Salsa is a popular social dance form originating in the Caribbean. The salsa movements have origins in Guatemalan and plena races, Cuban Children, cha-cha-cha, mambo and other dance forms. The dance, along with salsa music, originated in the mid-1970s in New York. Different areas in Latin America and the United States have different salsa styles, such as Cuban style, Puerto Rico, Cali Colombia, L.A. and New York. Salsa dance socials are generally held in nightclubs, bars, ballrooms, restaurants, and outside, especially when part of an outdoor festival.
In many styles of salsa dancing, as dancers shift their weight by stepping, the upper body remains flat and barely affected by weight changes. A weight shift causes the hip to move. Arm and shoulder movements are also included. Salsa generally uses music ranging from about 150 bpm (beats per minute) to about 250 bpm, although most dances are performed for music somewhere between 160-220 bpm. The basic Salsa dance rhythm consists of taking three steps for every four beats of music. The number of odd steps creates syncopation attached to the Salsa dance and ensures that it takes 8 music taps to return to the sequence of new steps.
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Origin
Salsa evolved from previous forms of Cuban dance such as Son, Son Montuno, cha cha cha, Mambo and the popular Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena in the Caribbean, Latin America and Latin society in New York since the 1940s. Salsa, like most music genres and dance styles, has experienced many variations over the years and incorporated elements of Afro-Caribbean dances such as GuaguancÃÆ'³ and Pachanga. Different areas in Latin America and the United States have different salsa styles, such as Cuban style, Puerto Rico, Cali Colombia, L.A. and New York.
There is some controversy surrounding the origin of the word "salsa," which is thought to have originated from dance since the mid-1800s. Some claim that it is based on the screams shouted by musicians as they play their music. Others believe that the term was created by record labels to market their music better, choosing the word "salsa" because of its hot and spicy connotations. However, others believe the term came about because salsa dance and music are a mixture of different styles, such as salsa or "sauce" in Latin American countries are a mixture of different ingredients.
Salsa is different everywhere. For example, singer Celia Cruz describes her music as a Cuban style salsa. The music is very much for the Afro-Latin community. The songs represent traditional Cuban voice and customs. In the United States, there are several styles in different parts of the country.
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Description
In many styles of dancing salsa, as dancers shift their weight by step, the upper body remains flat and almost unaffected by weight changes. Weight shifting causes hip to move. Arm and shoulder movements are also included. Cuban casino style dancing salsa involves significant movements on the waist, with shoulder-to-shoulder movement and ribs shifting.
Weapons are used by "lead" dancers to communicate or signal "followers," either in "open" or "closed" positions. Open positions require two dancers to hold one or both hands, especially for movements involving curves, putting arms behind, or moving around each other, to name but a few. In a closed position, the leader places the right hand on the back of the follower, while the follower places the left hand on the leader's shoulders.
In the original form of Latin America, the forward/backward motion of salsa is performed diagonally or sideways with the change of 3 steps intact.
In some styles of salsa, like the New York style, dancers remain in front of each other (migrating), while in Latin-American style, like Cuban style, dancers surround each other, sometimes in 3 points. This circular style was inspired by the Cuban Son, especially on the beat of a montuno son in the 1920s. However, since this is a popular music, the music is open to improvisation and thus continues to grow. Modern salsa styles are associated and named with the original geographical region that developed them. Often there are worshipers of each of these styles outside their home region. Characteristics that can identify styles include: timing, basic steps, foot patterns, body movements, bends and images, attitudes, dance influences and the way the couple hold each other. The point in musical music bar where a slightly larger step is taken (rest step) and moving step directions can often be used to identify the style.
Incorporating other dance-setting techniques into salsa dance has become very common for men and women: shimmies, footwork, arm work, body movements, spinning, body isolation, shoulder shimmies, rolls, even hand styling, acrobatics and lifts.
Latin American style comes from Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the surrounding Caribbean islands.
