Title: Who Invented the Salsa Dance? | Our Pastimes
Headings: Who Invented the Salsa Dance?
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Who Invented the Salsa Dance?
Diverse Ethnic Origins
1950s
New York Style
Los Angeles Style
Cuban Style
Rueda de Casino
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Content: 1950s
Salsa dance grew out of the popularity of mambo in North America, due to the rise of Cuban and Puerto Rican communities in New York City. These two communities created their distinct versions of salsa dancing and became a part of the New York club scene. New York Style
The New York style of salsa dancing is the most popular one around, because this is the city of salsa’s origin. Eddie Torres, the King of Mambo Dancing, performed with Tito Puente, the Mambo King, and his mambo influence helped form modern salsa dancing. Los Angeles Style
The inventor of salsa dance in Los Angeles used the basic concept of the New York style of dance. However, the West Coast influence and Latin ballroom makes LA salsa more dramatic, with dips, spins, drops and complicated turns. Cuban Style
Cuban salsa, often called casino salsa, included more arm movements than the other two styles. The footwork contains a lot of movements in which dance partners walk around one another and do various intertwining twirls. Place a bet to begin! $2,000
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Rueda de Casino
Rueda de Casino is a form of salsa dancing invented in Havana, Cuba, in which couples for a circle.