Mon 17 Aug, 2009
Dance Cuban
I often wonder what the hell I am doing teaching Cuban Salsa. The first thing I realize is that it’s because I love it. I love the heritage behind the dances and that Cuban ethos of life that they can put into their dance. The story telling of the three Rumba’s the parent Son, the ancestral Orisha’s and the up to date Reggaeton they all have their place in the Cuban Salsa.
The guy’s and girl’s we teach we want them to feel the same way as we do when they dance. We want them to get up and dance not because the next track comes on but because it’s a track they love to dance to. How can you put attitude into a dance and how can you feel the changes of energy of the music if you don’t love the music.
We started because we wanted to make clear the different between Cuban Salsa and other forms, we wanted to let people know what lays just under surface that makes Cuban Salsa very special to us. Whether it’s the arm movements of the Orisha Ochun, the slow male movement of Yambu or that magical ingredient Cuba it’s self.
Not a lot else really, that about it ! Richard DanceCuban