The Cha-cha-cha is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.

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It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrn in 1953. This rhythm was developed from the danzn by a syncopation of the fourth beat.

The name is onomatopoeic, derived from the rhythm of the giro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers' feet.[3]

Origin

Cha-cha-cha rhythm[4] The modern style of dancing the cha-cha-ch comes from studies made by dance teacher Monsieur Pierre (Pierre Zurcher-Margolle), who partnered Doris Lavelle.[5] Pierre, then from London, visited Cuba in 1952 to find out how and what Cubans were dancing at the time. He noted that this new dance had a split fourth beat, and to dance it one started on the second beat, not the first. He brought this dance idea to England and eventually created what is now known as ballroom cha-cha-cha.[6] The validity of his analysis is well established for that time, and some forms of evidence exist today. First, there is in existence film of Orquesta Jorrin playing to a cha-cha-cha dance contest in Cuba; second, the rhythm of the Benny More classic Santa Isabel de las Lajas written and recorded at about the same time is quite clearly syncopated on the fourth beat. Also, note that the slower bolero-son ("rumba") was always danced on the second beat.

[edit] Description
Cha-cha-cha may be either danced to authentic Cuban music, or Latin Pop or Latin Rock. The music for the international ballroom cha-cha-cha is energetic and with a steady beat. The Cuban cha-cha-ch is more sensual and may involve complex polyrhythms. Styles of cha-cha-cha dance may differ in the place of the chasse in the rhythmical structure.[7] The original Cuban and the ballroom cha-cha-cha count is "two, three, chachacha" or "four-andone, two, three". The dance does not start on the first beat of a bar, though it can start with a transfer of weight to the lead's right.[8] Nevertheless, many social dancers count "one, two, cha-cha-cha" and may find it difficult to make the adjustment to the "correct" timing of the dance.

Cha Cha is characterized by its captivating rhythm one, two, cha, cha, cha or step, step, chacha-cha. The footwork is simple and mostly focuses on just shifting weight from one foot to another. It's danced to music writen in 4/4 time and played at a tempo of 28-34 measures per minute. Five steps are taken to four beats of music - 2 slow steps, 2 quick steps, followed by one slow step. So the count would be: Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, slow, slow, quick, quick, slow Cha Cha movements tend to be somewhat flirtatious. This is definitely a party dance!

Basic Cha Cha Steps

Partners face each other. Gentleman starts with left foot, lady starts with right foot. Basic ballroom hold.

Cha Cha Basic Steps for Men

1. Step forward with your left foot 2. Right foot in place, weight shifts to it 3. Sidestep to the left with your left foot 4. Move your right foot to your left foot 5. Sidestep to the left with your left foot 6. Step backward & left with your right foot 7. Left foot in place, weight shifts to it 8. Step forward & right with your right foot 9. Move your left foot to your right foot 10. Sidestep to the right with your right foot

Cha Cha Basic Steps for Women

1. Step back with your right foot 2. Left foot in place, weight shifts to it 3. Sidestep to the right with your right foot 4. Move your left foot to your right foot 5. Sidestep to the right with your right foot 6. Step forward & right with your left foot 7. Right foot in place, weight shifts to it 8. Step backward & left with your left foot 9. Move your right foot to your left foot
10. Sidestep to the left with your left foot

Footwork
In general, steps in all directions should be taken first with the ball of the foot in contact with the floor, and then with the heel lowering when the weight is fully transferred; however, some steps require that the heel remain lifted from the floor. When weight is released from a foot, the heel should release from the floor first, allowing the toe to maintain contact with the floor...

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A young girl dancing Cha-cha-cha. The girl moves her hips while holding the torso relatively still. In traditional American Rhythm style, Latin hip movement is achieved through the alternate bending and straightening action of the knees, though in modern competitive dancing, the technique is virtually identical to the International Latin style. In the International Latin style, the weighted leg is almost always straight. The free leg will bend, allowing the hips to naturally settle into the direction of the weighted leg. As a step is taken, a free leg will straighten the instant before it receives weight. It should then remain straight until it is completely free of weight again.

