How old is your salsa life?
- Thread starter Pacion
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I've been dancing salsa now since Feb. 2002. A friend who was visiting from the U.S. insisted that a group of us non-salsaing folk accompany her to a salsa evening, and, from that moment, I was competely hooked --the music, the people...I'd never seen so many smiling faces in a club in my entire life! I went out that following week, bought dance shoes, and went to back-to-back complimentary classes, the first at a local dance school, the second at a club. I stayed and danced my wobbly basic the entire evening after that second lesson, and was THRILLED. I didn't take lessons after that, though; I've had the incredible fortune to dance with people who have been patient when I really needed it (gotta walk before etc.!), and I think that classes are not necessarily the right route for everyone. I'd like to do a few classes at some point to correct a few technical difficulties, but I think that dancing is something that's not really being taught in classes (not even sure it can be). Choreography, yes...a library of different moves and dips-n-things, ditto, but I think it's up to the individual to decide how much or little structure they feel they need to accomplish whatever dance goals they consider to be of importance. Whew, I guess that's just my long-winded way of saying I haven't "learned" salsa properly! 
By the way, is it just me, or has anyone else observed that either a person immediately catches Salsa Madness, or not at all? Hmm...
By the way, is it just me, or has anyone else observed that either a person immediately catches Salsa Madness, or not at all? Hmm...
jamaicanspice
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oh I've noticed it!!! I'm one of them peeps that got hooked!! BIG TIME!!! 
MapleLeaf Salsero
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Kali Ma said:
Yeah, I´ve noticed that too...
Kinda crazy, isn't it? As if some of us have a salsa gene lying dormant in our DNS that kicks into overdrive at first exposure to salsa...clave gene, perhaps? I mean, (for example) I have always loved to dance, have always taken every chance that came my way to kick up my heels and shake the old boo-tay, but I'd never been just totally taken over by any dance (or any music) until salsa. Immediately, and completely! Absolute love, absolutely! Geez, I start to sound sorta evangelical talking about this... Ah, it's lovely to be someplace where there are so many others who understand The Madness! :lol:
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