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The "10 Basic Elements" of Salsa Dance by Salsa Challenge
The Salsa Challenge Method of Learning Salsa Dance Using the "10 Basic Elements" of Salsa Dance
By Sam Gill
Years ago I went to Costa Rica for the summer to learn to dance salsa. I went to Merecumbé Dance School (Academia de Baile Merecumbé) in San Jose and signed up for several privates a day
along with a couple of ...
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Move of the Month - August 2010
This month Salsa Challenge brings you a unique double hand toss - left turn - cross body variation.
Enjoy and Happy Dancing!
Sam & Jenny
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Guys and Moving to Music - By Sam Gill
Guys and Moving to Music - By Sam Gill
It’s been a question for me for a long time. Perhaps I’m so concerned with it because I’d like to know why my passion and joy is so different from most of my gender mates. I love to
dance—I’ve taught salsa dancing for ten years—and I also love movement exercise classes like step aerobics, Zumba, and the weight training
classes done to music. Particularly in movement exercise classes I find myself the only man among several dozen women (I’m not complaining) and when ...
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Tip of the Month - May 2010
Salsa dancing is great for brain/body sharpness. Methods of developing brain acuity (sharpness) are the rage in the popular press these days. Yet, the common recommendations to work
puzzles and learn languages have recently been shown by NIH to have little effect. Physical exercise has been recognized as being as important as anything one can do.
Dancing is often suggested as a good form of exercise. What is not discussed is that the improvisational and interactive (social) form of exercise has much greater potential to be
brain/body sharp because there is in interdependence between muscle ...
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Salsa Challenge “How to Dance Salsa” Instructional Videos
The Salsa Challenge Instructional Videos present Salsa Dance in a step-by-step system developed by Salsa Challenge that is easy to understand, learn and remember. It's all based on the “10 Basic Elements” of salsa dance with careful attention to the “Salsa Connection” art of leading and following.
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Salsa Challenge “How to Dance Salsa” Instructional Videos
The Salsa Challenge Instructional Videos present Salsa Dance in a step-by-step system developed by Salsa Challenge that is easy to understand, learn and remember. It's all based on the “10 Basic Elements” of salsa dance with careful attention to the “Salsa Connection” art of leading and following.
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Move of the Month - June 2010
Check out the June 2010 Move of the Month!
This move is a nice combination including a sweetheart, hand-slip turn and a copa! Nice flow and fun to do out on the dance floor!
Try it, let us know if you like it - and we take requests - any desires for moves or move combinations? Just let us know 
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Tip of the Month April, 2010
In North America so many dancers, I think guys especially, want more and more moves. One way to open the door to tons of new moves is to understand how to do “casino salsa” intermingled with the
standard “slot salsa” style. They work very well together. We are teaching our current “Moves and Techniques” class focused on the basic elements of this particular style of salsa dancing. This
approach requires both leads and follows to develop solid technique for these basic elements. Casino moves are most commonly taught in the contest of “rueda de casino,” so learning this ...
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Move of the Month - May, 2010
Enjoy this month's move - it's simple but ends with a zing!!
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Happy Dancing!
Sam & Jenny
Salsa Tip of the Month - March 2010
Hands and the “Salsa Connection.” We have written much about the salsa connection. Certainly one of the most important parts of that great connection is the actual points of physical contact, usually
the hands. But the hands suggests too much contact, I think. Better the lead’s middle finger contacting the place on the follow’s hand where her fingers and palm meet. This means that the salsa
connection is based on points of contact. To maintain appropriate interactive contact points is a skill that requires extensive repetition and considerable concentration to develop. The effort is
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the hands. But the hands suggests too much contact, I think. Better the lead’s middle finger contacting the place on the follow’s hand where her fingers and palm meet. This means that the salsa
connection is based on points of contact. To maintain appropriate interactive contact points is a skill that requires extensive repetition and considerable concentration to develop. The effort is
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