Great video. You have covered everything nicely. I love to do salsa and the latin community is expanding in my country. Just a quick question how to improve the musiciaclity? I find it to difficult to find out the brakes in the song.
Glad you enjoyed! Great question. Hopefully others can chime in here too.... But on musicality I have a couple thoughts. 1. Listen to the Frankie Martinez video on musicality, I'll put link below. Those things are very helpful to understand the structure of the music. 2. I think it would be really helpful to learn the basics of piano or guitar or any type of instrument that you'd like and learn a salsa song. That way you'll be way more in tune with what instruments you hear. 3. Listen to as much salsa music as you can. I find the reason a lot of dancers can hear the break coming is because they actually KNOW the song. One idea could be to ask the DJs at your local clubs for their playlist, so you can get to know the music they usually play. I'll definitely be uploading some videos soon on this topic so stay tuned!
One thing I wish I realized sooner is how critical it is to work on just doing the basic steps in your own time and working on latin body isolation + footwork. Also, listening to more salsa music and just dancing out your basic steps to it regularly is also something I'm working on doing more--us beginners struggle to catch the beat and the only way around this is to just dance more.
@@Leonardo-Lenguaje for sure! Listening to more salsa music is huge- it feels like the best dancers already know when the song is gonna hit/break etc. Trying to find good lists on Spotify… but hard for me to know what to listen to
It's not about being Olympic-level; no one is born a dancer. Dance is a skill that requires nurturing and growth. When you truly enjoy something, you naturally want to improve, which takes more than just practice-it also involves learning. The real joy in dancing comes when two people who know what they're doing move together in harmony.
What format would best help you learn new Salsa patterns?!
For example: Show the pattern to music, then do a breakdown of it with counts, then a slower breakdown with corrections/common errors...
Yes, group classes along with private classes really helped me so much!!
10:33 wow jealous!! i wanna get in on those post-congress practices
hmmm that’s actually a good idea! maybe i can put a link to a whatsapp group for ppl to join.
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@@salsaandtacos y'all goin to dallas BIG?
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Great video. You have covered everything nicely. I love to do salsa and the latin community is expanding in my country. Just a quick question how to improve the musiciaclity? I find it to difficult to find out the brakes in the song.
Glad you enjoyed! Great question. Hopefully others can chime in here too.... But on musicality I have a couple thoughts. 1. Listen to the Frankie Martinez video on musicality, I'll put link below. Those things are very helpful to understand the structure of the music. 2. I think it would be really helpful to learn the basics of piano or guitar or any type of instrument that you'd like and learn a salsa song. That way you'll be way more in tune with what instruments you hear. 3. Listen to as much salsa music as you can. I find the reason a lot of dancers can hear the break coming is because they actually KNOW the song. One idea could be to ask the DJs at your local clubs for their playlist, so you can get to know the music they usually play. I'll definitely be uploading some videos soon on this topic so stay tuned!
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Great center line on that wide angle shot! Cinemagical!
😂 The Man’s got his vision!
One thing I wish I realized sooner is how critical it is to work on just doing the basic steps in your own time and working on latin body isolation + footwork. Also, listening to more salsa music and just dancing out your basic steps to it regularly is also something I'm working on doing more--us beginners struggle to catch the beat and the only way around this is to just dance more.
@@Leonardo-Lenguaje for sure! Listening to more salsa music is huge- it feels like the best dancers already know when the song is gonna hit/break etc. Trying to find good lists on Spotify… but hard for me to know what to listen to
@@salsaandtacos I found a mix called "SALSA 2024 💃 🕺 MIX SALSA 2024"--it's been pretty good.
bruh, I am in this video!! Great to see you!
@@neerajkorde haha yeah man, great cameo!!
Excellent Video! NEW SUBSCRIBER! Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦🍁
Thanks & welcome! Dance any Salsa??
Oh you messed up the 4:51 name of Suzie Q or Suzy Q hehehe awesome video
That's how my great aunt sally pronounces it! haha good catch :). Thanks!! Looking forward to your profile on the channel!
I like better when dancing is less olympic and more spontaneous, less pretentious and more enjoyable.
agreed! Some ppl take it so seriously which also can make them too nervous to dance - fear of being “perfect”. Need to have fun!!
It's not about being Olympic-level; no one is born a dancer. Dance is a skill that requires nurturing and growth. When you truly enjoy something, you naturally want to improve, which takes more than just practice-it also involves learning. The real joy in dancing comes when two people who know what they're doing move together in harmony.