Learn to Dance Salsa - Beginner Turns and Moves

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My name is Anthony and I , and today we're gonna go over cross by leads , open breaks and right turn one more time .

So to do the basic , basic turn um for the beginners , we're actually gonna do it from an open position to get to an open position .

Very simple as I'm doing my basic step , I'm gonna lower my right hand and show it to the lady and palm facing up .

And ladies , you're gonna take your hand and just place it on top of his hand .

So from here , if I'm doing my basic step , 123 , 2567123567 , from here to the have a lady to a right turn .

Similar ladies to what we just finished doing .

I'm gonna take my left hand and do a type of like lever or draw AJ with it or have a circle or whatever you wanna call it from here .

Going down on one , two and three , make sure I'm raising it high , much higher than her actual level .

If the lady is taller , she should get the hand hopefully , right .

So here we go , we're gonna try it very simple .

From here .

I'm gonna draw AJ and then bring it back up in this open position .

Here we go .

567 8123 .

Ok .

Try again .

56 781 23 .

Now from here ladies , you're gonna do your right turn guys , you're gonna do your basic step .

567 .

Ok .

Do it again .

More smoothly .

567 .

Ok .

As you notice as the ladies is rotating all I keep in contact that could be two fingers or just my thumb .

Ladies , you it's your job to maintain contact as you're attending .

So here we go , just wash my hand .

Five 67 .

Ok .

And after it turns over I bring down my hand and pick it up both of them .

So here we go for the full thing .

We'll do one basic and a turn 1235 six 7123567123567 .

Now to lead a right turn again , we're gonna draw this J just so you can get a , get an up close shot as she's going back .

I'm gonna take my hand 123 , open up palm to palm .

Ladies , you rotate 56 seven and then bring it back down .

123 .

Let's try again .

56 712 3567123567 .

So if you do cross by the footwork guys , you're gonna be going forward for some 11 .

Our two leg is gonna move out of the way two and our three leg is gonna open up for three .

Ok ?

From here you're gonna step with your right foot down on 56 and seven .

Ok ?

We'll try to get from this angle .

We go forward 123567 .

Now ladies watch what is doing .

She's doing first part of her basic step 123 from here .

She steps forward on 55 and then 67 , her right foot comes around six and seven .

We'll try it again .

She goes back 123 steps forward for 55 comes around at 6767 .

So let's try that a couple of times .

Here we go .

123567123567123567123567 .

Now notice to polish it up , make sure you're moving away from the lady .

You're giving the lady an entire slot in like a highway to get through 123 .

You see how this area is opened up for the lady to cross .

If you wanna make sure you're not here or over here , you wanna make sure you give the lady enough space so she can freely move across to the other side and cross and cross her body , which means cross by .

So to do the upper part of the cross bar LA .

Here we go .

Very simple .

I step forward as I'm going as the lady is going back , I'm pushing on the arm 12 and three for five .

I'm gonna use my right hand and push her through the slot 567 .

Ok , here we go .

123567 123567123567123567123567 .

From this position .

Here we go 123567123567123567123 567 .

Now to do the footwork for the open break very simple .

Instead of doing our basic step 12356 seven , I'm actually gonna step , step with my left foot back one and I'm gonna pull the lady two and three .

Ok .

Now here I'm gonna take my right foot and hook back 567 .

Ok , here we go again .

123567 again 123567 back 123567 again , 12 and three and five cents .

So to show the upper body for the open break , here we go .

Basic step 123567123567 .

So notice as she's going back 123 , my shoulders should be paralleled to her shoulders and then we finish up and here's where I do my hook 56 seven .

Ok .

So here we go .

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