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Hey all you salseros on the web…. its time for another lesson from ILS – this week focused on On1. kinda tricky move. Enjoy!

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It’s gonna be a busy week and we started off strong. Yesterday we taught our students a nice On2 shine. Katie and I split up the group (Men vs Women) and taught some fancy footwork (and handwork). And of course since we like to cause a ruckus, we pitted the two groups against each other. And by pitted I mean we had the rest of the class sit down while we had a little impromptu performance. Let the Battle Begin!!

These guys and gals did an awesome job. For many this was the first time they danced On2. We are super proud of them and hope they continue…and hope that we didn’t scare them too much

It’s been over a week since our last Quick Fix Lesson due to the holiday. Here is another On2 combo we taught to our students. Enjoy!

In this video we explain some salsa faux pas as well as solutions. Get a notepad, we go through a lot of them. Oh and a mirror will help. Enjoy!

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Ian and I had the chance to attend the 9th Annual New York International Salsa Congress and we’re still buzzing from it. This was one of the biggest congresses in the world accommodating 4000+ salseros y salseras. The congress started on Wednesday the 2nd till Sunday the 6th PLUS there was a Salsa Cruise on Monday. We made it out for the All Day Saturday and Sunday workshops, performances, and social dances.

The workshops were plentiful! The few that were sure-fire picks included Eddie Torres (of course!), Leon Rose, and Melissa Rosado. There were so many workshops at times it was hard to choose. However we did get a chance to go to a bunch of let’s say “Extracurricular Workshops”. Perhaps Cha-Cha-Cha can be in this category. But specifically we are talking about the Bachata and Samba workshops.

Saturday

We started with Leon Rose’s On2 Partnerwork class. Having taken his class last year at the DC Salsa Congress in 2008 it was a no-brainer that we had to take his class again. His moves are always a little *different* or perhaps intricate, or crazy-ish. The class was a good start to the morning, enthusiastic and high energy. The move includes intricate handholds and requires sharp execution. You can view it below in our NYISC Workshop Gallery. A common problem with moves that are a little tricky is that if you don’t rotate fast enough the students sometimes get stuck with a partner who just doesn’t get it. Our conclusion is that for a group this big it is important to rotate quickly. Spending 10 minutes with one partner who hasn’t grasped it yet doesn’t help either of you.

The next class we tried to go to was Eddie Torres‘ On 2 Partnerwork Read the rest of this entry »