Title: What is Salsa History - Toronto Dance School | Salsa Lessons
Headings: What is Salsa History – Toronto Dance School | Salsa Lessons
What is Salsa History – Toronto Dance School | Salsa Lessons
WHAT IS SALSA History?
SALSA MUSIC
Rhythm
Rhythm and steps
Clave (rhythm)
CLAVE CONCEPTS
SON CLAVE 2-3
SON CLAVE 3-2
SALSA DANCING
HISTORY
Interpretations of what the salsa dance is
Origin of the salsa steps
Basic step
Break step
Basic Step On One
Basic Step On Two
Eddie-Torres-On2
On2 steps analyzed
Dancing Salsa On1 and On2 compared
Common salsa turns
Cuban style
Los Angeles style (LA)
New York style
Famous On2 dancers
Venezolana (Dominicana) style
Colombian style
Mambo
Puerto Rican style
Salsa Disco
Salsa styling
Shines
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Content: New York’s Latino community had a vibrant musical and dancing scene throughout the ’50s but found limited success with the ‘Anglo’ mainstream. In the 1970s, adoption of the term “Salsa” reduced the linguistic and cultural barriers to mainstream adoption of Latin music and dance. The modernization of the Mambo in the 1950s was influential in shaping what would become salsa. There is debate as to whether the dance we call Salsa today originated in Cuba or Puerto Rico. Cuba’s influence in North America was diminished after Castro’s revolution and the ensuing trade embargo. New York’s Latino community was largely Puerto-Rican. Salsa is one of the main dances in both Cuba and Puerto Rico and is known world-wide. Interpretations of what the salsa dance is
The late Celia Cruz, hailed by many as the queen of salsa, said that salsa does not exist as a rhythm, but that it is rather an exclamation for music such as guaracha, bolero, cha cha cha, danzon, son, rumba, etc. The famous Latin composer and band leader Tito Puente also argued that there is no such thing as salsa but only mambo, rumba, danzon and cha cha cha, etc. According to the late David Melendez, one of the first organizers of the East Coast Salsa Congress and a salsa dancer in New York since the 1970s, the word ‘Salsa’ first referred to the music.