Salsa Tip Series | Variations of Salsa Turns for Social Dancing

When getting onto the Salsa dance floor you may feel there is so much you need to know to be able to look “entertaining” or not get bored on the dance floor!

The thing is there are many ways to “spice” up the main fundamental skills & tools you may already know or have learned! Once you have a good foundation of these skills, you can start changing hands and adding variations to these turns to make them look different.
You can also add different speeds to become more dynamic in your dancing!

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[mini-videos]

Your explaniations shows simplicity. Simplicity comes from mastery. Mastery derives from hours of practice. Practice after understanding. Thanks fro sharing your talents.

[skane]

As a beginner this video does a great job of showing where we are and where we’re going. A beautiful lesson that every beginner should watch again and again. You cover the basics of turns, repeatedly stress the importance of mastering them, and then demonstrate many variations and embellishments that really inspire the dancers journey. I’ve watched a lot of beginner salsa videos these past weeks but none took me as far or were as simple and clear as this one.

[vegitoblue]

Learnt this at a festival.

My Salsa confidence skyrocketed. Pretty much a Neo like awakening moment for me.

You can also apply this concept to Bachata btw.

[scottmoore]

Thank you Joel and Maria! I have been dancing salsa for approximately 8 years. I have been taking lessons on and off for the same amount of time. Your instruction and tips are invaluable to me! A lot of instructors that I have used have not take the time to give the lead tips that will only lead to his success! Thanks

[JuanPerez-vvlk]

1:30 that's me, hahaha. Excellent video, well explained. It's good to see a salsa teacher never stop the footwork while dancing.

[KasperBrinkkjr]

Brilliant video, I have been dancing salsa intensly for the last year and this was a real eye-opener. never really understood what people meant when they said to remember to fokus on the basics

[pakutudidier]

Thank you so much regarding your salsa on 2 lesson. Best regards from France.

[MyraFerminNadal]

I love your dancing style as well as your teaching style. I learned so much just from this one video. It's exactly what my husband and I need to practice at this point in our salsa journey. Thank you so much.

[luisaangelinagranzotti]

Ahhh that the way to teach!!! . Simple instructipns. From a Master. I love when the master teaches. You are the best.!!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[chrispann]

Excellence thank you so much! I noticed you also danced on 2 and then on 1. You are in New York how amazing! This lesson is key to the fundamentals of Salsa. I'm in the UK myself London and teach here. Would love to come to New York Manhatton❤!

[oralkerr]

Wow this makes me not want to go back to my salsa class.. your attention to details makes my instructor looks like amateur. I have learned more from this video than I have learned in 1 year.

[salvadoracosta]

¡¡¡Gracias!!! por su video . muy util. Genial👌

[Garnats]

Extremly useful, you guyz just give the key to most easy way to go from beginner lvl to inter lvl
Thank youu

[edwinbritto]

Simplicity and Grace
Well explained
Thanks

[tigertone]

that was great ....im just learning the turns and this is very helpful.

[HolisticKitchen]

FANTASTIC!!! BRAVO 👏 👏 👏
I love your salsa style. Thanks so much for sharing your dancing techniques.

[maximumanderson]

This is amazing! Finally you’ve put into words everything I’ve been looking for which is learning the fundamentals in way where I can actually be creative instead of just wrote learning moves which I can’t remember when on the dance floor anyway! Will check out your website online. Thank you :)

[matthiaslorber]

Top content, and good English for not native speaker. More salsa on 1 would be nice. Thank you for sharing!

[YoTu]

So great! The first time somebody showed me the ease of this concept. This will much reduce the number of complicated moves.

[charlessmith]

In the Salsa outside
One variation involves a "tuck and spin" like they do in swing in this case, you do a tuck pressure-lead, and you let go of the follower as that dancer does a full spin in place, without using the underarm.

In the Cross-Body Lead
The variations are almost countless. Some salseros/as know the inside Turn variation, or even the Overturned Cross Body with Check Action. There is even a double Inside Spin from the CBL if you are more advanced.