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1 Gelina Zambrano. Spanish 1 Mrs. Thompson
Salsa Gelina Zambrano. Spanish 1 Mrs. Thompson

2 Salsa Music & Dance Around The world New York
Puerto Rican sound, smooth, polished, classic salsa Leading Musicians playing NewYorican Salsa: Celia Crus, Willie Colon & Eddie Palmeiri Salsa dance style is strongly Puerto Rican influence, with an emphasis on fast flash footwork

3 Salsa Music & Dance Around The world Los Angeles
No distinctive salsa music style LA style salsa moves are designed to dazzle the spectator, very exciting, sexy, lots of dips & spins Couples break away from eachother in the middle of the dance to start “shining” , have their own dance moves

4 Salsa Music & Dance Around The world Cuba
Contemporary salsa sound is called “Timba” Its fast tempo salsa with a strong afro-cuban influence Songs will start slow, break into a core salsa rhythm, then settle into a beautiful call and response vocal pattern Breaks are filled with all different blends, reggae, rap, hip-hop, etc

5 Salsa Music & Dance Around The world Colombia
Hot salsa sound to come out of Columbia is called “Hard Salsa” It’s a fast rhythm and a wicked brass sound Leading Musicians: Fruko Y Sus Tesos, Latin Brothers, and Sonora Carruseles Dance really close like bodies are glues together

6 Salsa Music & Dance Around The world West africa
Whenever the DJ puts on an Africando track, the dance floor slays Contemporary in West Africa is wild, with spacey electric guitar solos and wicked percussian Pape Fall & Ricardo Lemvo are leading musicians here

7 The history of salsa & timba
Salsa is one of the most dynamic & important musical phenomena of the 1900s Salsa represents a mix of genres, but its primarily component is Cuban dance music Timba is a Cuban genre of music, first came around 1989

8 What is Salsa? Not easily defined, as it did not come from one specific place or person It is a combination of multiple roots and cultures as well as creativity of many different people Salsa evolved as a distillation of many Latin and Afro-Caribbean dances


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