[edit] International Latin style Cha-cha-cha

Cha-cha-cha is one of the five dances of the "Latin American" program of international ballroom competitions. As described above, the basis of the modern dance was laid down in the 1950s by Pierre & Lavelle[9] and developed in the 1960s by Walter Laird and other top competitors of the time. The basic steps taught to learners today are based on these accounts. In general, steps are kept compact and the dance is danced generally without any rise and fall. The modern ballroom technique of Cha-cha-cha (and other ballroom dances) does undergo gradual evolution, particularly in competition dancing, but in essence is still firmly based on its Cuban origin in the 1950s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha-cha-cha_%28dance%29 http://www.dancing4beginners.com/cha-cha-steps.htm

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in primarily in closed position.

triple (helpinfo) time, performed

History
There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim. The French philosopher Montaigne wrote of a dance he saw in 1580 in Augsburg, where the dancers held each other so closely that their faces touched. Kunz Haas, of approximately the same period wrote that, "Now they are dancing the godless, Weller or Spinner."[1] "The vigorous peasant dancer, following an instinctive knowledge of the weight of fall, utilizes his surplus energy to press all his strength into the proper beat of the measure, thus intensifying his personal enjoyment in dancing".[2] The wide, wild steps of the country people became shorter and more elegant when introduced to higher society. Hans Sachs wrote of the dance in his 1568 Eygentliche Beschreibung aller Stnde(1568).[1] At the Austrian Court in Vienna in the late 17th century (1698) ladies were conducted around the room to the tune of a 2-beat measure, which then became the 3/4 of the Nach Tanz (After Dance), upon which couples got into the position for the Weller and waltzed around the room with gliding steps as in an engraving of the Wirtschaft (Inn Festival) given for Peter the Great.[3] The peasants of Bavaria, Tyrol, and Styria began dancing a dance called Walzer, a dance for couples, around 1750. The Lndler, also known as the Schleifer, a country dance in 3/4 time, was popular in Bohemia, Austria, and Bavaria, and spread from the countryside to the suburbs of the city. While the eighteenth century upper classes continued to dance the minuet, bored noblemen slipped away to the balls of their servants.[4] In the 1771 German novel Geschichte des Fruleins von Sternheim by Sophie von La Roche, a high-minded character complains about the newly introduced waltz among aristocrats thus: "But when he put his arm around her, pressed her to his breast, cavorted with her in the shameless, indecent whirling-dance of the Germans and engaged in a familiarity that broke all the bounds of good breedingthen my silent misery turned into burning rage."[5]

Describing life in Vienna (dated at either 1776 or 1786[6]), Don Curzio wrote, " The people were dancing mad [...] The ladies of Vienna are particularly celebrated for their grace and movements of waltzing of which they never tire." There is a waltz in the second act finale of the opera "Una Cosa Rara" written by Martin y Soler in 1786. Soler's waltz was marked Andante con moto, or "at a walking pace with motion", but the flow of the dance was sped-up in Vienna leading to the Geschwindwalzer, and the Galloppwalzer.[7][8] In the transition from country to town, the hopping of the Lndler, a dance known as Langaus, became a sliding step, and gliding rotation replaced stamping rotation.[9] In the 19th century the word primarily indicated that the dance was a turning one; one would "waltz" in the polka to indicate rotating rather than going straight forward without turning. The Viennese custom is to slightly anticipate the second beat, which conveys a faster, lighter rhythm, and also breaks of the phrase. The younger Strauss would sometimes break up the onetwo-three of the melody with a one-two pattern in the accompaniment along with other rhythms, maintaining the 3/4 time while causing the dancers to dance a two-step waltz. The metronome speed for a full bar varies between 60 and 70, with the waltzes of the first Strauss often played faster than those of his sons.[10] Shocking many when it was first introduced,[11] the waltz became fashionable in Vienna around the 1780s, spreading to many other countries in the years to follow. It became fashionable in Britain during the Regency period,[12] though the entry in the Oxford English Dictionary shows that it was considered "riotous and indecent" as late as 1825. The waltz, and especially its closed position, became the example for the creation of many other ballroom dances. Subsequently, new types of waltz have developed, including many folk and several ballroom dances. In the 19th and early 20th century, numerous different waltz forms existed, including versions performed in 2/4 or 6/8 (sauteuse), and 5/4 time (5/4 waltz, half and half) In the 1910s, a form called the "Hesitation Waltz" was introduced by Vernon and Irene Castle. [14] It incorporated Hesitations and was danced to fast music. A hesitation is basically a halt on the standing foot during the full waltz measure, with the moving foot suspended in the air or slowly dragged. Similar figures (Hesitation Change, Drag Hesitation, and Cross Hesitation) are incorporated in the International Standard Waltz Syllabus. The Country Western Waltz is mostly progressive, moving counter clock wise around the dance floor. Both the posture and frame are relaxed, with posture bordering on a slouch. The exaggerated hand and arm gestures of some ballroom styles are not part of this style. Couples may frequently dance in the promenade position, depending on local preferences. Within Country Western waltz there are the Spanish Waltz and the more modern (for the late 1930searly 1950s) Pursuit Waltz. At one time it was considered ill treatment for a man to make the woman walk backwards in some locations.[15] In California the waltz was banned by Mission fathers until after 1834 because of the "closed" dance position.[16] Thereafter a Spanish Waltz was danced. This Spanish Waltz was a combination of dancing around the room in closed position, and a "formation" dance of two couples facing each other and performing a sequence of steps.[16] "Valse a Trois Temps" was the "earliest" waltz step, and the Rye Waltz was favored as a couple dance.[17]

