Cuban Salsa 1 | Beginners Course – DanceDifferent Online

About Course

Above everything, this course is designed to teach you how to lead & follow correctly and how to make sure that your partner will feel comfortable dancing with you. The primary focus is to give you the correct skills and dancing foundation on which to build upon in the future, but we will of course also teach you figures and variations.

Our goal in DanceDifferent is not to create “figure monkeys” that can do a thousand moves while making the experience very uncomfortable for their partner. Our goal is to give you the right base so that your partner will be pleasantly surprised as to how comfortable and nice it is to dance with you.

Course Content

Introduction
Introduction to this course as well as some useful information & resources.

Course Introduction

01:03
Music used in this course

00:42

Guapea | Basic Step
At the end of this section you will learn the correct steps, technique as well as some ladies styling that can be used in the basic Cuban Salsa step Guapea

Enchufala | Core Figure #1
At the end of this section you will know how to lead & follow the Enchufala figure. We will go through the steps separately, then in couples. Styling tips and common mistakes will be included.

Dile Que No
At the end of this section you will understand the Dile Que No. Unlike other core figures, Dile Que No is the "concluding" figure which all other figures and variations finish with.

Vasilala | Core Figure #3
At the end of this section you will learn how to lead & follow Vasilala. We will practice the difference in the lead between Vasilala and Enchufala as well as go through common mistakes & styling.

Closehold | Core Figure #4
At the end of this section you will know how to use Closehold. A very useful way to begin a dance when the music is slow & a great way for getting to know your partner & how they lead/follow.

Exhibala | Core Figure #5

Exhibala | Introduction

00:52
Exhibala | Steps for Men & Ladies

06:51
Connecting Exhibala with other figures

01:57
Exhibala | Common mistakes

02:27
Exhibala | Ladies Styling

02:05
Exhibala | Challenge #1

03:34
Exhibala | Challenge #2

01:56
Exhibala | Challenge #3

01:31
Exhibala | Practice & Music | “La Bobeira – Los Van Van”

02:01

Conclusion

Student Ratings & Reviews

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Kevin Kevin

2 years ago

Thank you for the course! Looking forward to the next level. Really great explanation broken down step by step.

Kateřina

2 years ago

Great lessons for salsa basics. Really enjoyed the lady styling additions to each lesson.

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Introduction Introduction to this course as well as some useful information & resources.

Course Introduction

Music used in this course

Guapea | Basic Step At the end of this section you will learn the correct steps, technique as well as some ladies styling that can be used in the basic Cuban Salsa step Guapea

Introduction to Guapea

Warmup

Guapea | Steps for Men & Ladies

Guapea | Steps in Couples

Practice & Music | “I Like It – Cardi B”

Ladies Styling

Common Mistakes

Bonus lesson | Guapea vs Casino

Enchufala | Core Figure #1 At the end of this section you will know how to lead & follow the Enchufala figure. We will go through the steps separately, then in couples. Styling tips and common mistakes will be included.

Introduction to Enchufala

Enchufala | Steps for Men

Enchufala | Steps for Ladies

Enchufala | Steps in Couples

Enchufala – Ladies Styling

Enchufala – Common Mistakes

Enchufala – Practice to Music | “El Kilo – Orishas”

Enchufala – Conclusion

Dile Que No At the end of this section you will understand the Dile Que No. Unlike other core figures, Dile Que No is the "concluding" figure which all other figures and variations finish with.

Dile que no | Introduction

Dile Que No | Steps for Men

Dile Que No | Steps for Ladies

Dile que no | Steps in Couples

Dile que no | Ladies Styling

Dile que no | Common Mistakes

Vasilala | Core Figure #3 At the end of this section you will learn how to lead & follow Vasilala. We will practice the difference in the lead between Vasilala and Enchufala as well as go through common mistakes & styling.

Vasilala | Introduction

Vasilala | Steps for Ladies

Vasilala | Steps for Men

Vasilala | Steps in Couples

Vasilala | Ladies Styling

Vasilala | Common Mistakes

Practice to Music | “Conmigo no – Roly Maden”

Closehold | Core Figure #4 At the end of this section you will know how to use Closehold. A very useful way to begin a dance when the music is slow & a great way for getting to know your partner & how they lead/follow.

Closehold | Introduction

Close Hold | Steps for Men & Ladies

Close Hold | How to get out of Close Hold

Close hold | Practice & Music

Close Hold | How to get into Close Hold

Close Hold | Common Mistakes & Final Challenge

Exhibala | Core Figure #5

Exhibala | Introduction

Exhibala | Steps for Men & Ladies

Connecting Exhibala with other figures

Exhibala | Common mistakes

Exhibala | Ladies Styling

Exhibala | Challenge #1

Exhibala | Challenge #2

Exhibala | Challenge #3

Exhibala | Practice & Music | “La Bobeira – Los Van Van”

Conclusion

Conclusion

Final Dance to the 5 core figures from this course | |Yo Se – Barbaro Fines”

Student Ratings & Reviews

Resources

Introduction
Introduction to this course as well as some useful information & resources.

Guapea | Basic Step
At the end of this section you will learn the correct steps, technique as well as some ladies styling that can be used in the basic Cuban Salsa step Guapea

Enchufala | Core Figure #1
At the end of this section you will know how to lead & follow the Enchufala figure. We will go through the steps separately, then in couples. Styling tips and common mistakes will be included.

Dile Que No
At the end of this section you will understand the Dile Que No. Unlike other core figures, Dile Que No is the "concluding" figure which all other figures and variations finish with.

Vasilala | Core Figure #3
At the end of this section you will learn how to lead & follow Vasilala. We will practice the difference in the lead between Vasilala and Enchufala as well as go through common mistakes & styling.

Closehold | Core Figure #4
At the end of this section you will know how to use Closehold. A very useful way to begin a dance when the music is slow & a great way for getting to know your partner & how they lead/follow.