Basic Salsa Dance Moves.. Do you know all of them?

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Stumble It!

1. Step forward with left just in front of right. (Left toe is pointed to the left)
2. Right foot in place
3.. Left foot closes next to right

Check Forward Right

1. Step forward with right just in front of left. (Right toe is pointed to the right)
2. Left foot in place
3.. Right foot closes next to left

Check out the Forward Break Animation here.

Side Step Left

1. Step to the side with your left foot
2. Right foot in place
3.. Left closes next to right

Side Step Right

1. Step to the side with your right
2. Left foot in place
3.. Right closes next to left

Slide Step Left

Back Break Right 1.
Side Step Left (you will step diagonally forward) 2.
3.. Slide your right foot as you close it next to your left.

Spot Turn

1. Forward on left
2. Keep your left foot in place as you half turn clockwise with weight on right foot
3..Swing around half turn on right foot
Do second half of Basic Step 4.5.6..

Spot Turn Girl

(girl turns clockwise)
Basic Step 1.2.3..
Basic Step 5.6.7.. (on 5. Lift left hand with fingers pointed to left to turn the girl. on 6. Girl turns. )

Guy's Spot Turn

1. Hold her right hand with your left with left hand on top, step forward with left
2. Half turn with weight on right foot, switch hand holds when back faces girl. (right hand faces up)
3.. Swing around to do half turn on right foot
Spot turn girl 5.6.7..

Cross Body Lead

1. Forward on left
2. Right foot in place
3.. Turn your body a quarter turn counterclockwise as you step with your left foot Back Break on right (girl steps across you at the same time) 5. 6. Left foot in place and swinging left 90 degrees 7.. Right foot closes next to left

Enchufla

(In this salsa dance move, you will switch places with your partner)
Back Break Back on left 1.
2. Lift left hand up to look at your watch position and let girl cross under arm while turning on your right foot , (left foot is stepping forward at the same time while turning on right foot. You should have made a 180 degree turn.)
3. Close left foot next to right
Basic Step 5.6.7..

Pick The Girl Up

Enchufla 1.2.3..
5. Step back on right (There should be a pulling tension to pull the girl in)
6. Left foot in place (Start to pick the girl up)
7.. Step forward on right (Right foot does not close next to left, but step forward. Girl should now be at your side in the L position)

Brush hair (Carress)

(Hands are crossed with right over left.)
1. Forward on left while right hand is going over head.
2. Right foot in place
3.. Left foot closes next to right. Release right hand at shoulder
5. Catch right hand of girl with left hand and put over your head
6. Left foot in place
7.. Right foot closes next to left. Release left hand at shoulder

That's it for the Basic Salsa Dance Moves Part I. Move on to the Basic Salsa Dance Moves Part II after you can do the moves in Part I while carrying on a conversion.

Comments

That's it! These are the basic salsa dance moves that I learned in class. If any of these aren't clear let me know !

How do you know when your ready to move on? Practice all the Basic Salsa Dance Moves until you can carry a conversation while doing them.

Check out the my other pages to learn some of the intermediate and advanced salsa moves. You'll find that you may forget some of the basic salsa dance moves and need to refer back to this page. That's ok. Keep on practicing and soon enough you're body will start to remember them on its own!

Please check back every so often. I will be adding pictures and illustrations to the basic salsa dance moves page soon.

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