Cuban salsa (Casino): the complete guide to learning to dance
Cuban salsa, also called casino, is danced as a couple and in a circle. Here you’ll find all the articles I’ve written about this dance: its history, its music, its figures one by one, and the practical questions everyone asks before their first class.
Born in the 1950s in Cuba, salsa is one of the most widely danced Latin dances in the world. Drawing its influences from Africa and Spain, it’s a dance with circular movements, unlike Puerto Rican salsa (salsa on line). They say that if you can walk, you can dance Cuban salsa! It is indeed a walk, an alternation of steps, of open and closed positions, in which
seduction and interaction between the dancers play a central role, all in a great mood. While it’s easy to find a Latin dance school near you offering Latin dance classes, here we’ll teach you tips, tricks, advice and information to improve your dancing, whether you’re a beginner or experienced. Join us to dance salsa to the rhythm of this joyful music genre.
Getting started in Cuban salsa
The questions everyone asks before walking through the door of a class.
What to wear to a Cuban salsa class?
Dance class prices: how much does a private or group salsa class cost?
How many hours of classes does it take to dance salsa well?
How to find the 1 and the rhythm in Cuban salsa
Casino moves, explained one by one
Guapea, sombrero, setenta, vacilala: every figure broken down, with its name, its origin and the classic mistakes.
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Cuban music and culture
You dance better when you understand what you hear. Music structure, bands to listen to, timba, son and Orishas.
Choosing your salsa, and going dancing
Cuban, Puerto Rican or Colombian? And once you’ve chosen, where to practise.
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