Venues
Salsa dance socials are generally held in nightclubs, bars, ballrooms, restaurants, and outside, especially if part of an outdoor festival. Salsa dancing is an international dance that can be found in most metropolitan cities in the world. The festival is held every year, often called the Salsa Congress, in various host cities aiming to attract a variety of salsa dancers from other cities and countries. The show brings together the dancers to share their passion for dancing, community building, and sharing of moves and tips with each other. These events usually include salsa dance players, live salsa music, workshops, open dances, and contests.
Rhythm
Salsa generally use music that is suitable for dance ranges from about 150 bpm (beat per minute) to about 250 bpm, although most dances are performed on music somewhere between 160-220 bpm. Each salsa composition involves a complex Afro-Cuban percussion based around the Clave Rhythm (which has four types), although there are times when the clan is hidden for a while, often when quoting Charanga, ChangÃÆ'¼ÃÆ' and Bomba. The key instrument that provides the core groove of a salsa song is a clone. It is often played with two wooden sticks (called claves) that are beaten together. Each instrument in a salsa band either plays with the clave (generally: congas, timbales, piano, tres guitar, bongos, claves (instruments), strings) or play independently of clave rhythms (generally: bass, maracas, gÃÆ'¼iro, cowbell). Melody components of music and dancers can choose to be clave or out of clave at any point. But it's taboo to play or dance with the wrong type of clave rhythm (see salsa music). While dancers can mark the clone rhythm directly, it is more common to do it indirectly (with, for example, a shoulder movement). This allows the dance itself to look very smooth as if the whole body just moves untouched by the foot.
For salsa, there are four types of clave rhythms, the 3-2 and 2-3 Son claves being the most important, and 3-2 and 2-3 Rumba claves. Most salsa music is played with one of the Son's clans, though the Rumba club is sometimes used, especially during the Rumba portion of some songs. As an example of how klavik fits in 8 taps of salsa dance, a tap of 2-3 Son claves is played on counts 2, 3, 5, "and" 6, and 8.
There are other aspects beyond Clave that help define the salsa rhythm: cowbell, Montuno rhythm and Tumbao rhythm.
The cowbell rhythm emphasizes the "on-beats" of salsa: 1, 3, 5 and 7 while the conga rhythm emphasizes the "off-beats" of music: 2, 4, 6, and 8. Some dancers love to use strong sounds from cowbell to keep on the Salsa rhythm. Or, others like to use a conga rhythm to create jazzier nuances in their dance because the powerful "off-beats" are a jazz element.
Tumbao is the name of the rhythm that is played with drum conga. Sounds like: "cu, cum.. pa... cu, cum... pa". The most basic patterns are played on the beats of 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8. Tumbao rhythms are helpful for learning counter-tiempo dancing ("On2"). Taps 2 and 6 are emphasized while dancing On2, and the Tumbao rhythm greatly emphasizes that tap too.
Montuno rhythm is a rhythm that is often played with a piano. Montuno's rhythm rounds the count of 8 and is useful for finding music. By listening to the same rhythm, which swings back to the beginning after eight counts, one can recognize which count is the first tap of the music.
The basic Salsa dance rhythm consists of taking three steps for every four beats of music. The number of odd steps creates syncopation attached to the Salsa dance and ensures that it takes 8 music taps to roll back to the sequence of new steps. Different styles use this syncopation differently. For "On1" dancers this rhythm is described as "fast, fast, slow, fast, fast, slow." For "On2" dancers, this rhythm is "fast, fast, fast, pause, fast, fast, fast, pause." In all cases, only three steps are taken in each 4-beat size (or 6 totals over 8 taps).
Styles
Root salsa is based on different genres such as the Puerto Rican rhythm, Cuban Son, specifically for the beats of Son Montuno in the 1920s. However, since this is a popular music, the music is open to improvisation and thus continues to grow. The new modern salsa style is associated and named with the original geographical region that developed it. Often there are worshipers of each of these styles outside their home region. Characteristics that can identify styles include: timing, basic steps, foot patterns, body rolls and movements, turns and numbers, attitudes, dance influences and the way the couple hold each other. The point in musical music bar where a slightly larger step is taken (rest step) and moving step directions can often be used to identify the style.