In contemporary ballroom dance, the fast versions of the waltz are called Viennese Waltz. International Standard Waltz has only closed figures; that is, the couple never breaks the embrace. The American Style Waltz, in contrast to the International Standard Waltz, involves breaking contact almost entirely in some figures. For example, the Syncopated Side-bySide with Spin includes a free spin for both partners. Open rolls are another good example of an open dance figure, in which the follower alternates between the lead's left and right sides, with the lead's left or right arm (alone) providing the lead. Waltzes were the staple of many American musicals and films, including "Waltz in Swing Time" sung by Fred Astaire. The Cross Step Waltz is a newer style of waltz where the first step is a cross-step into the line of direction. This was popularized in classes at Stanford University and allows for a much richer assortment of variations.

The Scandinavian Waltz. Performed as a part of Scandinavian folk dance, this can be fast or slow, but the dancers are always rotating. The Peruvian Waltz (Called and recognized in Peru as vals criollo). The Curaaon waltz. The first composer to write Curaaon waltzes was Jan Gerard Palm (18311906). Like the Strauss family in Austria, the Palm family composed numerous popular Curaaon waltzes. Well known composers of Curaaon waltzes of the Palm family are Jan Gerard Palm (18311906), Jacobo Palm (18871982), Rudolph Palm (18801950), John Palm (18851925), Albert Palm (19031957), Edgar Palm (1905 1998) and Robert Rojer (1939). Besides the Palm family, Curaao born composers such as Joseph Sickman Corsen, Chris Ulder, Jacobo Conrad and Wim Statius Muller are well known for their typical Curaao waltzes. The Mexican Waltz (vals mexicano) follows the same basic rhythmic pattern as the standard waltz, but the melodies reflect a strong Spanish influence. Mexico's Juventino Rosas wrote "Sobre las Olas" or "Over the Waves", commonly known in the U.S. as a circus song played during a trapeze show. The Cajun Waltz is danced progressively around the floor, and is characterized by the subtle swaying of the hips and step very close to ordinary walking. It is danced entirely in the closed position. Tango vals allows the dancers to dance one, two, three, or no steps to any three beats of waltz music, and to vary the number of steps per bar throughout the song. The Venezuelan waltz The Contra Waltz (Freeform Waltz), included in most contra dance evenings, uses both open and closed positions, and incorporates moves from other dances such as swing, modern jive and salsa. Basically the dancers progress around the dance floor with a waltz step, but with no constraints on what moves they can use. The Valse Musette, a form of waltz popular in France starting in the late 19th century

The basic step for waltz is a box step. It's named after a pattern it creates on the floor (box or square) and forms the foundation of the dance. A box step can be divided into two parts - a forward half box and a backward half box. Each half box has three steps - a step forward or backward, a step to the side, and a step to close the feet together. The leader starts with the left foot and executes a forward half box, followed by a backward half box. The follower performs the opposite she starts with the right foot and executes a backward half box, followed by a forward half box. The basic box step pattern uses three counts - slow, quick, quick, which is repeated twice to create the box step. Timing is 1,2,3,1,2,3 or 1,2,3,4,5,6. When dancing waltz someone has to lead and someone has to follow. Usually the man will lead and the woman will follow.

