Last day of Salsa class, Spring 2012

This was the last day of Salsa 3 for the Spring session. Alain, was not able to dance because he hurt his shoulder. Cheryl decided to teach a rueda class instead of the traditional "figure of the day" class. Since they were a small group, the students covered a lot of material in little time. This video show the results.

Thank you guys for making it to the end of the session. You are heroes and great dancer. We hope to see you soon in the next session.

Salsa 3 week 12 Winter 2012

Thank you level 3 students for staying with us for the whole session.

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In this video, we did:
Open break
a rotation for 12 counts
Open break
Hook turn for leader right turn for follower
1-2-3 under the arm
Simultaneous turn on 5-6-7
Cross body lead, open break
power position, Fantasy for the ladies
basic step

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Wow, this move is challenging, but my students surprised me and were able to do it without difficulty.

We started with an outside walk for the follower
a hand slide to an open break in which the leader is turning his back to the follower
a hand change to an interrupted inside turn
a right turn for the follower while the leader does a half hook turn
another open break in which the leader is turning his back to the follower
a surprise leader stepping perpendicular to partner to guide her a one turn an a half while the leader does a hook turn.

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In this step we covered:
Men's half hook turn while turning the follow for a right turn
Open break with the leader's turning his back on the follower
Leader initiated an inside turn
that was interrupted and became a half turn
leader guided a free inside turn

Basic step of Salsa (lesson 1 Level 1)

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In this video, we spoke about the first building block of salsa dancing, the basic step.

Here are 3 general points of the salsa basics.

1. The music is composed of eight musical beats. 1-2-3 (on the 4 we do a small stop) 5-6-7 ( on the 8 we do another stop)

2. The leader stars by stepping forward with his left foot, while the follower starts by stepping back with her right foot.

3. The basic can be done in either open (holding hands) or closed position.

Salsa is is a great fun activity. Alain and Cheryl from Dance Conmigo hope that you will join us for all our other level 1, level 2 and level 3 videos.

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Salsa Class at Dance Conmigo

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One of the biggest satisfaction of teaching dancing is to see the expression of happiness on the faces of the students after they manage to learn a new movement and after having pleasant interaction with other students in the class.

Salsa 3 week 5 Winter 2012

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Salsa 2 week 5 winter 2012

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In this video we worked on an outside turn for the follower
followed by inside turns and half turn.

Salsa 2 lesson 4 (Dance Conmigo)

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In this video, we worked on a move that I call "half turn" which is in fact the beginning of an "inside turn" that gets interrupted right before the end and the leader bring the follower back to face him.

The crucial element of this move is start slowing the follower momentum as she is finishing her turn, stop her completely by 1-2-3 and bring her back to face him on 5-6-7.

Inside turn combination 1.

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Dance Teachers: Alain Guillot & Cheryl Williams

This is an inside turn combination that flow well and puts many elements into play. We use this figure at the end of our salsa 1 program to prepare the students for more complicated patterns coming up in Salsa 2.

Salsa 2 Week 10 Fall 2011

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Dance Teachers: Alain Guillot & Cheryl Williams

Salsa 3 week 9

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Salsa 3 week 8

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Beginner's Salsa, the Inside turn

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The inside turn is one of the most important step in Salsa, it is the transition between beginner's salsa and intermediate salsa.
In this step the leader guides his partner forward on "5" turns her on "6-7" and by "1" she should be facing the partner.
For the Follower, she will step forward on 5, turn on 6-7 while always advance down the line. On 1 she should be facing her partner.

Salsa 3 week 4 Fall 2011

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In this video we did a variation of a yo-yo.
1. basic
2. Leader guided an inside turn getting almost side by side with partner, having his right arm all the way across her waist and doing a big step on 7
3. For 1-2-3, leader does back step while pushing his partner back and around him and getting her right hand with his right hand.
4. for 5-6-7 the leader crosses his right over left foot and pivots 360 to his left while his partner does an inside turn.

Salsa 2 - Fall 2011 - Week 2

Inside turn combination with outside walk
1. basic
2. Inside turn
3. Outside walk
4. Inside turn
5. Half right turn
6. Inside turn
7. Basic

Salsa 3 Week 1 Fall 2011

Walk around, inside-outside turn combo
1. Cross body lead
2. Open break
3. Outside turn (keeping both hands)
4. Open break
5. Walk around
6. Inside turn
7. Outside turn
8. Inside turn