Salsa Steps & Patterns

FULL Intermediate Salsa Lesson: “Around the World” (Salsa On1)

Here’s a full intermediate online salsa class directly from our online Salsa Course with Patrick and Scarlet.

Keep in mind, before we teach patterns we ALWAYS teach you the individual moves that make them, so you understand each part of the whole. That’s the key to truly understanding salsa.

We broke the lesson into various parts. Just scrub the timeline to select where you want to start:

Demo
Section 1 (Lead’s Part)
Section 2 (Lead’s Part)
Section 1 & 2 (Follow’s Part)
Tips and Common Mistakes

In this salsa pattern we’re going to talk about and combine the following concepts:

Line of dance and rails
Right turns
Change of place

With just a few simple moves you’re able to create this fun salsa combo you can use for social dancing, perfect for intermediate salsa dancers.

Enjoy!

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7 Salsa Moves for Beginners (The Building Blocks for Everything)

(Dancing on 1 with @johaceta 💃🏽 – not sure what dancing on 1 means? click here)

So many people want to learn salsa, but they just don’t know where to start. The fact every teacher has a different approach and they don’t explain WHY doesn’t help either.

These seven beginner salsa moves are the building blocks for everything in linear style salsa.⁠

Learn them, practice them and read on to understand why they’re so fundamental.

And after if you’d like to learn them, you can try the online Salsa Course completely free for a week here.

Let’s go!

Buena Onda

Hey, ladies and gents, this new salsa combination is going to be a fun, but challenging one.

Leads, you’re about to get busy with these tricky arm tosses and spirals! Read more →

Advanced Salsa Pattern: Bouncy Hands

Bouncy Hands

Your new combo this week is an advanced salsa pattern we named ‘Bouncy Hands’.

Don’t let the fancy hand styling fool you! This advanced combo consists of only two basic elements : a basic inside turn and a basic right turn. With changes of angles and fancy hand styling for the men, the Bouncy Hands advanced salsa turn pattern is an excellent example of how to spice up your social dancing by adding variations and styling to your basic salsa moves, making them look more advanced. Read more →

The Free Spin – Another Way To Lead Inside Turns

This video is just a demonstration. Become a member to access the full version of this tutorial.

What is the Free Spin?

The Free Spin is simply a variation of the inside turn for the ladies, where the lead guides her forward and sends her into a spin, just as he lets go of her hand.
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