Basic Waltz Steps

Men's Steps for Waltz: Here is the basic waltz steps diagram for the leader. 1. Step forward with the left foot 2. Right foot step sideways to the right 3. Bring your left foot next to your right foot 4. Step back with the right foot

5. Step back sideways with the left foot 6. Bring your right foot next to your left foot

Lady's Steps for Waltz: And here is the box step for the follower: 1. Step back with the right foot 2. Left foot step sideways to the left 3. Bring your right foot next to your left foot 4. Step forward with the left foot 5. Step forward sideways with the right foot 6. Bring your left foot next to your right foot

Once you've mastered the basic box step, it's time to start rotating that box. It will usually be rotated to the left (counterclockwise), so it's called the Left Box Turn. It's quite simple: with each half box, you turn 1/4 of the turn to the left. After two boxes (or four half boxes) you will complete the turn and end up where you began. Then start all over again.
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"Swing dance" is most commonly known as a group of dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s-1950s, although the earliest of these dances predate "swing era" music.[1] The best known of these dances is the Lindy Hop, a popular partner dance that originated in Harlem in 1927 and is still danced today. While the majority of swing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances, some swing era dances, such as (Fox Trot and Balboa as just some examples) developed in white communities. However, Swing dance was not always used as a general blanket term for a group of dances. Historically, the term Swing applied with no connection to the Swing era, or its Swing music. The Texas Tommy Swing dance first appeared in print in 1910 in San Francisco (Barbary Coast). Into the 1920s and 1930s every major cities had their own way to dance, based off regional roots, and influences. Los Angeles had it's own form of what they Called "Swing dance" which came from Charleston, Fox Trot, and Jig Trot influenced footwork. In Chicago and in the south they Had there own Style of Swing, which was more Two-step based, and most of these Regional Swing dances gave way to various influences, such as other dance forms of dance but also the decline of Dance Bands, and partner dancing after WW2.

Swing jazz features the syncopated timing associated with African American and West African music and dance a combination of crotchets and quavers (quarter notes and eighth notes) that many swing dancers interpret as 'triple steps' and 'steps' yet also introduces changes in the way these rhythms were played as a distinct delay or 'relaxed' approach to timing. Today there are swing-dance scenes in many countries. Lindy Hop is often the most popular, though each city and country prefers various dances to different degrees. Each local swing-dance community has a distinct local culture and defines "swing dance", and the "appropriate" music to accompany it, in different ways.

Music
The historical development of particular swing dance styles was often in response to trends in popular music. For example, 1920s and solo Charleston was - and is - usually danced to 2/4 ragtime music or traditional jazz, Lindy Hop was danced to swing music (a kind of swinging jazz), and Lindy Charleston to either traditional or swing jazz. West Coast Swing is usually danced to Pop, R&B, Blues, or Funk. Western Swing and Push/Whip are usually danced to country and western or Blues music. There are local variations on these musical associations in each dance scene, often informed by local DJs, dance teachers and bands. East Coast Swing is a very popular dance that can be danced to a variety of music styles, from blues and country to disco and pop. If it's written in 4/4 time and has a tempo between 135-170 beats per minute, you can swing it.

East Coast Swing 6-Count Basic

East Coast Swing has a basic count of 1&2, 3&4, 5,6. It's known as a triple step swing. The basic pattern is triple step, triple step, and a rock step. When you're starting out you can replace the triple step with a single step. In that case the pattern would be step, step, rock step or rock step, step, step, depending on how you start counting. The overall progression is, of course, the same. The triple step is really not that difficult to master, it is performed in a chasse-like manner - side step, together, side step.

Swing Steps For Men

The man starts with his left foot. 1&2: Triple step (chasse) to the left (left-right-left) 3&4: Triple step to the right (right-left-right) 5: Step backward with your left foot 6: Weight shifts to your right foot

Swing Steps For Women

The woman starts with her right foot. 1&2: Triple step (chasse) to the right (right-left-right) 3&4: Triple step to the left (left-right-left) 5: Step backward with your right foot 6: Weight shifts to your left foot

Remember, keep the steps small.

