Since we are doing latin dancing in class, I thought I would do some background research on it. I choose salsa because it was the first dance that came to mind when thinking about Latin american dancing. This is actually pretty funny because Salsa originated in New York, not anywhere in Latin America. The dancing was strongly influenced by Puerto Ricans. There was a large Puerto Rican population at the time in New York that happened to cause this. They named the dance "salsa" because they thought the dance was a hot and spicy. In Cuba, there is a new form of Salsa emerging, it is called Timba. It is much more fast paced and has a strong influence from the Afro-Cubans. Cubans call their Salsa dancing "casino". Columbia has its own spin on Salsa too. Theirs is called " Hard Salsa". I found a funny list that describes the Colombian salsa: 1. Coz the dance floors are so crowded, there's no space for large spins. 2. The music's so fast that the footwork's gotta be fast and small. 3. Coz that's how Colombian's like their salsa I personally am a little nervous to do this dancing class, but I'm sure everyone will enjoy it!
"Oh my gosh he flipped her!" Haha I really enjoyed watching these videos! I totally wish that I could dance like that... Maybe someday (but for reals probably not). I thought it was interesting to learn that salsa originated in New York yet we all still think of it as a Latin American dance. But I think that's pretty cool too, because it shows how things like ideas and dances are not contained by national borders. These people dancing are so good, I am so jealous. When you watched it were you super impressed with all of the dancers too?
"Oh my gosh he flipped her!" Haha I really enjoyed watching these videos! I totally wish that I could dance like that... Maybe someday (but for reals probably not). I thought it was interesting to learn that salsa originated in New York yet we all still think of it as a Latin American dance. But I think that's pretty cool too, because it shows how things like ideas and dances are not contained by national borders. These people dancing are so good, I am so jealous. When you watched it were you super impressed with all of the dancers too?
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