Intermediate Salsa Moves
Once you’ve mastered the foundational beginner Salsa steps, it’s time to move on up and explore our intermediate salsa steps and the various patterns that complement them. The idea here is to build off the fundamental techniques you already have and master them as you expand your arsenal of moves.
By practicing these individual Salsa steps, you’ll become a more versatile social dancer. Not only will your vocabulary improve, we’ll show you how to make your dancing elegant and your partner connection smooth and clean.
This is where Salsa really starts to get exciting. How far you go, is all up to you. The sky is the limit.
Browse the intermediate Salsa steps below. It’s time to up your game and improve your execution and vocabulary.
The Free Spin – Another Way To Lead Inside Turns
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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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Cross Body Lead With an Open Break
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Cross Body Open
The Cross Body Open is a dynamic way to begin your patterns where you move away from your partner to create a strong BOING, or rubber band effect. Read more →
Double Turns – Intermediate Salsa Turns
This week’s new lesson is the Double Turn. The Double Turn is an exciting intermediate Salsa technique that should be attempted after you are comfortable with the basic turns from our beginner program. This move is exciting because it opens up the doors to a whole new way of interacting with the music – multiple turns.
Double Turn Demo
The Barrel Roll – Intermediate Salsa Step
Today we’ve added a new intermediate Salsa lesson called the Barrel Roll. Check out the demo below.