Basic Men's Side Step for Salsa Dancing

Video Transcript

"I'm Christopher from Mr. Dance Pro of South Florida and I'm Kelly Anne from 56Dance. We're going to be showing you and explaining and teaching some salsa basics and techniques and how to enjoy salsa dancing on every dance floor you may go. Salsa side basic. As you can see, we need to show you the man's part and lady's part; this is very, very simple. I'm going to start with man's part. We're going to show the man is doing his step to his left. He starts with his left foot. We're going to go 1, 2, 3, touch, 1, 2, 3, touch. So we're touching on the 4. 1, 2, 3, touch, 1, 2, 3, touch, 1, 2, 3, touch. Okay, now as you can tell, I am using my knees and changing weight and straightening weight as a i do this motion. It's just in my knees gentlemen. Makes it very easy; it's a straight shot. Holding the lady, I'm going to go 1, 2, 3, touch, 1, 2, 3, touch, 1, 2, 3, touch, 1, 2, 3, touch. So you can see it's a nice small step."