Salsa is a Latin American dance, associated with salsa music. It
originated in the late Eastern Cuba and gained popularity in New York
in 1960. Salsa is a mixture of Cuban dances, such as mambo, pachanga,
and rumba, as well as American dances such as swing and tap. This
dance is often performed with a partner. Basic Salsa techniques are in
place basic, forward and back basic, single and double side step, back
basic, open breaks, mambo, right turn etc. Salsa is one of the most
popular types of Latin dance that is practiced worldwide.[1] The term
"salsa" was coined by Johnny Pacheco in the 1960s in New York, as an
umbrella term for Cuban dance music being played in the city at the
time. Salsa as a dance emerged soon after, being a combination of
mambo (which was popular in New York in the 1950s) as well as Latin
dances such as Son and Rumba as well as American dances such as swing,
hustle, and tap. Like many other forms of Latin dance, salsa may trace
its roots back to Cuba, where it is widely accepted that early radio
is responsible for American artists to begin incorporating elements of
Latin American rhythms into their own music and eventually into their
own styles of dance.[4] As salsa music spread to other countries,
different styles emerged such as Cuban,Colombian and Puerto Rican
Salsa. remains popular globally with enthnographic research into salsa
having been done as far as Benin, and Ghana.
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