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@Gallo, I used to live in Minnesota a few years ago during my salsa time there. There used to be a club called ‘The Quest’ which would have salsa dancing on Monday nights. However, I think it might have closed.
You may want to try the list over at Salsa Power. http://www.salsapower.com/cities/us/minnesota.htm
Hey everybody. I might possibly be moving to Minnesota in the next couple months. Does anyone know what the salsa scene is like in Minneapolis? Or where the good salsa clubs are? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Was out at the club for the second time on Saturday…went much better. I think going to the simple lesson before the dance gets the juices flowing and the muscle memory tuned up. Instead of moves I concentrated more on the music and tried doing different things on the breaks. Fun stuff.
I did manage to get my skull absolutely drilled by near by dancer. My wife said she heard the impact over the live band’s music. I didn’t see it coming but I was told it was the follow’s elbow at full free spin speed. It still hurts a bit to open my jaw all the way. Normally I have something funny to say like “I said I’d have the rent on Monday!” This time I was just stung and left picking up my marbles off the floor.
Anyone else have any battle scar stories?
What’s the name of this salsa pattern?
On step 7 you raise the follower’s arms so they are straight above her head, hands crossed.
On step 1 you begin a cross-body-lead by having your left arm wrapped around her waist and pull to cause her to do a spin.
She then moves around behind you where you help her to rolled/spin against you until she comes back on the other side where you prep her for a free spin.
Essentially it’s a spin, but you lead her from the waist. I kinda know how to do it, but want to find a video on youtube to refine it.
Any ideas?
Hey guys,
I just started watching these awesome videos again here, and I was wondering what song was playing in one of the earlier episodes: Episode 4: Slick Salsa Combo 1 from 2005?
Hi guys, watch this bachata moderna workshop by Juan and Samantha from Bachateros Australia.
This is a social dance at a club.
Bachata Moderna is a combination of various dance styles into the traditional bachata step. Bachata Moderna is best danced to Urban Latin Bachata music, like 4Ever, Mojito Project, Opalo, Toque D Keda, etc.
More info, go to http://www.bachateros.com.au
In case some of you haven’t heard, there is a presidential election in 6 days.
In a groundbreaking move, both parties campains have agreed to forgoe the months of anticipated lawsuits if the race is close. Instead they have opted for a much better way.
(I hope you all have a good sense of humor ;2p )
How to recover when you exit a pattern and end up with steps that go 5-6-7 1-2-3? I do this sometimes and it just throws everything off.
Greg and Quinta Stargell representing for the Huntsville community. They are two of the salsa dancers that are trying to help build the salsa community in the area along with many others.
-We did a skit/dance for the Latin Day Celebration at Stone Middle School.
@ anthony
Found it! (And a few more things that I wasn’t looking for, but helped too!)
Went out to a salsa bar for the first time last Saturday. Had a great time. I wasn’t expecting the brain freeze. I had all the confidence in the world walking in the door; I know enough moves, I practice, I could care less about what I look like (My face was painted to look like cheese from an earlier ballroom dance)….but then I start doing my basic and all of a sudden I remember nothing!!! It is definitely a different enviornment. I didn’t realize how often you would be bumping into other people. Still a blast and I look forward to going again soon.
Do any of you have suggestions for breaking a mind freeze. I am thinking of going with a set pattern just to get the ball rolling.
E.g. Just pop #t=1m45s on the end of the normal url, to get the clip to start at 1 minute 45 seconds in.
Example: So, you’ve found a neat move you want to share with a friend, show your dance partner, keep in your salsa bookmarks For example: uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wOiYFWCBlUw
the uploader has been so generous as to add captions, and comments within and on top of the clip, to help out even more 
So the move: “Loop over locks” could be linked as follows:
Angle 1:
or if you want to play around: #t4m14s hehe, but the system has the potential for something a bit more useful*. If you want to show a specific timerange, there are sites like splicd.com that will also allow a specific endpoint.
I’m sure there must be a way to link these (either the splicd versions, or the youtube versions) into a playlist? http://www.uvlayer.com can do playlists, but you can’t do direct url input into the playlist yet.
*The possibilities via say DownloadHelper for FF, some scripting an editor, and knowledge of the wanted timepoints would make it more interesting.
I just love these melting points where salsa meets different kinds of music (like Salsa Celtica, f.e.). This time it’s a time for RAI! Rai is modern Arabic music mixing Western influences with arabic tradition. Now Salsa meets Rai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdtgMBLStbg
Found this awesome video for a different style of salsa body movement for men. It looks like a mixture of karate/tai-chi and rowing boats.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKm0xL2zWBA
I enjoy this song very much. I thought I’d share it for those who don’t get much access to salsa/cha-cha music outside of the US!
Download: Morning Cha-Cha
@Davethe3rd
I have added the forums link back to its old state: http://addicted2salsa.com/forums/
Hope you find what you are looking for. If you have questions, be sure to ask them here (since the forums will slowly go away).
Hi, I’m new at salsa, but I’m also learning hiphop dance at the moment. My question is, I have some cool looking sneakers with (obviously) rubber outsoles. I was wondering if there was a way to take these sneakers and modify the outsole so that I can use them effectively for salsa and hiphop dance. And even if you don’t know yourself, please point me in the right direction - Google is failing me epically. Thanks!
Anyone know where the old threads went? I remember one I found months ago that had some tips on making the transition from being a beginning dancer to an intermediate one and I’d like to read it again…
That is a great start! I’ve said it again, most of the work of learning salsa is on helping your brain to think and process information, and respond in a manner that we are not used to. One of the greatest milestone a salser@ will have is the ability to slow things down (like a “Matrix” ability). As a beginner, I remember how much work it was to pull-off a cross-body lead with turn to a 180. Everything seemed to move so fast, that it felt I couldn’t perform the move properly or even combine multiple patterns together: I needed a basic in-between to think about what to do next.
However, after several months of more dancing, I had my ‘Matrix’ experience. Something had clicked in my head. As I was dancing, I felt that everything felt much slower than normal. I did not feel as rushed as before. It felt as if I had more time to think through the moves, know what was happening between my partner and I, more time to mind my surroundings (columns/other dancers taking up too much space), and extra ‘memory’ to figure out and retain what the next 16 counts of moves would be. It was an amazing experience, similarly to learning how to sprint from walking. Having this new ’skill’ which I think every dancer develops, also aids in your everyday life and work. While it is said that most people only use 10% of their brains, I think dancers, having forced themselves to develop this complex thinking skill, get an extra 5%.
I’m not a neurologist, however, I think what happens is that the brain ends up either strengthening paths to perform those moves, or makes ’shorter’ connections to those repeated motor instructions. This makes it a lot easier to manage these tasks. And because you end up saving time by ‘thinking less’, it feels like you can perform many tasks in parallel - maintain timing, protect the lady in a crowded nightclub, add body movement, lead patterns properly,
fix errors if a pattern goes wrong, keep our feet moving… (the list goes on)
I look forward to when you reach this milestone.
For the first time today, like finding out I have superpowers, I was watching a bunch of dancers at the club and was able to read their 1,2,3 5,6,7 moves and match them up to the music. And from that was able to understand the beats.
I found it much easier than listening to endless amounts of music and then counting the steps trying to find something that matches. It was a really cool experience.
