Salsa is a popular social dance that began and originated in the Caribbean. The movements came from Puerto Rican bomba and plena, Cuba Son, cha-cha and mambo. It has a lot of musical style influences such as African drum rhythm, Spanish guitar music and dances form Cuba and Puerto Rico. But the music and dancing came together in the 1970s in New York. There are three types of salsa styles: Cali style, LA style and Cuban style.
Salsa includes spins, dips and lifts. Famous male salsa dancers are: Eddie Torres, Johnny Vazquez, Juan Matos, Frankie Martinez, Sean Bristol, Leon Rose, Magna Torres, Cristian Oviedo and Felipe Polanco. Famous Salsa Songs to dance to are: Llorarás (Oscar D’Leon), Pedro Navaja