I know the basic steps of salsa, but for the language talent show I want to put a performance with people who most likely don't know how to dance. Since I don't have the funds to hire an instructor, does anyone know where we can get the steps shown to us? Like a nice but easy routine online or something? Thanks if you can.
2007-10-23 07:10:22 · 3 answers · asked by NHK 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
I think the best way would be for you to go and take a few salsa classes specifically with the purpose to learn a few new steps. You might want to take them a as a leader. You might want to take one private lesson specifically mentioning it to the instructor that you want to learn a few steps and you want to be able to teach them to a group of people. This is how my group does it when we need to put together a performance. This would probably cost you $40 - $100 alltogether, whereas hiring an instructor to teach you all would be around $60 per hour.
Sorry, I don't think you can do it by using a media source. Not with any quality, anyway. There are steps on http://www.ballroomdancers.com and on youtube if you do a search on "learn salsa", but I don't think it's that helpful in your case. Because noone's there to correct you, you might learn it wrong and teach them wrong.
Good luck, organizing a performance can be tons of fun.
2007-10-23 11:16:06 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A follow up to what snowflake said...
If you go online to try to find a 'performance' you may end up copying someone else's performance and that wouldn't be good. How about a salsa DVD?
2007-10-24 08:06:28 · answer #2 · answered by Mama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Where are you located? If you're in the NY area, I'd be happy to put together a routine for you for free. Salsa is my life and my passion and I hope to have my own studio one day!!
2007-10-26 16:07:02 · answer #3 · answered by answergrrl3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