salsa dancing

Salsa dancing is a partner dance performed to salsa music, characterized by quick footwork, hip movements, and turns.

The basic step follows an eight-beat pattern with a pause, danced in close or open position.

Salsa emerged from Cuban and Puerto Rican dance traditions and developed distinct regional styles—New York, LA, Cuban, Colombian—each with different timing and movement emphasis: We took salsa dancing lessons before the wedding.