Intro To Salsa For Ladies & Gents

1. Welcome to Intro to Salsa: Welcome to Intro to salsa, where you learn how to move your upper body and your feet to salsa music. My name is Sandy minute and along with my partner advert. So we're gonna guide you through this course. I've ever done. I met in 2007. We've been both dancing for two years by then, but we wanted to get serious. So we started training and traveling and computing. A few years later, we started teaching at downtown studios in trial. One of the benefits of this course is that we've taken salsa music as drifted down to only the sound of Congo. Salsa is very rich. Usually saw subbands have 10 to 15 pieces plane. For a beginner, it might be difficult to feel the rhythm and hear the music and do the steps all at the same time. So we've simplified it to only the sound of Congo, which is kind of like the drugs. Samsara is a very upbeat music. And once you learn how to dance, It's going to lift up your spirit when you're practicing and when you Udacity yet, it's also an international music. When you travel, there's lots of people who are interested in solidarity. This course has been designed for beginners or people who are curious. So Nancy, by the end of this course, you will know how to move your upper body to saucer them. And you'll learn the three basic steps of salsa, as well as the left and the right term. If you're curious about salsa dancing for you, just want to try a new dance. Give this course attack. 2. Demo of the moves: So we've created the world's first comes out to be fast. And I got to do. 3. Upper Body Movement + Side & Cross Steps: Is this is my partner Alberto. Today we're going to show you how to do the upper body movements in SaaS, salsa, dance on eighth cats. Now let's listen to the sound of Congo to see what these accounts are and what they sound like. 12356356. When we get to salsa and account for and on account aids, we take a pause or we just don't do anything. So we don't count for an IDA, we can't be eight. So we count it like 1, 2, 3, 5 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, where our upper body movement regards to raise her elbows. And we're going to try to only move our upper body from the ribcage. So we go side to side. So we come back to neutral and we start by going to this ciphers. We go 123. And then if it's an, a right thigh 67 and One 23567. Now, we'll turn around and show you how this is done by facing the same direction as you solely certainly draw. Then we move to the left and they become back to center. Then we move to the right, we come back to center. So here's how the count goes. 1234567123567. Now, let's try doing these movies with the condo. Here we go. Space. Sorry. Yeah. Or they're not sure. They see you. 56, they go. As you can hear. The first beats and the fifth are a bit harder than the rest of the beans. Once you start listening to this awesome, using more and more, you'd be able to pick that up a lot easier. So because of that, we want to emphasize the first BY, by rotating and bringing your shoulder to the left and hitting it a little bit harder. So we go 1, 2, 3, and then other side 67. So we go 1, 2, 3, and 5, 6, 7. So this is the upper body movement or the men. Ladies, but the ladies also want to accentuate their hips and do the movements with their hips. So I'm going to turn around and show you how the hips work. Or delete. We're going to keep our feet, shoulder width apart and go 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. So you want to think about having your very lumpiness back and exaggerated by moving your hips out. So you'd go 6, 7, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7, 1, 2, 3, 5 6, 7. Illustrate where the Congo. Other math classes like go. So this is how you want to using this awesome music in your upper body as well as your lower body. Now, we're going to introduce the steps. So we're going to step to the side as we execute and bring this feeling that we have in our body. So we will start by going to the guys timing, going, sitting with their left side. So we'll turn around. And here we're going to serve to decide on 123 and then to the other side, to the right side, 567. So we go 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. So stop very naturally as we initiate our movement to the left or shoulder is going to go to the other, Come back to center. And our shoulder is going to go to the right and come back to center. For the ladies. You also want to push your hips back as you bring your shoulders to decide. And for the gentleman, just focus and move it on your upper body. So we go 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. And we stopped. And now we're going to try it with a comma 68 over three. Having extra around increasing. Here we go. So now we're going to add one more step, which is the site basic work with little graph cross. So we go 1, three, and we transfer our weight on that back foot, and then we go 567. So again we go one. So is there from the neutral position, we go to the left Burst 1, 2, 3, and then I see seven again, 123567. So two little tips for this MOOC. First of all, make sure you maintain little bit in your knees when he dead salsa. And that way you're We always comes to the front part of your feet. So you're not dancing with your feet flat and you're not busy with your knees locked. So you have that little bend in your knees. As we go to the side, we transfer weight to the left. We come back to center, and then we take that little cross on it, a little Diane and all behind us. And then we go to the opposite side, come back to center and then cross. So calligraphy. And we start by worrying slough, 12 across and then six press, we go 12 thoughts for us. Now, we'll turn around and he says, facing the same direction as u. So remember that we're going to be starting with our left