Roy Hernandez Salsa Dancing on2 & Pachanga

Roy Hernandez and his girlfriend demonstrate some on2 salsa dancing for the grand opening of Austin Uptown Dance (formerly Footworks) in Austin, TX. In the second half of the video, Roy demonstrates some pachanga style footwork.

Thanks to philltx for compressing the video and the fancy fade out :)

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• salsa
• uptown
• dance
• on2
• mambo
• footwork
• dancing
• pachanga

[a11iebaba]

there is no question about it... he's on2 the entire time. not sure how this can be confused for on1...

[KINGDASER]

He's on2 the entire time. He styles with his footwork a bit but he's definitely executing all of his moves in on2 timing. All his cross body leads are opening up and bringing the girl across on 1. If he were dancing in on1 timing he would be bringing her across on 3. A lot of male dancers mark timing differently so the traditional on2 footwork is modified based on the dancers personal style. In this case he takes liberties with his feet but the execution of all his moves adhere to on2 timing.

[Big10]

His partnerwork in this video is definitely and UNMISTAKABLY on2 the whole time. No doubt about it!

[lilez0518]

He's dancing on2. in the beginning he is dancing New York Style as the right foot breaks to the back on2. Then when he switches to "Pachanga" he dances Puerto Rican Style as he breaks the left foot to the front on2. Now that really wasn't a good demonstration of Pachanga.

[salsalot]

If Salsa means mixture, why MUST a dancer maintain the SAME COUNT THROUGHOUT THE DANCE? I looked at the video several times and saw good on 2 dancing. The footwork is fancy. Call it ROY STYLING. Good job.

[salsalot]

If Salsa means mixture, why MUST a dancer maintain the SAME COUNT THROUGHOUT THE DANCE? I looked at the video several times and saw good on 2 dancing. The footwork is fance. Call it RAY STYLING. Good job.

[salsalot]

If Salsa means mixture, why MUST a dancer maintain the SAME COUNT THROUGHOUT THE DANCE?

[suavemente74]

The piano is playing guajira and the pattern even starts on 2.

[suavemente74]

The song is "Campina" by Afro-Cuban All-Stars and the rhythm is unmistakeably SON CUBANO. Son is danced contra-tiempo, where the break is switchable between 2 and 6 because you'll be dancing to the bass pattern and tumbao.

Here he moves forward on 6 but initiates turns on 2. Is that NY-style on 2? Then again at 1:39 that side step is clearly SON CUBANO, not NY salsa...

Anyway, those who think this is on 1 need to work on their timing more. ;)

[Romania4trutine]

i dont know about him, but she is definitely not on2 the whole time....

[lukariosdesign]

@a11iebaba in the minute 1:40