Learn How to Dance Salsa Part 1 with Clara

Hello , my name is Clara and I'll be one of your guys on this video .

I hope you enjoyed this video and I wish you luck in your dancing pursuits .

My mother and father are from Puerto Rico and I was born in New York .

I started dancing in New York nightclubs when I was 23 .

My dance partner is my son Giovanni who is assisting me with this video .

And my name is Joe Baker .

I am the owner of the dance store and the producer of this video salsa is danced by stepping on three consecutive beats of music and then pausing for one beat .

This timing sequence repeats for the second part of the basin .

The step timing can be thought of as step , step , step , pause , step , step , step , pause using numbers .

The basic step is usually called out 123567 .

The pauses occur on counts five and eight .

Some dance teachers call out the step timing .

As quick , quick , slow , quick , quick , slow , each quick consumes one beat of music , each slow consumes two beats of music depending on how you hear and feel the music .

You may start the dance on any beat of the measure you wish .

In this video , we will start on the first beat of the measure .

This style is called salsa on one like the basic for mambo and for RBA , a full basic step pattern in the salsa can be thought of as having a forward basic which takes four beats of music and a backward basic which takes four beats of music .

So eight beats of music are required to complete one full basic step .

Many salsa dancers perform a tap step on the second half of the slow step .

The step timing could now be counted 123 .

Tap 567 .

Tap , the tap occurs on count four and on count eight .

The tap step is purely optional .

Hello , my name is Clara .

My name is Giovanni and welcome to our Salsa video tape .

Ok .

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N 123 .

Tap 567 .

Tap 123 .

Tap 567 .

Tap 123 .

Tap 567 .

Tap one 5678123 and 567 and 123 and 567123 .

And 567 and 123 and 56712 .

Here's what the lady part looks like opposite of the men's part and 567 and 123567123567123567 .

And stop 5678123 and 567 and 123 and 567123 and 567 .

And now here's what it looks like in partnership and 567 and 123567123567 5678123 and 567 and 123 and 567 .

Here's the basic right turn , we'll show it and then we'll break it down in a minute and 567 and 123567123567 .

Turn 23567 .

Turn 23567123 567 .

Turn 23567 .

Turn 23567 .

Turn 23567 and stop 23 and 567 and 123 and 567 three 567 .

N 123567123567123567123567 .

And stop 567 and 123567123567123567123567 .

So now we're gonna do a cross body lead 123567123567123567123567 .

And N 567 N 1235671235671235671 .

So ladies here your footwork .

406.45 --> 532.059

It's 567 and 123567123567123567123567123567 .

N 567 .

N 123567123567123567123567123567 .

And stop .

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