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Tango dance originated in the area of the Rio de la Plata (which is between Argentina and Uruguay), and spread to the rest of the world soon after.[2] Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine tango, Uruguayan tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango, and vintage tangos. What many[according to whom?] consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango[which?] have developed into mature dances in their own right.

History
Main article: History of Tango Tango is a dance that has influences from European and African culture.[5] Dances from the candombe ceremonies of former slave peoples helped shape the modern day Tango. The dance originated in lower-class districts of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. The music derived from the fusion of various forms of music from Europe.[6] The word "tango" seems to have first been used in connection with the dance in the 1890s. Initially it was just one of the many dances, but it soon became popular throughout society, as theatres and street barrel organs spread it from the suburbs to the working-class slums, which were packed with hundreds of thousands of European immigrants, primarily Italians, Spanish and French.[7] In the early years of the 20th century, dancers and orchestras from Buenos Aires travelled to Europe, and the first European tango craze took place in Paris, soon followed by London, Berlin, and other capitals. Towards the end of 1913 it hit New York in the USA, and Finland. In the USA around 1911 the word "tango" was often applied to dances in a 2/4 or 4/4 rhythm such as the one-step. The term was fashionable and did not indicate that tango steps would be used in the dance, although they might be. Tango music was sometimes played, but at a rather fast tempo.

Instructors of the period would sometimes refer to this as a "North American tango", versus the "Rio de la Plata tango". By 1914 more authentic tango stylings were soon developed[which?], along with some variations like Albert Newman's "Minuet" tango.

Before You Dance, the Frame

One of the more important aspects of the tango is the frame, or the way the dancers hold their bodies with each other. The dance position is "closed," that is, with the lead's right hand on the follow's left shoulder blade and left hand extended to the side, grasping the follow's right hand. The follow's left hand is placed midway down the lead's right arm. While this gives the appearance of the arm resting, no actual weight should be placed on the lead's arm. The lead and follow should look to the side, towards the left and right, respectively, with spines very straight and a slight tilt back to the follow's head. Occasionally there will be tango dance steps that require them to snap their heads around and look at each other (often with a smoldering look) but their heads should always go back to the rest of the frame.

Tango Dance Steps: The Basic

The easiest way to remember the basic tango dance step is to think of the acronym T-A-N-G-O, since there are five parts to the basic. At the same time, the steps have a rhythm and duration that goes as follows: "Slowslowquick-quick-slow" Like many ballroom dances, the lead and follow mirror each others steps in the basic. Many of the more complicated tango dance steps give each part their own specific roles to play. The lead also always begins with the left foot, the follow with the right, and the lead steps are "heel leads" - that is, the heel of the foot comes down first, not the toe. 1. T (slow): the lead steps forward with the left foot, the follow mirrors by stepping back with the right. 2. A (slow): the lead steps forward with the right foot, mirrored again by the follow's right. 3. N (quick): the lead steps forward again with the left, a slightly smaller step, preparing to step to the side with the right. 4. G (quick): the lead steps to the right with the right foot, using a technique known as "collecting" the foot. This simply means that the right foot comes up alongside the left before stepping to the right, and doesn't move in the diagonal.
5. O (slow): probably the most sultry step in the basic, this is a slow almost-drag of the left

foot towards the right, ready to begin the basic again. For the follow, it's the joining of the right foot to the left with a slow, deliberate motion.

Other Simple Tango Steps

One of the more flashy, dramatic, and very simple tango dance steps is the corte. It has a practical use when used on a crowded dance floor. It starts, not with a step forward, but rather with the lead taking a step back with the left foot, the follow forward on the right. This puts both dancers into a bit of a lunge, with the lead's right leg and the follow's left held straight. The key to the corte lies in the dance frames, though, which are held firm while the torsos rotate towards the lead's left and both bodies tilt towards the straight leg. This position is held for the first two slow beats ( TA) and then both dancers draw their bent legs back up to finish the "N-G-O" in the same way that the basic is finished.
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Rumba, also known as the "dance of love", the "Latin Waltz" or the "Waltz with a wiggle", is a spot dance which means the couple does not travel around the dance floor like in waltz or

