Comments for Salsa Challenge http://www.salsa-challenge.com Learn to Salsa Dance Today! Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:36:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Part 6: Music and the Salsa Connection by Sam Gill by Got the beat? Music and sexy dance | Salsa Sexy Magazine http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/music-salsaconnection/#comment-234 Got the beat? Music and sexy dance | Salsa Sexy Magazine Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:36:22 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=437#comment-234 [...] the beat is an important aspect to gaining the connection in the dance. According to Sam Gill from salsa-challenge.com,  “music is the principal external factor that serves to connect the partners in dancing.  The [...] [...] the beat is an important aspect to gaining the connection in the dance. According to Sam Gill from salsa-challenge.com,  “music is the principal external factor that serves to connect the partners in dancing.  The [...]

]]> Comment on Part 6: Music and the Salsa Connection by Sam Gill by Got the beat? Music and dance | Salsa Sexy Magazine http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/music-salsaconnection/#comment-233 Got the beat? Music and dance | Salsa Sexy Magazine Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:35:26 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=437#comment-233 [...] the beat is an important aspect to gaining the connection in the dance. According to Sam Gill from salsa-challenge.com,  “music is the principal external factor that serves to connect the partners in dancing.  The [...] [...] the beat is an important aspect to gaining the connection in the dance. According to Sam Gill from salsa-challenge.com,  “music is the principal external factor that serves to connect the partners in dancing.  The [...]

]]> Comment on Pt 8: Relationships & Salsa Connection by salsachallenge http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/relationship-salsa-connection/#comment-232 salsachallenge Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:33:04 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=442#comment-232 Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed the blog :) Thanks so much! I am glad you enjoyed the blog :)

]]> Comment on Women’s Salsa Dance Shoe Review by salsachallenge http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/womens-salsa-dance-shoe-review/#comment-231 salsachallenge Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:32:33 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=487#comment-231 Awesome! I am so glad you found some great shoes. Ya know, I had an equally disappointing experience with Exotic Dance Shoes. I don't understand because they have the Very Fine shoe brand that I like, but the sizing was wrong and the quality was just bad. Bummer. But at least we have e.k!! :) Love those shoes!! Awesome! I am so glad you found some great shoes. Ya know, I had an equally disappointing experience with Exotic Dance Shoes. I don’t understand because they have the Very Fine shoe brand that I like, but the sizing was wrong and the quality was just bad. Bummer.
But at least we have e.k!! :)
Love those shoes!!

]]> Comment on Pt 8: Relationships & Salsa Connection by Fiona http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/relationship-salsa-connection/#comment-230 Fiona Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:52:20 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=442#comment-230 That is fantastic and well written. That is fantastic and well written.

]]> Comment on Women’s Salsa Dance Shoe Review by Corina http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/womens-salsa-dance-shoe-review/#comment-229 Corina Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:15:39 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=487#comment-229 Thanks for turning me on to e.k., found my sexy shoes and the customer service was great. I was let down by my first online purchase from Exotic dance shoes the quality was horrible and fit even worse. Just ordered one of the tops from E.K. can't wait. Thanks for turning me on to e.k., found my sexy shoes and the customer service was great. I was let down by my first online purchase from Exotic dance shoes the quality was horrible and fit even worse.
Just ordered one of the tops from E.K. can’t wait.

