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Just attend a cuban dance class. How much time they are investing in dancing in a class as opposed to a teaching. Compare that with ON1/ON2 where Teachers teach shines for 20-30 minutes. Then they go on about the techniques for 20 minutes. At the end of the class they add a complicated move in...

I also have a slightly different explanation for this. The dancers dancing dominican bachata or casino evolved from the social dance. The dance moves/culture/intentions solely concentrated on the grooves/musicality than showmanship. Salsa dancing evolved from NY or sensual bachata (in Europe?)...

I definitely had a lot of eureka moments in dancing 1) I danced with an advanced dancer in a class. I lead her a crossbody lead, she went into a wrap. I learnt how to lead softly. 2) First time I asked an advanced dancer to dance in a congress on a slow song. I realized she was not a beginner...

I usually do not dance any pattern-oriented partnerwork when a change (a beat change or a bridge or a short exciting period or drums or brass instruments) is going on. I either dance by myself or dance with the partner with a loose connection with either no lead or very linear lead (but not...

I dance on1. I really enjoy dancing with casino dancers. They spend much less money on learning moves and more time in having fun enjoying music.

Technically not. Casino dancers dance less complicated moves. They can easily concentrate on musicality, improvisation etc. Maykel fonts and Yoandy are two of my favorite dancers. Simplicity is more beautiful. Also salsa dancers try more complicated shines and casino dancers steps with the...

1) I have a cool move that's my own move. Many times improvers or intermediate dancers give me a surprise/shock type of a look on that move (as if its a magic trick). I love the look on their face (it has been three years I still love the look in the girls eyes). 2) I do not have a very high...

I feel like BS is taking over because people come to dance to create connections. Salsa music is hard to learn. Usual route is to take classes where teachers teach complicated moves (in On1 and On2 thats the route). Its physically challenging. By that time, people get exposed to bachata or zouk...

The whole social dance is trying to figure it out without explicitly teaching each other. Some teachers teach in a way that they believe there is just one specific way to lead any move and only they know the right one. And some students pick that up and they thrive for perfections. So they...

I am curious about real social dancers. Guys and girls who want to dance without a need for performance. Congress beats the purpose unless there are a lot of local dancers. I ve seen videos of indian dancers. Social scenes seem to have 20 or so couples dancing. They usually record one guy (the...

How is the salsa scene in middle east or india. I travel and I have a trip coming up and thinking about stopping by somewhere. My understanding of indian salsa is that its not that big. Less than 50 dancers show up in the socials? From what I have seen on videos, there are some quality dancers...

I do see many timba songs have the musicality that casino dancers interpret better. I am a linear dancer. I have no problem dancing with a casino dancer when timba or salsa is playing. I love to improvise. There are so many salsa/timba reggaeton mixes. I also like it when someone hijacks the...

I feel like we do not need to think technically into that details. When a song is sped up we will automatically go on our balls of the feet. Also the bounces are natural reaction coming from the lower part of the body (like the waves reaches the shores). Dancers who are calm will have less of...

1) There is hardly any salsa song in the top 20 latin songs. 2) The number of dancers interested in salsa bachata is doubled in last 4 years or so (in my local scene). 3) Every dancer in the latin dancing scene tries some salsa. 4) Most girls (even guys) want to dance bachata. 5) Bachata songs...

After dancing for a few years and watching long time dancers. I feel like being on the ball of our feet for a long time is not optimum. Moving between that position to a walking position is better. Otherwise the feet will have a lot of issues (because of overuse). The bounce will be fixed a few...

salsa floors are full of odors 1) sweating 2) odor from hair products (or hair?) 3) breath 4) and some other temporary odors. My own. 1) I did not know for a while that I should shower before going to dance. Many come to dance classes after work. It took me a "sensual" bachata class to figure...

We do not bounce when we walk (though we can). We do not bounce when we run. It usually happen when we start to dance on our toes. Or put too much pressure putting the toes. I was told to dance on my toes all the time. If I had to redo it, I would dance as if I am walking in slower songs. I...

Also they play a theme where the guy is very much macho, and the girl is sexy. Its completely opposite of the word sensual. Sensual grabs your senses because of its emotional impact, its smoothness, its softness. It could lead to a sexual connection I do not see the SexyMacho theme in the word...

Bachata Sensual is such a misnomer. Many of the dance moves can be danced sensually. But they are done in a very rough way which is not Sensual. It should be named 1) WannabeDance 2) SexyMachoDance 3) FusionShow 4) DanceShowOff 5) OverdoDance They are changing the meaning of the word Sensual.

I have seen BS moves or similar in other dances (like tango). Like weight distribution or holding weight upwards. I have a huge problem in the tempo or speed they try to do it. It feels like a serious sexual assault on the music. Also with moves that are imitations of sex (to get claps) or BSDM...