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Salsa Nights at Penn State are held at SOZO on Beaver Ave every Wednesday from 8pm-12am. Lesson starts at 8pm. Join our Salsa Nights Facebook Groupian and katie- What's your Favorite 'Last Dance' Song?
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Here’s the last Quick Fix Salsa lesson of the Fall semester. We decided to add some new elements to our routine which included a few Reggaeton inspired moves. The last move with the continuous turns was thrown in for fun! BTW the song is Daddy Yankee’s Sabor a Melao (Salsa Remix). Enjoy!
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Salsa is exciting, refreshing, and maybe a little intimidating for the beginner but if you want to stick with it then you have to obey some basic rules of Dance Floor Etiquette. This may not a be-all end-all list, however, many rules for the dance floor are socially obvious rules of conduct. So let’s get started.
This one goes out to the couples – Don’t Crowd up on Me. Salsa is a dance that while considered spot dancing is dynamic and moving. To execute the moves properly you need to have space to do it. Unless you’re dancing Merengue or Bachata, you should try to give yourself at least a 3 foot radius from other couples. It can be done in tighter quarters and believe me I’ve been in situations where we may have had a couple inches between couples but it’s not as much fun.
Sorry couples I have to call you out again. Please no crazy moves when you have no room to do them. Sometimes you will go to a club that is packed with people and there is little to no space between you. The fact that you know a crazy move doesn’t justify you using it. Leaders you need to be aware of your surroundings. Spinning the follower around like a weapon of war will get you quickly ostracized from the salsa community. Bumping into another couple happens all the time but elbowing them for 5 or 6 minutes straight will get pretty tiresome and ebb their patience.
“Hey salsa is cool. I enjoy it so much I’d like to stand directly in the middle of the dance floor and watch them all! Actually I think the 7 other people I came with would like to do the same. Sweet!” Don’t be that guy. This is not a regular bar/club scene where you can all stand in the middle of the dance floor and gyrate slowly. The dance floor is for the Dancers. The current method of exorcising these intruders is a united effort to threaten with a barrage of elbows, spins, and kicks. So watch it!
Don’t stare at your partner. It’s uncomfortable, it’s creepy, and it’s just bizarre. That doesn’t mean you don’t look at your partner. In fact the opposite is also a faux pa. Staring at other couples, looking at the floor, looking at yourself in a mirror are just as bad as staring straight into your partner’s eyes for a 6 minute song. The rule is: Do not stare at any one spot for too long. Theoretically if you stare at her chest you can see all areas around her BUT DO NOT DO THIS as it is socially awkward and you might get slapped. The best method for being spatially aware is using your peripheral vision. As a leader you need to watch for the followers reactions to leads and watch out for other couples. Now with that being said the “Salsa Stare” can be used effectively if used sparingly. When you do a cool move you can shoot her a stare, or if you being playful then yes engage her. But a deer in headlights is not your goal; she may be hot tamale or he may be a stud muffin but please you’re making me ill. 
Sure we sweat and on women I find it irresistibly sexy for some odd reason. Sweating is natural, Stinking is too natural. Please, deodorant is your friend …and not the organic kind either. Oh and if you’re into the hippie natural crystal rubbing deodorizer then maybe you should stay home ’cause it doesn’t work. It may sound harsh but maybe in a few years they’ll ban BO in bars like they did smoking. Or have a BO section either way. Unless you just stepped on their foot, if you see your partners eyes watering up it’s probably from some noxious odor you’re producing. If the guy doesn’t lead you in anymore turns or the girl keeps running away, it’s probably time to freshen up there, buddy.
Yes I understand she’s your girlfriend or wife. She’s also the only great follower at the club. Let her down from the tower to dance. Being over “protective”, bordering on control freak, will ruin your relationship. I know, guys, it can be hard to see your girl dancing with someone better than you or girls for you to see your guy smiling and flirting and talking….”you’re a jerk” says Katie. If you are really dedicated to your dancing then you need to dance with a lot of different people with varied styles. Plus in the end they are gonna have to come home with you ’cause you have the keys to the car …so :-P.
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Our lessons from the Fall of 2009. Welcome to the start of a new year! It has already started out strong with a couple hundred students the first Monday. This year we will be full of some complex moves, footwork, and hopefully some On2 dancing. Click to continue to ILS Weekly Lessons – Fall 2009.
Our lessons from the Summer of 2009. This summer was great – a lot of new faces plus some of the salsa veterans. We taught some cool moves that we learned from the various congresses we went to PLUS had fun with introducing Cha-Cha-Cha and Rueda. For those of you who weren’t around or need some help remembering the moves, then this is for you! Oh, and it’s also for anyone else interested. Enjoy! Click to continue to ILS Weekly Lessons – Summer 2009.