beautiful woman can suddenly become the most beautiful woman on the dance floor. The secret is to know how to move and sway perfectly with the beat, execute perfect sexy motions and accentuate the sensual interplay between partners.

Learning how to dance salsa is now easy. There are many different tutorial dance videos in the internet that teaches step by step the basics of how to dance salsa. From sexy hip swings, weight change, steps, kicks, taps, hand flips and head turns – all can be easily learned by just simply downloading videos in the internet.

Above all, salsa is a dance that requires much improvisation. It is the foundation salsa’s beauty. The eccentric image and space for improvisation gives salsa an exciting look. Dancers are encouraged to create improvised styles and moves that will fit the 4/4th measurement of the music.

Salsa is not about the steps borrowed from rumba, or anywhere else. It is about making a free flowing movement expressing yourself to rhythm of the music. And the more eccentric and improvised it is, the more beautiful it gets. So don’t forget to improvise and patent your own moves.

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