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oh, sorry. salsa seems cool.
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Its okay M! It doesn't bother me... but some people in here are a bit... well... anal about it!
Salsa is cool! (I'm talking about the dance not the dip btw... where is Death with my Nachos!?
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Its a great way to keep fit and socialise and in modern times you don't actually get to "dance" properly with a partner so it makes a real change.
Its name is a derivative of the word for "mix or blend" which is exactly what salsa is... its a mixture of many Latin sounds and dances... Rhumba, cha cha cha, merengue and evolved "on the streets" of Cuba so to speak... eventually gravitiating and recieving aclaim in the 1960's. It involves patterns of stepping (a basic/mambo) spins, turns, dips drops and individual "footwork" known as Shines. There are about 4/5 different styles but they are all interchangeable and we all tend to rub along quite nicely.
If you watch the BBC... the pre-programme dance scenes show salsa... its the one with the big hall and lots of couples doing basic, crossbody, turn into basic!!!!!
Sadly most Salsa classes are held in pub/club venues so they're not open to the under18's... but as its popularity spreads I'm sure that will change with classes being taught in dance studios etc.
CB x