]]> Comment on What Are The “10 Basic Elements” of Salsa Dance, and How Do They Help People Learn to Dance?? by Mr. Velez http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/10-basic-salsa-dance-steps/#comment-226 Mr. Velez Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:51:51 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=493#comment-226 I was actually looking for "the elements of salsa" not "the elements of salsa dance". I am Puerto Rican and I've listened to salsa all my life but never truely danced it. I mean on occasion I danced with my grandmother and family members but not like true professionals do. At the age of 22 I find out that they have some salsa clubs in my town and some salsa classes. I think great time to polish up my roots. Although the rythem has been burnt into my head and I was able to quickly pick up the basic steps I've come to notice that there were soo many do's and don'ts to salsa. This made it hard for me as a beginer to pick up salsa and as familiar as I was to this music I felt like this was the first time I heard it. The group that I was with was not very helpful and very judgemental and I eventally dropped the classes and salsa all together. That was a bit of a bummer to me. I eventually move to a town which was stronger in it's latin culture and had more latin clubs to pick from. I became friends with some Dominicans and we would go out to the latin clubs and dance till we could not dance anymore. I found a huge difference in the "Professional" salsa dancing and actual latin dancing. That difference was there were not don'ts only do's. It didn't matter if you made a mistake on a turn or timed something wrong. Non of that mattered. What was more important is that you felt comfortable with the rythem and that you knew how to find your way back if you made a mistake. There were no experts and of course it wasn't as flashy as a professional dance however you could still dance catch a rythem and have fun. With practice and multiple mistakes you could eventually polish up and make your moves more nice. I like to watch others dance as well and mimic their turns. Again since there are no don'ts there is no pressure to do it right and eventually you will pick it up. I have become better over the years and I have watched others become better. If I could point out a fault in professional style of dancing then that fault would be a high expectation. I feel as if they push their students into the deep end of the water and start yelling swim swim. For some that may be the answer and some might pick it up that way. However you will have a lot of drowing students. I think that salsa should not be taught at such a fast pace. It is more important to get a firm understanding of the rythem regardless of how you turn and what number lands on what. I never count my steps anymore and that has helped me so much. I was actually looking for “the elements of salsa” not “the elements of salsa dance”. I am Puerto Rican and I’ve listened to salsa all my life but never truely danced it. I mean on occasion I danced with my grandmother and family members but not like true professionals do. At the age of 22 I find out that they have some salsa clubs in my town and some salsa classes. I think great time to polish up my roots. Although the rythem has been burnt into my head and I was able to quickly pick up the basic steps I’ve come to notice that there were soo many do’s and don’ts to salsa. This made it hard for me as a beginer to pick up salsa and as familiar as I was to this music I felt like this was the first time I heard it. The group that I was with was not very helpful and very judgemental and I eventally dropped the classes and salsa all together. That was a bit of a bummer to me. I eventually move to a town which was stronger in it’s latin culture and had more latin clubs to pick from. I became friends with some Dominicans and we would go out to the latin clubs and dance till we could not dance anymore. I found a huge difference in the “Professional” salsa dancing and actual latin dancing. That difference was there were not don’ts only do’s. It didn’t matter if you made a mistake on a turn or timed something wrong. Non of that mattered. What was more important is that you felt comfortable with the rythem and that you knew how to find your way back if you made a mistake. There were no experts and of course it wasn’t as flashy as a professional dance however you could still dance catch a rythem and have fun. With practice and multiple mistakes you could eventually polish up and make your moves more nice. I like to watch others dance as well and mimic their turns. Again since there are no don’ts there is no pressure to do it right and eventually you will pick it up. I have become better over the years and I have watched others become better. If I could point out a fault in professional style of dancing then that fault would be a high expectation. I feel as if they push their students into the deep end of the water and start yelling swim swim. For some that may be the answer and some might pick it up that way. However you will have a lot of drowing students. I think that salsa should not be taught at such a fast pace. It is more important to get a firm understanding of the rythem regardless of how you turn and what number lands on what. I never count my steps anymore and that has helped me so much.

]]> Comment on Women’s Salsa Dance Shoe Review by salsachallenge http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/womens-salsa-dance-shoe-review/#comment-221 salsachallenge Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:26:21 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=487#comment-221 Thank you for your comment Kim. I checked and indeed the image was not there! I re-added the shoe image and linked it to the shoe section of ekclothing's website. Hope you find some amazing salsa shoes! Jenny Thank you for your comment Kim. I checked and indeed the image was not there! I re-added the shoe image and linked it to the shoe section of ekclothing’s website.
Hope you find some amazing salsa shoes!
Jenny

]]> Comment on Women’s Salsa Dance Shoe Review by Kim http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/01/womens-salsa-dance-shoe-review/#comment-220 Kim Fri, 07 Oct 2011 03:49:03 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=487#comment-220 which shoes are you talking about. I do not see where any link will show me the shoes. When you click on e.k. clothing, then what do I do? which shoes are you talking about. I do not see where any link will show me the shoes.
When you click on e.k. clothing, then what do I do?

]]> Comment on Salsa Training – The Secret to Learning to Salsa Dance by salsachallenge http://www.salsa-challenge.com/2011/05/salsa-training-secret/#comment-219 salsachallenge Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:44:09 +0000 http://www.salsa-challenge.com/?p=854#comment-219 The videos are download files. You will receive a link to download the video to your computer and once you have it on your computer you will follow a simple install process. You will need the most recent version on Adobe AIR - it is a free download and you will receive information about how to get this on your computer if you don't already have it when you purchase the video. At that point the video files are yours to access when ever you want. We do have a video on YouTube that shows this process. You can watch it here <a href="http://youtu.be/2AELjUF9TOo" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/2AELjUF9TOo</a> We live in Colorado! We teach mostly out of Boulder, CO. Please let me know if you have any further questions! Take care, J The videos are download files. You will receive a link to download the video to your computer and once you have it on your computer you will follow a simple install process. You will need the most recent version on Adobe AIR – it is a free download and you will receive information about how to get this on your computer if you don’t already have it when you purchase the video. At that point the video files are yours to access when ever you want. We do have a video on YouTube that shows this process. You can watch it here http://youtu.be/2AELjUF9TOo

We live in Colorado! We teach mostly out of Boulder, CO.

Please let me know if you have any further questions!
Take care,
J

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