What's Salsa Dance?
Good question. Salsa is danced in couples - as in Ballroom
Dance, Tango, Jive, Jitterbug, Rock 'n Roll and many others. If
you've danced any of these, then you'll know that they all have their
similarities and their differences. Each is unique for its own
peculiar reasons.
Salsa is different from and yet similar to all of the above.
It takes the best (and sometimes the worst) from all of them.
What makes Salsa beautiful is the music
- yes, because without music (and it doesn't have to be amplified,
electrical stuff, it can be just a few percussion instruments) there's
nothing to dance to.
Salsa music is different from "dance" or
"house" etc., it's normally played by a 12-piece band, or
Charanga Orchestra, and has a totally different rhythm. It's the
syncopated rhythm of Salsa which enables the dancer to incorporate such a huge
variety of expressions in his (or her dancing).