Cuban salsa dancing is a form of Cuban music. This dance style takes elements of son montuno, guaracha and Salsa .
The dance “to Cuba” It was developed both in neighborhoods and areas of the island (style "street") and elegant cabarets Havana (style "Casino") . The latter was affected by the closure of casinos and cabarets in the years 60. These recreational sites, mostly visited by socialites and American tourists, were banned shortly after the Cuban Revolution 1959. Due, It did not distinguish more between styles "Casino" and "street".
The casino seems rather playful dance, rhythmic and lively and has no clear direction. Is, somehow, one de'mangas dance shirt rolled 'and poorly regulated. Nevertheless, for different -some figures are very complicated and confusas-, There are several combinations of basic steps that must be mastered in order to execute properly.
Unlike American styles New York and Los Angeles, he begins with his right foot.
The main feature of the Cuban style are the twists of the pairs dancing around a focus (central point) common. Other than that, Women almost never released companion, leaving them relatively little free space for own performances in dance.
Normal dance steps begin with the first half of the sentence, having two measures four times each. When you dance thus they have time: 1, 2, 3, -, 5, 6, 7, -. The fourth and the eighth time consist breaks, in which, sometimes, it gets a tap or zapateo; but, frequently, for the viewer, especially with very fast tracks, It is barely visible and serves to accentuate the rhythm of the dance. Steps can start, Nevertheless, Also in the second or third time signature (see below).
steps or they danced forward and back, especially with Europeans and Americans; or to the side, especially with Latin. On this last case, Steps are also danced, Additionally, backward.
Cuban style and New York style, and / or style Puerto Rico are frequently felt in the American and European salsa scene as competition. The consequence may be that their respective representatives dancing together they manage hard.