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hello and welcome to this video my name
is Leon and this is Kim and we're from
passion for dancing calm where we teach
people how to dance
online with videos and today we're going
to teach you how to dance the salsa so
you if you're a beginner and you don't
know how to do any salsa at all
this video is for you so in this video
we're just gonna cover the two most
fundamental salsa basic steps the basic
step forward and back as well as the
side basic step and then we're gonna put
them in a combo together so let's get to
it
alright so we're gonna start with the
first fundamental salsa basic step right
now we're gonna do it with you and we
want you to follow with us from home as
we do it so just get off your couch and
follow along with us this is the most
basic step we're gonna both do the same
step for now so we're gonna go forward
with the left replace back on the right
and then close left foot to right foot
and switch way now back on to the right
replace on the left close right foot to
left foot and switch wait that's all it
is that's the basic step off the salsa
so let's do it one more time with us
step forward left replace on the right
and closed switch way back with the
right replace on the left close right
foot to left foot and again forward
replace together and back replace
together now one important thing you
must realize when you do this step is
that you're switching your weight from
foot to foot every time so I'll go
forward replace together I'm always
changing the weight from one foot to the
other I don't want to just kind of tap
like this okay you really want to put
your weight into it and kind of get into
your hip okay now let's do it one more
time and this time we're going to do to
the count so we're going to count in
eight so it's gonna be one two three
hold four and then back on five six
seven hold eight so we really danced on
six of the eight counts and then two of
those counts are pauses so let me
demonstrate that again so we're gonna go
one two three hold two four five six
seven hold eight again one two three and
five six seven and one two
three and five six seven hey now just so
you know I have done an extensive video
on how to count the salsa so I'll link
to that video somewhere here on the
video or there's going to be a link in
the description below but I'm not going
to go into it in this video you just
need to understand that you count 1 2 3
5 6 7 and then the 4 and the 8 are
pauses now let's show you how to dance
it together with your partner so when
you do together you're going to face
each other
the the guys you're going to start the
same way we just taught you're going to
step forward with the left ok now ladies
you're gonna start from the back half of
the basic ok so ladies you want to start
with your right foot so watch came here
she's gonna go back with the right
replace together and then she goes
forward with the left replace together
so let's turn around one more time so
you can see from this angle so now
ladies you're starting from the right
leg going back when you dance in couples
ok so it's gonna be 1 2 3 5 6 7 again 1
2 3 5 6 7 but it's exactly the same step
ladies it's just you start from the back
half of the basic but it's exactly the
same step so one more time and 1 2 3 5 6
then 1 2 3 5 6 7 we're going to turn the
basic so you can turn the basic on one
spot same steps 1 2 3 5 6 7 1 2 3 5 6 7
you can turn it around on one spot when
you get comfortable if you're not
comfortable turning it just stay on one
spot just a quick tip about the hold
here we're gonna have the man's left arm
and the lady's right arm at roughly the
lady's eye level okay or a little bit
lower it's fine as well and then the
man's right arm is gonna go on her just
underneath her shoulder blade and ladies
you just rest your arm on his shoulder
here so that's our hold for the salsa ok
there are many other different holds you
can use but this is just the most basic
one it's called closed whole
and now let's do this basic step to the
music
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now that you've mastered the most basic
step we're going to show you another
fundamental salsa step which is the side
basic step okay let's follow with us
again from home do the step with us here
so again we're gonna start with the left
one we're both going to do the same
direction first so we go side with left
replace on the right close left foot to
right foot and switch way side with the
right replace on the left close right
foot to left foot and switch way one
more time
side replace together side replace
together and we counted the same way one
two three pause five six seven pause one
two three and five six seven and one two
three five six seven now we would just
watch Kim here she's gonna keep dancing
it and you can see she's getting into
her hip every single time okay so you
can get into your hip make sure you're
putting your heel down every time and
you're switching weight just like in
that basic step very important all right
and I'm gonna show you how to dance it
with a partner so for the ladies you're
gonna start to the right side okay when
you dance together with the partners
same steps just start with the right leg
ladies so you go side replace together
side replace together one two three five
six seven
a one two three fi see Sam we can turn
it around
guys same step for you you go side
replaced together side replace together
side replace together five six then one
two three five six seven one two three
five six seven so this arm here can be a
little bit lower you can see for styling
I'm just bringing it down a little bit
or it can be up here okay whatever you
want this is fine too the main thing is
you don't want to move the arms too much
okay sometimes you see people trying to
do all of the
kind of stuff it's not really what you
want to do you want to keep the upper
body quite still and let your most of
the work come from the lower part of the
body with a lot of weight into the floor
and hip action now let's show you the
side basic to the music
now we're gonna be showing you how to
combine these two figures together but
before we do that we just want to
mention that if you want more salsa
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lastly we're gonna show you how to
combine these two figures together so
the first one we did was the main basic
step here we'll go forward and back and
now we can go side to side yeah and
again we're gonna go forward and back
and then we can go side to side yeah so
basically if we face each other and you
can follow with us at home we're gonna
do the basic step so ladies you start
back with the right guys start forward
with left we'll go 1 2 3 5 6 7 then over
here what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna kind
of lead the ladies to go to the sides
I'm gonna kind of give her a little bit
of a lead from our right arm to go to
the side and now we can do the side
basic together right and then from here
I can apply pressure forward and then
she knows it's back to the basic ok so
let me show you now so you can see how
I'm leading this so again we start with
the basic step 1 2 3 5 6 7 and then I
want to lead my partner to the side ok
so this is very important here ok I'm
gonna leave it to the side 1 2 3 5 6 7
apply pressure forward or 1 2 3 5 6 7
you and you can do as many as you want
so we can do as many forward and back
basis as we want and then whenever I
want I can just lead her to the side so
just leader and we go sign 5 6 7 Oh 1 2
3 and then again applying pressure
forward and that means I'm changing
direction so that's how you can combine
these two figures together now let's do
to the music we're gonna do these two
steps as well as we'll show you some
other salsa steps that we
each in our membership so you can see
some other salsa steps
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