Friday, September 11, 2009

Seven Great Reasons To Start Salsa Dancing

By Jennifer Ramos

The Salsa dance is a Latin dance that is fuelled by Afro-European music, Cuban Band melodies and Latin American beat. The salsa is a passionate and vibrant dance. It is known for its footwork and intimate and sexy movements. The word salsa comes from the Spanish word for sauce. The Cuban sauce with the same name uses ingredients and mixes into a spicy a flavourful sauce. The dance is much alike; using element from other dances and incorporates it into one dance. This sultry and lively dance is not only a favourite in Latin American countries but was also based in North American cities of Los Angeles and New York.

There are several reasons to start learning the salsa dance. Here are the top reasons why you should start learning to dance the Salsa:

The Salsa dance is a great work out. It is a great substitute for working out in a gym. Dancing the salsa is great exercise and fun. Dancing is a great cardio work out and the salsa dance exercises both the legs and torso. Salsa dancing also increases flexibility and increases the secretion of endorphins as you dance.

Learning Salsa helps to increase your confidence and your self esteem. Salsa is a very intricate and energetic dance. Mastering this dance, you know what you're doing and how to move your body. This helps you with your confidence, around people and especially around members of the opposite sex.

Salsa dancing also improves your timing and reflexes. The footwork and coordination needed in salsa automatically helps with your body coordination. The dance, coupled with the salsa music teaches beat and rhythm improving your timing.

The Salsa is a mixture of many other cultural dances. This mix and flavour is what makes salsa so unique but the dance is still so open to improvisation. Learning to dance the salsa also sets up the foundation to learn all the dances incorporated within the Salsa. Dances such as the Rumba, the Guaracha and the Mambo. Almost all dances within the salsa share the same style and rhythm.

Learning to dance the Salsa also improves your relations with members of the opposite sex. Along with developing your self esteem and your confidence, you also learn to interact with the opposite sex, both socially and physically. So much of the salsa is intimate and close that you get over the stigma of getting close with the opposite sex. You also learn how to move your body with your partner. Moving in rhythm and in coordination. There is the age old myth that good dancers make the best lovers.

Salsa dance is a social dance. You cannot dance alone. It is inevitable that you get to meet other people and other dancers. When you learn to dance, you get to socialize and meet people. You get to interact with them on a different level because you share this one common enjoyable thing, dancing Salsa.

Lastly, the most important and greatest reason to learn the salsa is because it is just so much fun. Aside from the fun that regular dancing brings, Salsa is so energetic and connecting, you can't help but smile as you move on the dance floor.

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