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Basic Salsa Dance Steps : How to do a Cross Body Lead in Salsa Dancing
Learn how to do a cross body lead as a couple when salsa dancing with expert Latin dancing instruction from a professional salsa dancer in this free online dance lesson and choreography video clip. Expert: Erika Occhipinti Bio: Erika Occhipinti has taught thousands of students at her own Salsa Caliente Dance Studio in Tampa, Fla. Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz
Thank you so much for teaching detailed aspects of the salsa dance. However, I’d like to ask you when someone new is learning what is the best method? That is, from video 1, then which video would be next and so on and so forth. Any input is highly appreciated.
are there any new videos update ????
Thanks!
Nope, we’re from Tampa, FL.
good explanations! but everyone has different moving body style, those dile que no! -cross body lead ( pasala ) can be seeing in different way.. but in tye end is Salsa
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where these guys are from are they from uk?
These videos on Salsa are absolute quality!
Very clear explanaions and demonstrations.
Keep up the good work.
There are plenty of salsa steps where the man’s hand guides the woman. This is part of salsa, and dancing where the man leads in general. Any dance instructor will tell you that the woman follows the man’s lead mostly through touch (not vision). So by definition, the way a woman should sense that “transfer of weight” you talk about is some form of touch. And in some salsa steps, there is no other way to do this than what amounts to a push.
Yes, unfortunately the concept of using natural body movement to guide your partner is not a well known practice because it’s very hard to explain. Try doing a cross body lead with just the woman’s hands on her partners shoulders. Only the woman touching the man. With the man’s hands at his sides. If he properly completes the sequence of steps and the appropriate transfer of weight, it works beautifully without even touching her. Let me know if it works!
How sure are you about this? Most schools I have been to teaches it like this.
nice pero donde esta la musica?
thx for ur lead
The man should never push the lady to the other side or push the lady period. No one likes to be pushed! As the man resumes his final three steps it happens natually. There’s a transfer of weight the the male should perform to activate the lady’s passing to the other side. Pushing not recommended or required.
you guys did a good job at it.
its called a cross body leaD not a lean lmao
great instruction!
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