Title: What is Salsa Dance | Salsa Dance History
Headings: What is Salsa Dancing?
What is Salsa Dancing?
A Short History of Salsa Dancing
Different Styles
Basic Movements

Content: The Orquesta Anacaona, an all-female orchestra, was the first orchestra in Cuba who played percussions, horns and other instruments out in the open. Ironically, this was fostered all the more by the war when they had nothing to do but be restricted to the interiors of their homes. All they did was practice music. Soon they reached the top of the billboards, even in New York. Steadily their influence began to be become visible in the American music. Latin jazz was begun in the USA under one named W.C. Handy. Other artists such as Louis Armstrong, Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie started incorporating Latin music in their songs and it began to become more and more popular. Now, the roots of Cuban music lay with the West African slaves. People from this area created their own form of music for religious purposes that is, to call the gods. As slaves were captured and forced to work under dire circumstances, their music was used to keep their spirits alive, especially when working on deck.