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10 Minute Salsa Basics Practice You Can Do At Home


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Pros are pros because they practice their basics everyday.

Here’s a follow-along video you can watch everyday to practice your salsa basics at home.

I’m going to show you some basics you probably already know but in a way you don’t usually practice them.

The goal is to open your salsa mind and expand how you approach things.

The more coordinated you are dancing solo, the better your partner work will be for social dancing.

Practice Breakdown

  • Basic on the spot
    • Moving to the left
    • Moving to the right
    • Moving forward
    • Moving back
    • Rotating right
    • Rotating left
  • Side basic
    • repeat same variations as “basic on the spot”
  • Back basic
    • repeat same variations as “basic on the spot”
  • Front basic
    • repeat same variations as “basic on the spot”
  • Front and back basic
    • repeat same variations as “basic on the spot”
    • V shape
  • Repeat the practice to a faster/slower song (your choice!)