Author Archives: salsachallenge
Ten Years of Teaching Salsa Dance
by Sam Gill of Salsa Challenge in Boulder, Colorado The end of the quarter is nearing at New Vista High School. This morning I taught a two-hour rueda de casino class. The ten kids in the class are not dancers and … Continue reading
Learn Multiple Styles Of Salsa Dance? Why Should I??
by Jenny Gill I have always been intrigued by the notion that salsa dancers either prefer Slot style or Cuban style salsa, but rarely do I find a dancer that likes both. I just assumed that if you were a … Continue reading
Salsa Training – The Secret to Learning to Salsa Dance
by Jenny Gill For me, the most valuable part of learning to salsa dance – and I mean actually getting it, feeling my body understanding the dance – is repetition. The physical experience of doing the steps over and over, … Continue reading
Demanding Self-movement: The Key to Acuity
by Sam Gill PhD – 2011 With the baby boomers nearing retirement and their accompanying concerns about maintaining their mental health, a whole new multibillion dollar industry related to recovering brain acuity has emerged. In my overview of the literature, … Continue reading
Importance of Technique in Learning Salsa Dancing
by Sam Gill With salsa moves easily available in an endless stream on YouTube, it seems that the enterprising salsa dancer would never need to take a class to learn salsa. I suppose this approach is adequate for dancers that … Continue reading
The Salsa Community Has Spoken, Find Out What They Said!
The “What Salsa Steps Do You Want To Learn” survey was a great hit with the salsa dance community. I have to tell you, this has brought so much excitement into the possibilities of what classes Salsa Challenge is going … Continue reading
Salsa Dance Tip 5-10
Salsa dancing is great for brain/body sharpness. Methods of developing brain acuity (sharpness) are the rage in the popular press these days. Yet, the common recommendations to work puzzles and learn languages have recently been shown by NIH to have little … Continue reading
Salsa Dance Tip 4-10
In North America so many dancers, I think guys especially, want more and more moves. One way to open the door to tons of new moves is to understand how to do “casino salsa” intermingled with the standard “slot salsa” … Continue reading
Salsa Dance Tip 3-10
Hands and the “Salsa Connection.” We have written much about the salsa connection. Certainly one of the most important parts of that great connection is the actual points of physical contact, usually the hands. But the hands suggests too much … Continue reading
Salsa Dance Tip 2-10
Make the month of Valentine’s Day a month of dancing where you complement something about every partner in every dance that you do. A smile, a turn, an element of style, a connection, a bit of sass, anything really is … Continue reading
