[Salsa dance]

It moves with 8 beats as one unit. This unit is called a clave.

In Los Angeles Cuban style, the steps are combined from the 1st beat, and the 4th and 8th beats are not stepped.

This style is called on-one. Salsa Dance Class Penelope teaches this on-one salsa.

In addition to the on-one style, there are New York / Puerto Rico style and New York club style (on-two), each of which has a slightly different style.

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As a competitive dance, we dance with advanced techniques, but there are also professionals in Latin America, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, etc., centering on the Caribbean Sea where Salsa was born, as well as the United States. It is also popular as a dance that amateurs can enjoy.

In Japan, a salsa band called Orquesta de la Luz created a boom with a kick. It is also actively danced in neighboring Korea.

Recently, Latin pop music has been heard in Japan, and it seems that salsa dance fever is increasing again.

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Latin pop is famous in Japan for Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi singing "Despacito" covered by Justin Bieber, "Senorita" sung by Camilla Cavejo, and "Sveme La Ladeo" sung by Enrique Iglesias.

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Since it is danced as a pair dance of men and women, some people describe it as "pseudo-romance" for 3 minutes.

・ In the open position, face each other and hold hands lightly to dance.

・ In the closed position, the left hand of the man and the right hand of the woman are connected, and the woman puts her arm on the shoulder of the man who puts her arm around the back of the woman and dances.

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Basically, I dance with a male lead.

It's called "conversation by hand", but it's because a little movement of a man's left hand guides a woman.

I explained the open position and the closed position earlier, but it feels like going back and forth between the open position and the closed position flexibly in the flow of the dance.

The reason why beginner women can dance relatively quickly may be that they naturally learn the movements because they dance with the lead of men ♪