Summary: Salsa dancers focus on moving their hips in freestyle Salsa dancing. Get Salsa dancing tips in this free Salsa dancing video lesson.
Brie Kaanoi was born in Hawaii and raised in both Hawaii and Tahiti. She has been singing and dancing professionally since the age of 4, and has performed with legends like Stevie...read more
"Hi, I'm Brie. Now we're learning step fourteen in salsa freestyle. Ready? And one, and two, and three, and four, and five, and six, seven, and eight, and nine, and ten, eleven, and twelve, thirteen, fourteen. Thirteen, fourteen. Fourteen. Fourteen. Your right foot goes out, your left leg, is extended. Let's try it again. One, and two, and three, and four, tap, five, and six, seven, and eight, kick, nine, and ten, kick, eleven and twelve, thirteen, fourteen. Let's try it this way. One, and two, and three, and four,five, and six, seven, and eight, and nine, and ten, and eleven, and twelve, thirteen, fourteen. Hips are very important in salsa. So, totally concentrate on the hips. Now, you're focusing on three things. You're focusing on hips, you're focusing on your feet, and you're focusing on your hands and your arms, because you don't want to dance salsa with your arms to your side. You want to dance salsa with free arms, so when you're dancing with your partner, it's easy for him to grab and hold your hand and twirl you, and spin you. Dips, and all kinds of fun stuff. OK, let's try this again. Ready? And one, and two, and three, and four, tap, five, and six, seven, eight, kick, nine, and ten, kick, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen. Let's try this angle. Ready? And one, and two, tap, three, and four, tap, five, and six, seven, and eight, kick, nine, and ten, kick, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen. One more time slowly. Ready? And one, and two, tap, three, and four, tap, five, and six, and seven, and eight, kick, nine, and ten, kick, eleven, and twelve, thirteen, fourteen."