foxtrot, but rather stays in one location. The basic Rumba step is a very simple box step. Rumba is a very sensuous dance that can be either danced as romantic or as very showy and coquettish. The great rhythms and sexy movements make it one of the most popular dances for weddings. You start dancing Rumba in a closed dance position. The man's left hand is holding the lady's right hand with the elbows almost touching. The mans right hand is placed underneath the ladys shoulder blade. The ladys left hand is placed right behind the man's shoulder, flat on his back. The basic box step for Rumba consist of three basic steps (a pattern of two quick side steps and a slow forward step) in one measure of music. The rhythm of the steps is slow-quick-quick, and is danced to a music written in 4/4 time. A slow step is danced over two counts of music, while a quick step is danced over one count.

Rumba Basic Steps

The basic Rumba step is very easy - it's a simple box step, with the lady mirroring the man's steps.

Basic Rumba steps for Men

The gentleman starts with his left foot stepping forward. The man's steps are as follows:

1. Step forward with your left foot 2. Sidestep to the right with your right foot 3. Move your left foot to your right foot 4. Step back with your right foot 5. Sidestep to the left with your left foot 6. Move your right foot to your left foot

Basic Rumba steps for Women

The lady starts with her right foot stepping backward. The woman's steps are as follows:

1. Step back with your right foot 2. Sidestep to the left with your left foot 3. Move your right foot to your left foot 4. Step forward with your left foot 5. Sidestep to the right with your right foot 6. Move your left foot to your right foot
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Salsa is a Latin dance form with origins from the Cuban Son (circa 1920s) and Afro-Cuban dance (specifically Afro-Cuban rumba).[citation needed] It is generally associated with the salsa music style, although it may be danced under other types of Latin music.[citation needed] Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are forms such as a line dance form "Salsa suelta",[1] where the dancers dance individually and a round dance form "Rueda de Casino" where multiple couples exchange partners in a circle. Salsa can be improvised or performed with a set routine. Salsa is a popular social dance throughout Latin America as well as in North America, Europe, Australia, and some countries in Asia and the Middle East.

The Stance
Salsa can be danced in a closed dance position or hand-in-hand, with the man's palms facing upwards, and the lady taking his hands with her palms down, allowing more freedom of movement. For the dance position, the man takes the lady's right hand in his left, and places his right hand on or around her left shoulder blade. The lady's left hand then sits on his right shoulder, with her arm over his. Be sure to give your partner just enough pressure through the hands and arms to allow your movements to be easily felt, without being aggressive.

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The Man's Basic Step
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Step forward with your left foot. Your weight should now be on your left, and you should be able to take your right foot off the ground (but don't). It may be easier in the beginning to use larger steps, but your movements will be much faster and neater with a smaller step. Ads by Google

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New York Film Academy Study film, acting, photography and more. Degree & workshop programs www.nyfa.edu 2 Shift your weight back from your left foot to your right, leaving your feet where they are. Your right foot should now be holding all your weight. 3 Step or slide your left foot back to bring it next to or slightly behind your right foot. Your weight should be evenly spread over both feet. 4 Do not take any steps on the next beat. It can be used to gradually move your weight to your left foot in time for the next beat. 5 Repeat step one, but backwards. Bring your right foot backwards with so your left foot is taking none of your weight. 6 Step in place with your left foot without moving either of your feet. Your left foot will now be carrying all your weight. 7 Step or slide your right foot up to meet or slightly pass your left, balancing on both your feet equally. 8 As with beat 4, do nothing on the next beat, except you may take the weight off your left foot in preparation of your next step. 9 Repeat these steps to the music

The Lady's Step

1. 1 Step backwards with your right foot. 2. 2 Step in place with your left. 3. 3 Bring your right foot up to meet or slightly pass your left. 4. 4 Do not take steps on this beat. You may want to use it to shift your weight across. 5. 5 Step forwards with your left foot. 6. 6 Step in place with your right. 7. 7 Bring back your left foot next to or partly behind your right.

8. 8 Prepare to repeat. 9. 9 Repeat to the music. Note the man and woman's steps are simply 4 beats apart. This ensures no one's toes are stepped on (which does still happen). http://www.wikihow.com/Dance-Salsa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salsa_%28dance%29