Salsa Dancing On1 and On2 Timing

[xxxag]

After a bunch of other vids, this helped wrap it up swimmingly

[addictedsalsa]

@MaNiTo973 Yes, but we just wanted to answer a quick question for early salseros/as that wonder which style they are learning in their local classes. On2 is danced to the clave (and of course there is 3-2 or 2-3 clave for the 2-3 or 6-7 emphasis, but we didn't want to go there yet) :-)

[MC-tzge]

I love your videos so I'm going to give you this idea that no one has done yet: It would be awesome if you made a video of the exact choreography with the same music but one danced on 1 and the other on 2. No one has done this (they've danced both kinds but with different moves) and I think it would better answer the question of their functional difference. I've been dancing for over 20 years and have done on 1 and on 2, but I still don't get why some prefer one over the other. Seeing one, then the other, then both side by side would be extremely educational :-)

[gharlston]

Anthony this was really helpful. Dancing it to music would make it even more helpful. Great work and keep posting these videos! You've helped my dancing improve a ton!

[disarmsox]

I've always been confused on the LA/NY debate. All my local x-body classes are advertised as 'NY style' and yet it is almost all 'on 1' timing. I've also been told that NY style includes more shines but I rarely see them. Great videos, by the way.

[addictedsalsa]

@shearenergy Thanks for the kind words!

[addictedsalsa]

@evrencp Depends on your location's social salsa scene. In San Diego, we have a good mixture of on2 and on1.

[edfl]

Great simple explanation! I only dance on 1, and I want to try 2, but haven’t…but with this, it’s easy to transition…I hope haha! Thank you!

[williamdenton]

In the 1970's in LA at Club Virginia, the latin nightclub for LA at the time, I saw Cuban Pete and Rita Moreno dance the mambo. On 1. The song was Pare Cochero which is a Cuban montuno. That was the way mambo dancers in LA did the mambo. This was the Cuban style of dancing mambo on 1. Cha cha cha was also on 1. Along comes a young Puerto Rican crowd who did their dancing at the Club Corso in NY, ( I believe that was the name I could be wrong) and they were dancing the mambo on 2. And the Cha cha cha also on 2. Latin on 2 is a NY thing. Everywhere else you go in the latin world, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, etc latin has always been on 1. Neither one is the only way to dance salsa today. The only problem you get is when one dancer is on 1 and the other is on 2.

[addictedsalsa]

@MilDarkAngel Thanks! I had forgotten I had them on during the last filming (a few more episodes with glasses are coming soon) ;-)

[addictedsalsa]

@tzuchienchiu Puerto Rican On2 is the same as the NY On2 except that men start going forward (breaking on the 2 beat) instead of back. Basically NY On2 is on ladies timing (women break forward on count 2) while PR On2 is on men's timing (men break forward on count 2). Hope this helps!

[giuseppecamiletti]

Very simple and very clear. Anthony you are great😀👍

[addictedsalsa]

I apologize for the video being a bit darker. I think something happened during encoding.

[lilga]

I think if you have a good leader (male) and a good follower (fem) of course it should not matter dancing is feeling some people r so worry about counting instead of dancing. what you should tell people counting is to have a basic idea but go and have fun!!!! and men please be good leaders if your partener looks good you will look great

[MilDarkAngel]

Loved it! As usual! =) And Anthony, you look great in glasses!!

[addictedsalsa]

@stephanschleim These video are meant for beginners and we try to keep it very simple in order provide a quick understanding : are they learning on1 or on2 in class? This way new dancers don't feel overwhelmed and become discouraged early on from learning salsa dancing. Feel free to provide a more technical video explanation, we would love to share it!

[taurus]

There's something wrong with this explanation, there's only two way of dancing to dance on1 or to dance contratiempo against the time wich is stepping between 1 and 2,   this video doesn't show nothing because there's no music, , both example could be stepping on1, , , starting by missing a step doesn't mean you are a contratiempo

[hectormayoral]

Hello Mr. Addicted2Salsa! I had a few questions! So, On-1 is known as LA, and the feet move with the cowbell, on the beats right? And I've heard there are two types of mambo: classic and modern, one being NY on-2 and the other being PR on-2, right? I'm not sure which is which. Is NY on-2 modern mambo and PR on-2 classic mambo or vice versa? Or am I completely wrong and neither have to do with each other.

[mmdanceable]

He is showing the difference between LA and NY both count 123 567 however LA breaks on 1 and NY breaks on 2, with 1 being in place. NY is like dancing the Cha Cha without the 4&. Mambo on the other hand counts 234 678 and breaks on 2.

[MaNiTo]

And thanks by the way, I do follow y'alls videos