side. And we want to now do these steps with the Honda really. So this is our logo is good when income for the underlying events. And we see the hours after the last phase here. And again, you do that. 4. Basic Step + Suzie Q: In this lesson, we're going to learn the basics of, of sauce on one and another very important step called the Suzy Q. We will turn around to face as seeing direction as you everybody put your weight on your right foot. And we're going to start by going forward and the left. First, we're going to learn to first four counts of the basic steps. So half of it arms off, and now we're going to start going forward. We go 123 and again 123 and again 123. Now for now for your weight on your left foot, which isn't a bad, take a small step, starting with our right foot going back, we go 567 and again six and again 56 whole. So now we're going to put the two parts together and the full basics of Osaka, everyone bring your feet together, make sure your weight is on the right foot, straight into the left. We're going forward. We'll do a slowly but the whole thing. So we go forward 1, 2, 3 transmitter on your left, and then go back with the right, 5, 6, 7. We're going to go forward again and make sure your steps are small and knees are slightly bent and you transfer your weight on the front part of the foot. So we go 1, 2, 3 transcript right on the left, and then go back to the right. So again, 1234567. All your continuous 1, 2, 3, 5 6, 1, 2, 3 and 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 and 5. So, yeah, we'll try and do this as a conga. Your feet together, sauces, and he's 5, 6, 7. Make your plans for me. Arrogance is a senior in the 5678. Now we're going to try to add the upper body with travelers. Last video here. Irregardless, I press enter these colors, get started with two. And the last side. The next step, the next step are we going to learn in this video, is this Suzy Q. I will show you how the CQ looks like and then we'll turn around and show you how it's done facing you. So this is a hue is done by swiveling of the hips. So imagine you're doing this MOOC at the gym. If you want to get rid of your love handles, all you want to do is to move the lower body. If you don't want to be using the upper body when you execute this loop. So what happens is all the swiveling is in the lower body as much as you can keep the upper body still. Now, as we execute the Suzy Q, we're going to be crossing with our left foot to the right side. So we'll turn around that will be facing the same direction as you go forward. You're going to go. Now. Arms are up. We do a little cross, and here we made sure that it easier band and our weight is transferred on the front part of the foot. So we go one and then we swivel the hips two, and then you swivel again three. So two key points. Make sure your knees are slightly bent and the weight is all placed in the front part of your legs, your feet. So you go 12, three. So you are swiveling it one more time. We go 123. So swim. I know the hips looks like this. You go to let them right. So we've started in the right side, swivel. As you crossed your left, would you suitable to their right side? So you go 12332323. Bring your weight to the front part of your foot. Keep your knees bent, and move the lower body. So this is the Suzy Q. Summertime. We go 1232323. So now we're going to do this just to dequeue, which is to the left side as we cross the right foot, 567776. So we bring your hands together? Yeah. Go away with the left side or the left to the right side first. So we go 1, 2, 3, and that'll go to the rectangle with the rifling. Go to the left side by 6, 7. Again, we are combining parts now. We go 123 and other side 6, 7. So now probably sides I want to switch the transfer our weight or foot and we crossed, we go. So yes, we stay on the fourth OF we go forward and we crossed with the left, 123, we transfer a way to left. Or if we cross when you arrive 567 and that will transcribe way to the right, but that is for cross to the left, 1, 2, 3. Now across which arrive 56, so much to the left, 1, 2, 3 Cressida, right? 5671234567. We're gonna start doing this for the Congo. But just remember swiveling. Yes, it's something that comes later on practice or if you're not getting it right now and be frustrating. It will have a lab that's actually improve. In this class. 5. Left & Right Turns: In this lesson, we're going to show you how to do them left and the right turn in salsa. First will break down into concept, and then we'll turn around and show you the steps. So when we're attorney, some of the work is done with our feet, but a big portion of the work is done with our body. So as our body momentum that actually makes us rotate. So for example, for the left hand, reach forward and then receptive side and then go. Body dimension keeps going. We actually complete the term. So we go forward, back side, keep going, and then we start back. Then we finish the term. Now we're going to face the opposite side and show you stuff. I said, What are you supposed to do slowly? So arms are up, your elbows are up. You go form on the left when we go on, then back with the right. So we'll do study. So we go 1, 2, and then we sit, step to the left side, sideways, keep our upper body momentum going to the left. As we do this, we're going to bring your way to the left and swivel on the left foot and then step back with the right and then four, you get there. So again, we're going to go wherever the left and the right rotate to the side. Keep it a little boy on the left wing and the body separate the back and bring it together. Let's do it again. So people were tiny. We got with the left foot forward, 1, 2 to the side, keep the momentum going, right. And yet again we go 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and again 123671234567. So or out. As