Salsa for beginners

Josie: Hi! I am Josie Neglia and this is Pedro Lotero. Pedro: Hi! Josie: We will be showing you salsa combinations from the very basic to the advance. With this video, you will be learning how to put steps together so by the time you get to the night club, you will be dancing and looking great. Let us start with the basic hold. Men, you are going to put your hand on the lady’s back at waist level. Lifting your elbow slightly to create a circular frame. Ladies, we are going to put our left hand on the man’s arm just below his shoulder. The other hand is going to be place in your partner’s hand with forward pressure. Because we want to a forward connection to our partner to be able to feel the Lead and Follow, keep your weight forward on the front of you feet, And we do not want to sway the back. We want to keep the body straight, leaning in towards you partner. The basic rhythm of salsa is, Quick, quick, slow. Quick, quick, slow. (Salsa Music Playing) This is combination #3. We will show you how to add a turn to the cross body lead. We will show you the rope spin and arm catches. The men are going to start forward with the left foot doing the basic quick, quick, slow. On his back basic, he will turn the lady quick, quick, and come forward with his right foot on slow to start the rope spin. Ladies, we are going to start back with the right foot quick, quick, slow and turn underarm turn towards it quick, quick, slow. We will walk around him, Right, left, right and then turn under the arm again, left, right, left. Josie: Thank you Pedro? Pedro: Welcome Josie. And thank you for giving us the opportunity to teach you salsa. And now that you have learned all these exciting combinations, we want you to have so much fun and we want to see you on the dance floor. Y que Viva la Salsa! (Salsa Music Playing)