Dance Salsa

As a lifelong salsa lover, I can tell you that anyone who is driven by passion and knows how to enjoy a few good beats can dance it. Salsa is a popular dance that initially arose in New York City during the 1970s. It is the product of various musical genres. Nowadays, people dance salsa at competitions, parties, and even on the streets. However, if you want to excel at dancing it, you have to know a few basic things.
First, you need to have a partner. You can ask your relatives or your friends to be your dancing partner if you do not manage to find someone else. The next thing you are going to need is a music player and a place where you can dance without being interrupted. Once you have settled that, you can begin your practice. Remember,
When dancing, you should always strive to keep your spine straight, your chin up and your shoulders back. Your chest should be in a natural position, slightly puffed out. Further, your body should be held with strength at all points. Both the leader and the follower should keep their heads held up or tilted to look at each other. The worst thing you could do while dancing is looking at the feet constantly. This is a sign that you are nervous and not quite sure what you are doing. Also, the arms should be bent at a 90 degree angle from the elbows. Your hands are most easily accessible to your partner in this position. He is at freedom to do a turn, a lift, or simply guide you into another
As a beginner, you might want to choose salsa music that has a slower beat and an accented percussion. By doing so, you will be able to hear the beat in the music more easily. All music has a beat or basic rhythm to it that can be counted. There is a certain number of beats per measure, which is usually three, four or six beats. In salsa music there are four beats per measure. The basic salsa dance step uses two measures of music, or eight beats. If you count out the beats in the music, you will be able to find the salsa beat and identify which steps go with which beat. You can also try clapping the rhythm of the music while counting. Although a basic salsa step consists of eight beats, you do not have to step on all of them. Your feet move on beats one, two, three with a pause on beat four; you step again on beats five, six, seven and pause on beat eight. Clap your hands while you are stepping, and remain silent when you do not step in order to understand the rhythm of the dance step. The rhythm will be clap-clap-clap-pause-clap-clap-clap-pause. Repeat this rhythm throughout the entire song to familiarize with the