you see, the key point when we are turning is that our upper body has to actually be moving and carry the momentum that we have in order for us to turn around. So the left hand starts by going forward with the left and then rotating to your side, as well as keeping the momentum going with the left side, rotating and then taking a step back with your right foot. So one last line, Let's see it together. As we turn around. We go 123, keep going 567 and again, 12356. So now we're going to start doing this with a color that you can see how we have this sort of be as easy or take small steps, make sure yeah. So yes. We've got our three states. Where your face? Yeah. Because right again, using either side, I'd say seven we go. And now we're going to learn the right term. So ureteral, the concept is that we start by going to this side, then reading her left shoulder forward, and then transferring our way to the right foot and turning on the reef like this. You got this and back with the right. Say again, real side lunge, shoulder comes forward. We turn there we go. 567. Now we'll turn around to face the same direction as u. So our weight is on the right foot. We're going to step to the left and breed her national. Therefore, he killed her body momentum, Kyrie, and then placing your weight on your right foot. Attorney, so we'll complete the church and we go back. 67, Henry, go one shoulder comes forward. Let's do three return by 6 and 1, 2, 3 occurring then fly six. Now we're going to try to write turn with the Congress to see how Richard is executed on. So this equal one. So that's my face you and it's a severe 67 we go. Now this is how we execute the right and the left or to the music. Keep in mind that when you're doing the turns are, It's very important that your week is on the front part of your feet and your knees are slightly bent. Your arms are not dangling and moving around because that way you won't have your balance. So keep your arms in front of you. If you're losing your balance, it's very normal at the beginning, we all had to lose our balances to learn how to turn. But over time, you will master right and the left area. 6. Review Of All Moves: All right, so in this lesson now we're going to put everything that we learned and then try to execute everything together and look natural as we doing it. So we will start with the body movement and saucer will turn around, but with a singer. And as you remember, we're going to serve at the shoulder body movements of 56 and we go 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, one more time, 1234567. Then we go to the hips for the ladies. So we go 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. He's already be doing it with your feet close, so we're going to keep her life apart. So I'll show them with Merck. So we go 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. And the leaders go with their shoulders, followers with their hips, when to read in the file C. And then we did the side basic with the upper body movement which look like this. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. Ladies are the followers, the hips as well. We go 1, 2, 3 5 6, 7, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6. And then we did a side with a little back cross which look like that. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 1, 2. As you already sets, will be harder to measure other people by a real site-based area in blue. In the past where they say, I say Messiah, last meal. So there's a very big with a high yeah. Make sure you move your shoulders and make sure you have those gets lazy and polarize a falling over. For the ladies here. Easier. As I asked my class last time. You have basic step. Now we're going to review the basics of, of salsa. And then followed by the Suzy Q. Going around. We serve going forward, baryon, left foot. So here's what it will look like. 56 or basic looks like this. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 3, five states. So remember the four and the eight or pause it. 1231235. And now we'll bring this Suzy Q and then do both of them the Congo. So if pizza, yeah, they're so secure, remote or it's just warming up the hips with a cross. So starting by the level crossing, class, examine me, go 1, 2, 3 5 6 7, 1, 2 3 5 6, 7, 1, 2, 3. Last time to free blacks except now both of these, we're going to do it with the conga, starting with the basic step. Here, we'll say 71356. Yes. So there's that layer. So that's this area here. Seller app. And if you always listening to you. And we are a little bit backwards, because as they say, harried up. So that's x. Alright? Now let's review the left and a right turn. So we start by having insight. We're going to go forward with the left side and transfer our way to the left as we term. So it looks like this. 1, 2, 3 and swivel 5, 6, 7, 1 2, 3, 6, 7. Small steps. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. And again, 12356, last time. 35 step. Now let's go to the right turn and remember, if you don't remember these steps precisely, just go back to the videos and post week. Here we go. So we're gonna write her. We start by having to decide then really you're an actual live or work transfer. I'll wait for it to count 2 on 3, we transfer our way on the right foot as we turn to complete and then we go back with the right 5, 6, 7. One key point we're gonna write current as we go to decide and transfer our weight hunter and on the right foot, when we want to land, we want to step the left foot down. So we initially turn certainly laugh with them. And then you go 56. A few times we go 1367 or ratio analysis. There is a triangle there for her and a record with a comma. Here. We go. 36. Yes. That's very odd. Gaps. Here on the left and the right turn with the Congress have 6363. Again. 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