Basic Salsa Dance Steps : How to do a Cross Body Lead in Salsa Dancing

[machoev12]

i thought men where supposed to start with there left foot going backwards ?

please help

[josemajc]

@machoev12 Good observation ... usually in the on2 style the man will start with his left foot backwards. These guys are doing salsa on1 (LA style)

[regaling]

I understand that the woman should wait until led to go across (until it's time). Is there a variation or another move with the same prep that the woman is not led to go across? Hence, not a cross body lead I suppose.

[TheNeto82]

Exelent explination

[bpuertas1]

Thank you so much for teaching detailed aspects of the salsa dance. However, I'd like to ask you when someone new is learning what is the best method? That is, from video 1, then which video would be next and so on and so forth. Any input is highly appreciated.

[cubanbeauty10]

are there any new videos update ????

[vegatu]

good explanations! but everyone has different moving body style, those dile que no! -cross body lead ( pasala ) can be seeing in different way.. but in tye end is Salsa :-) ..

[MrLovesalsa]

where these guys are from are they from uk?

[salsera78]

Nope, we're from Tampa, FL. :)

[rubo111]

These videos on Salsa are absolute quality!

Very clear explanaions and demonstrations.

Keep up the good work.

[salsera78]

Thanks! :)

[mwpteam]

nice pero donde esta la musica?

[haniphanggestu]

thx for ur lead

[julin305]

The man should never push the lady to the other side or push the lady period. No one likes to be pushed!  As the man resumes his final three steps it happens natually. There's a transfer of weight the the male should perform to activate the lady's passing to the other side. Pushing not recommended or required.

[oldboyJay]

How sure are you about this? Most schools I have been to teaches it like this.

[julin305]

Yes, unfortunately the concept of using natural body movement to guide your partner is not a well known practice because it's very hard to explain. Try doing a cross body lead with just the woman's hands on her partners shoulders. Only the woman touching the man. With the man's hands at his sides. If he properly completes the sequence of steps and the appropriate transfer of weight, it works beautifully without even touching her. Let me know if it works!

[robo45h]

There are plenty of salsa steps where the man's hand guides the woman. This is part of salsa, and dancing where the man leads in general. Any dance instructor will tell you that the woman follows the man's lead mostly through touch (not vision). So by definition, the way a woman should sense that "transfer of weight" you talk about is some form of touch. And in some salsa steps, there is no other way to do this than what amounts to a push.

[myrayala]

you guys did a good job at it.

[notsaslipen]

its called a cross body leaD not a lean lmao

[hayleybellaa]

great instruction!