Afro-Latino Style
Afro-Latino style is a very popular type of salsa in the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and Cuba. It pretty much involves the same dance as most versions of salsa, but has little touch added to it. The thing that separates it and gives its own identity is that some songs are tied in African and certain African instruments that give different songs to the rhythm
Incorporating other dance-setting techniques into salsa dance has become very common, both for men and women: shimmies, footwork, arm work, body movements, spinning, body isolation, shoulder shimmies, rolls, even hand styling, acrobatics and elevators.
Latin American styles come from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the surrounding Caribbean islands including the Dominican Republic, and then extends to Venezuela, Colombia, and throughout Latin America; Also, there is a "Miami" style, which is a blend of several elements of Cuban style with elements from various North American dances from the United States.
Colombian/Cali style
Cali-Style Salsa, also known as Salsa Colombia and Salsa CaleÃÆ' Â ± a, is based on the geographical location of the Cali City of Colombia. Cali is also known as "Capital de la Salsa" (Salsa Capital); because salsa music became the main genre in the party, nightclub and festival in the 21st century.
The elements of Cali-Style Salsa are strongly influenced by dances to Caribbean rhythms that precede salsa, such as Pachanga and Boogaloo. Cali has the most salsa schools and salsa teams in the world. Many competitions are held in Colombia.
The main feature is the footwork that has fast paced steps and jumping motion. The Colombian style does not execute Cross-Body Leads or "Dile Que No" as seen in other styles, but stepped in place and replaces it in a closed position. Their toe work is complicated and precise, helping some Colombian Style dancers win major world championships. Cali hosts many annual salsa events such as the World Salsa Cali Festival and Encuentro de Melomanos y Coleccionistas.
Cuban/Casino Style
In Cuba, the popular dance known as Casino is marketed as a Cuban salsa or Salsa Cubana overseas to distinguish it from other salsa styles when the name is popularized in the 1970s. Casinos are popular in many places around the world, including in Europe, Latin America, North America, and even in some Middle East countries such as Israel. Dancing Casino is an expression of popular social culture; Cuba considers casinos as part of social and cultural activities centered on their popular music. The name Casino comes from the Spanish term for the ballroom, "Casino Deportivos" where many social dances are performed among the rich, white Cubans during the mid-20th century and beyond.
Historically, Casino tracked its origins as a dancing partner of Cuban Son , Cha Cha Cha, DanzÃÆ'³n and Guaracha. Traditionally, casinos dance "contratiempo". This means that, unlike the subsequent salsa forms, no steps are taken on the first and fifth taps in any clave pattern and the fourth and eighth beats are emphasized. In this way, rather than following the rhythm, the dancers themselves contribute in their movement, to the polymic patterns of music. At the same time, it often dances "tiempo", although both are "on3" (initially) and "on1" (current).
However, what keeps the dance alive is not its mechanical technique, but the spontaneous understanding and use of rich Afro-Cuban dance vocabulary in a "Casino" dance. In the same way as "sonero" (the lead singer at Son and salsa band) will "quote" other old songs, "casino" dancers will often improvise with reference to other dances, integrating movement, gestures and extended parts. of the folkloric and popular heritage. This is especially true for Africans of African descent. Such improvisations might include rumba extracts, dances for African gods, older popular dances such as Cha Cha ChÃÆ'¡ and Danzon and whatever the dancers feel.
Miami-style casino
Developed by Cuban immigrants to Florida and based in Miami, this dance style is a blend of some elements of the Casino with many elements of American culture and dance. The main difference in Miami style from other North American styles is "Atras" or "Diagonal", the back breaking step is backwards diagonally rather than moving forward and backward as seen in New York style. Dancers do not shift their weight very much as seen in other styles. Instead, dancers keep their upper bodies calm and relaxed while the feet execute endless intricacies. Most break dancers are On1.
The main difference between Cali Style and Miami style is that the latter exclusively danced underneath (On1) and has a glowing element and event style added to it, following the repertoire of North American Style. The Miami style has many followers, especially Cuban-Americans and other Latinos based in South Florida.
