Learning Salsa promotes learning of other dance as you can observed in your salsa classes or from salsa dance videos , Salsa, Mambo, Cha Cha and Rumba have a common heritage and to some extent similar step patterns.
Salsa is a clave based dance which simply means your foot
movements should emphasise the counts between the strong
beats that occur on the one and three counts of the music. In
short you should “break” on the second beat of each bar of
music. Thats the accademic argument. Now you know it, forget
it! The important thing is that you dance consistantly to the
“feel” that both you and your partner find in the music!
Salsa the dance is essentially a reinvention of the Mambo,
which had as a parent the Rumba. Often in the music called
Salsa there is a Bolaro/Rumba section, a Mambo section and a
spicy part (Salsa). The footwork for Salsa, Mambo and Rumba
is very similiar and results from the dancers’ reaction to
the tempo of the music. So if you dance a Rumba influenced
style of Salsa, you can dance to most Salsa music.
Co-operate with your partner. Practice the steps, learn moves from your classes or even from salsa dance videos then Share your experiences and most importantly have fun!
