Live Chat with Oliver Pineda

In this live talk, Oliver (‪@oliverpinedadance1392‬) shares his personal dance journey, perspective on success, musicality/social dancing tips, and training opportunities with Oliver.
📖 Chapters
0:00 Beginning of Oliver Pineda's Dancing Journey
3:01 Oliver's First Salsa Competition
5:04 Most Rewarding Part of Competitive Dancing
7:29 Metric For Success
12:13 Introspection to Seek Answers
13:35 When Student is Ready, The Teacher Will Appear
16:23 What Aspects of Dancing Came Natural and What Did Not
21:57 Playing Musical Instruments
25:29 Difference of Counts for Musicians and Dancers
26:31 Evolution of the Counting
28:27 Dancers and Teachers
29:15 Role of Percussion in Salsa Music
30:50 Which Section of a Band Cues/Directs the Music
32:16 Musicality, Composition, Cueing
33:17 Reacting to Music vs Anticipating It
34:13 Relaxing Approach to Music Breaks
35:31 Highlighting the Right Parts of the Song
38:39 Performance vs Social Dancing
39:57 Choreography Intention
40:49 Different Skill Sets
43:09 What Makes a Great Social Dance
46:43 Students Falling Into Trap
47:40 Not User Friendly Information on the Internet
49:02 What People Need vs What People Want
50:45 Role of Fundamentals in Dancing
53:07 Opportunities to Train with Oliver Pineda
57:05 Training with Salsa Legends
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[@salsalanguage]

Which part of the interview resonates with you the most?

[@stephanhochkeppel9552]

Thank you for another great intersting interview with a Salsa star. Its so helpful to learn from Oliver not only from his great dancing ,also from his great experience, from his wisdom and he is also such a likeable person. an absolute enrichment for us salsa dancers...

[@salsalanguage]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching. 👍🏼

[@johngallardo220]

I love his comments of teaching his student what they need and not what they want. “Feed them broccoli and peas” 😅

[@salsalanguage]

It was a creative way to get that point across!