What is the difference between L.A. Salsa, N.Y. Salsa and Cuban Salsa?

Answer 1

L.A. Salsa and Cuban Salsa are danced On 1.
N.Y Salsa is danced On 2.

L.A. Salsa and N.Y. Salsa are danced in a line pattern, basically forward and backward patterns. Cuban Salsa is danced in a circular pattern and has many type of basic steps - side breaks, back breaks, and the usual forward-backward patterns.

Cuban Salsa is also known as Casino.

Also, Cuban salsa is not particular about the numbering patterns in the dance unlike the LA and NY.

Answer 2

Until recently, if you were calling it salsa you were recognizing it (perhaps unwittingly) as street dance, as opposed to a formalized dance with some generally recognized rules. A century ago Europeans began an interest in the dances of Latin America interrupted by WW I, and in the interwar years what is now the formal Rumba of international ballroom was developed. The international ballroom community still considers mambo a fast social variation of rumba. Its basic pattern is three steps to four beats of music, danced on beats 2, 3 and 4. Somewhat independently the classic mambo dancers of New York, with their influences primarily from Cuba and Puerto Rico, were doing the same, and this continues to be the case, with New York style showing the elegance of its background and also being called "on two" salsa. Meanwhile on the left coast that influence was largely confined to the formal franchis studios (Arthur Murray and Fred Astaire) and the street dancers were influenced by the migration from Columbia and Mexico and were not constrained by the more formalized rules of the east. Not only do these dancers dance "on one," but the style was also influenced in this way: the more formalized a dance is, the more one stresses technique; tricks tend to be more restrained, and "flash and trash" tends to be discouraged until the technique is mastered, and the more "street" the background, the flashier the moves and the less restraint. This continues to be a hallmark.
In Cuba, of course, they've continued to do their own thing unconcerned to a degree with what's happening elsewhere, so there's a third, independent, development over time, though there's some backwards influence from outside.

Answer 3

Just same salsa. No difference at all.

Answer 4

you can eat L.A. salsa and N.Y. salsa

Cuban salsa will burn going in and coming out!!