Feed: ON 1 LA / WEST COAST STYLE SALSA - AggScore: 75.5

The numbers below represents the beat of the music. Your weight should be on the foot mentioned by the time the beat occurs in the music. Break" means steeping forward quickly and rocking back in essences Breaking your momentum. Remember to Dance light on your toes and have FUN!.

Start with both of you feet together.

1.) Break forward with your Left Foot

2.) Rock back onto your Right Foot

3 ) Step back with your Left Foot

4.) Shift your weight on to your Left Foot

5.) Step back with the Right Foot

6.) Rock forward onto your Left Foot

7 ) Step forward with your Right Foot

8.) Shift your weight on to your Right Foot Repeat Step 1

When you’re salsa dancing “on 1″ ,you’re probably already aware that a complete basic (from first step to last) is eight total counts.( if you’re dancing on 1, a “basic” would consist of the following steps (and I’ve included the steps along with the corresponding count next to it): Left-1, right-2, left-3, (pause or tap)-4, right-5, left-6, right-7, (pause or tap)-8 - and whether you pause or tap is your preference or the preference of who is teaching you.) Your dance is just a repetition of that eight count pattern, over and over again, and as you further your skills, you learn how to throw in turn patterns along with those steps and counts When you are dancing “on 1″, and especially if you are from Chicago and you’ve learned how to mark/check, you’ve probably noticed by now that you are always going to mark or check on your fourth and your eight count (which also happens to be the same count you tap or pause on.) If you pay careful attention to individuals who dance as such, regardless of how smooth or “passionate” you try to make your dance, the style of such dancers is still very punchy, sharp, and distinct. Every step you take is on a distinct count, and never do you start a step somewhere in between those counts. If you did, it would do the dance an injustice and would make the dance seem somewhat odd. Dancing “on 1″ is sometimes considered easier to learn because it is very precise.

L.A. style salsa, usually danced “On 1", is a flasher version of New York style salsa moves. Dancers use lots of dips, flips, drops and tricks which make for a great show to watch. The back and forth Mambo basic, again in a linear motion, is utilized with the leader breaking forward on 1. Because the dominating beat is the 1 beat which is the most accented beat in the series, the dancing looks and feels powerful and fast. L.A. style salsa has incorporated many other types of dancing including jazz, hip hop, and ballroom which is challenging for the dancers and entertaining for the viewers. Similar to the New York style salsa, many of the moves are created from cross body lead variations. Shines are an important component of this type of salsa with complicated, speedy footwork and jazzy moves.

These are the videos that can be found in DanceCrazy. They can teach you dance the "On1 Style Salsa", Offering you the videos that are designed to teach people of all skill levels great salsa dance steps in a clear, step by step manner. All salsa moves will be broken down, given tips, and danced to great salsa music.

DanceCrazy Salsa Dance Instructional Videos (On 1 Style)