Rueda de Casino
In the 1950s Salsa Rueda or rather Rueda de Casino was developed in Havana, Cuba. Couple dancers form a circle ("Rueda" in Spanish means "Wheel"), with a dance movement called by one person. Many movements involve swapping partners quickly.
"Rueda de Cuba" is Rueda's original type, originally from Cuba. Not as simple as Rueda de Miami and consists of about 30 calls. It was codified in the 1970s.
"Rueda de Miami" originated in the 1980s from Miami, is a formal style with many rules based on mixes, and is a hybridization of Rueda de Cuba & North American dance style, with several routines reflecting American culture (eg Coca-Cola, Dedo, Adios) not found in traditional Cuban-style Rueda.
Los Angeles Style
The style of Los Angeles salsa (LA style) is strictly danced at 1, in the slot \ line, using elements from various North American dances and the stage. This helps prevent dancers from hitting other couples on the crowded dance floor. It is strongly influenced by Latin style Hustle, Swing, Argentine Tango and Latin Ballroom. The LA style places a strong emphasis on sensuality, theatrical and acrobatics. The lifts, stunts and aerial works of the salsa show today mostly come from LA style forms with the origins of the Latin Ballroom and the Ballet lift.
Two important elements of this dance are the basic step back and forth and the cross-body lead. In this pattern, the leader moves forward at 1, step right on 2-3 while turning 90 degrees counterclockwise (facing left), leaving the slot open. The follower then goes straight ahead at 5-6 and turns on 7-8, while the leader makes 90 degrees counterclockwise and slightly forward, back to the slot. After these eight calculations, leaders and followers have switched positions.
Albert Torres, Laura Canellias, Joe Cassini, Francisco and Luis Vazquez, and Rogelio Moreno are credited for the early development and growth of LA Style. The next dancers like Alex Da Silva, Edie Lewis, Joby Martinez, Josie Neglia, Katia Vaz, and Johnny Vazquez are often credited with developing the LA style of dancing as we know it today.
New York Style
New York style dancing on an ellipse or "flat figure 8" on the floor, with partners facing each other most of the time. Unlike other salsa styles, the New York style dances on the second beat of music ("on 2"), and followers, not leaders, step forward on the first measure of music. New York Style etiquette is very tight to stay in the near ballroom, and avoid dancing in the sandbox area with lots of rounds, twists, and styles. There is a greater emphasis on the "shining" appearance in which dancers separate themselves and solo dance with complicated footwork and style for a time - a phenomenon that may have origins from Swing and New York Tap.
Though he does not make New York-style salsa, Eddie Torres is credited with popularizing it, and because followers step forward on the second tap of the first measure.
There are two different developments of the New York salsa as music and dance genres:
- The main evolution of the Mambo era was introduced to New York because of the influx of dissidents who migrated from all Caribbean and other Latin migrants during the Cuban Pre-Easter Revolution of the 1950s and 1960s. This era is known as "Palladium Era". At this time, the music and the dance are called "Mambo" - associating a general term with no specificity. The most famous dancer during this era was of Puerto Rican descent, Pedro "Cuban Pete" Aguilar, also known as "The King of Latin Beat".
- Secondary evolution during the late 1970s, Puerto Rican Latin migrants, contributed a lot to the development of New York salsa during the "NuYorican" era HÃÆ'Â Â © ctor Lavoe who greatly popularized salsa and modern Latin music throughout the world. The Puerto Rican salsa superstar was the most important musician during the era, such as Ray Baretto ("The Godfather") and many others. There are also salsa artists that go beyond both periods, especially Puerto Rican Tito Puente ("The Mambo King").
Both of these developments create a fusion of new salsa music and dance genres, different from their Latin American and Caribbean counterparts.
New York style salsa emphasizes harmony with percussion instruments in salsa music, such as congas, timbales, and claves, as many or all of these instruments often mark a second tap in music.
See also
- Palladium Ballroom - where New York City helped popularize Latin music and dance during the 1940s and 1950s
- Rhumba - a ballroom dance that greatly affects salsa
- Salsa Music
- World Salsa Championship
- Nelson Batista, the leading salsa instructor in the United Kingdom
References
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