1. Types of Salsa Dancing

2. Linear Style Dancing up and down in a line rather than in a circle.
Use the Mambo style step

3. L.A. Style Uses dips and arm styling Contemporary Mambo basic
Very linear

4. New York/ Mambo Style Body Waves Free style footwork Shines
Rib Cage movements
Shimmying

5. Puerto Rican Style “One” or “Two” beat of music Technical Footwork
“Latin Ballroom”
Highly Competitive

6. Miami Style Originated in Cuba Has a “tap and step” beat
Dancers move in a circular turn
Most advanced salsa

7. Cuban Style Contemporary and faster rhythm More of an individual salsa
Macho dance
“On-two” step

8. Casino Style Cuban circular style Double hand holds
Resembles the game Twister
A lot of solo work

9. Rueda Group dance Originating in Cuba Lively, up-beat music
Constant changing of partners
Three groups of participants

10. Colombian Style Closely and Tightly
No forward or backwards movement of the feet
Lifts and swinging
A lot calmer