Nkauj salsa yog ib hom suab paj nruag ntawm Latin American Afro-Caribbean suab paj nruag, uas tshwm sim hauv New York. Nws tau qhia los ntawm Latin American cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw, tshwj xeeb los ntawm Cuba, Puerto Rico thiab Dominican koom pheej, leej twg nyob rau hauv lub sixties sib xyaw cov tsoos Latin rhythms nrog cov ntsiab lus ntawm jazz raws li piv txwv ntawm mambo thiab cha-cha-chá. Nrog rau qhov uas lawv muab keeb kwm yav dhau rau cov suab paj nruag nrog ntau hom percussion instruments, lub salsa style yog lub suab paj nruag tseem ceeb ua si hauv Latin clubs thiab yog "qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov suab paj nruag Latin", raws li tus sau Ed Morales. Thiab nws tus precursor daim duab yog, Dominican Johnny Pacheco thaum tsim cov lus qhia ua raws nrog nws lub tuam txhab, Nws tau ua cov ntaub ntawv.
Tus salsa yog ua si hauv plaub lub sij hawm kos npe. Lub suab ntawm cov claves yog yam ntxwv (tic, tic, tic… tic, tic), thaum hu nkauj thiab seev cev qhia txog thawj thiab thib peb ntaus ntawm qhov bar.
Tus salsa suav nrog ntau yam style thiab variations; lub sij hawm siv tau los piav qhia txog txhua yam ntawm Cuban-derived nrov hom (zoo li lub cha-cha-cha-cha thiab mambo). Txawm li cas los, tus salsa hais txog qhov tshwj xeeb style tsim nyob rau hauv nruab nrab 1970 los ntawm cov pab pawg los ntawm New York - los ntawm thaj chaw Cuban nroog - thiab cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw los ntawm Puerto Rico mus rau Tebchaws Meskas, thiab cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv nyiam cov ntses romantic hauv 1980. Qee tus neeg hais tias salsa style feem ntau yog Cuban., Txawm hais tias nws yog ib qho kev sib xyaw ntawm ntau hom Latin sib xyaw nrog pop, jazz y R&B.
Tam sim no muaj ob peb hom thiab txoj kev ntawm dancing nws li:
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Teb chaws Cuban.
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Calena.
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kab hauv lub sijhawm 1 (nws 1)(L.A. style).
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Kab hauv lub sijhawm 2 (ua 2)(Style L.A. thiab Puerto Rican Style).