Search results

Number 2 is "Si no hay razón" by Panchito Martin Mena y su Combo (Dominican Republic)

Links: 1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/15DBHf9tlddymT2YOeH9q6g7tdjp3GaIu/view?usp=drivesdk 2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yHqKW3mBC8XQngEs8ud4G6gUljZnyoeu/view?usp=drivesdk

Followers, how does it feel when a good lead dissociates their stepping from the leading this way? As a lead, some of my favourite partners are those where I feel exactly where their weight is (via some combination of a good connection and good stepping on their side). For a lead that leads well...

Probably their age catching up with them. At some point it's just about maintaining and fighting against decline

If someone could tell followers in my scene to get their timing and basics down before bugging the teachers for styling options

Say "**** no" if someone requests a song like

I liked the bit about the tremolo at the start of the solo invoking bird song it's a very familiar pattern

oy he's playing the campana wrong! live band right, or do you think that's just some live percussion along with a recording?

can't help, just leaving links here from a brief search "Elvira la que vira" is on the 2021 EGREM CDr release "Soy yo" https://www.discogs.com/release/30305003-David-Calzado-La-Charanga-Habanera-Soy-Yo. That album is available digitally, but missing tracks 2 "Elvira la que vira" and 6...

There's this phenomenon I've witnessed across multiple dance schools locally, where the highest level class is clogged up with a sediment of never-improving students. Is this something that happens in your scenes, too? Any good strategies to deal with it? I guess offering an explicit "advanced...

lost me when he spliced in that German guy who's actually counting contratiempo cha-cha other criticism is talking about "break steps", that's a linear salsa concept that doesn't really feature in the Cuban dances and where's Cuban "on 3" dancing? (I've heard that danzón used to be danced both...

If they're not moderating forums!

Fittingly sonycasino's latest article mentions Wilmer y María https://sonycasino.com/2026/04/16/the-cuban-dance-scene-has-a-grifter-problem/ (I disagree with his assessment that the moves from their demo linked in that article aren't leadable socially.)

it also looks on discogs as if this might be a reissue of some older album, what with "Mary Lou serie colleccionistas" skimming the credited artists, they seem to have been active from the early 1990s, some recording with Checo Acosta (not Orlando "Chino" Acosta who seems to have been band...

Ah great! Do you know when this was recorded, and/or where Combo Universal is from?

The song is La lengua, written by R. (Rick per a web search?) Avilés and recorded by Orlando Marín for the 1970 album Out Of My Mind, but it's not that recording.

I like 1derpalm's suggestions. Most universal might be the "semi-shines" approach: I like staying connected closed-position style with the right arm, but opening up far enough and letting tension drop so it's clear you're not leading steps. What I'd probably do here is catch the break in closed...

Nelson González of Nelson y sus Estrellas. Apparently late 60s at 17 years of age he was invited to Cali (from Caracas) alongside Richie Ray and layed the roots for the Cali salsa boom. Any idea what island he is talking about around 3:40? "el bustuc"???

We have one experienced follower in this thread, stating she likes to dance with the artists. I suspect her definition of a good lead would differ from what you all are coming up with.