A Guide to the Salsa Rapido Video Clips

A Guide to the Salsa Rapido Video Clips

These ‘Concept’ clips form the ‘notes’ section to the ‘How To’ and exercise clips yet to be released. This project, although live, is in beta testing.

 

Welcome to the Salsa Rapido Concepts and Tips Playlist

An outline of the three themes within the Concepts playlist: The ‘Why’ of salsa; Avoiding bad habits and slow learning practice; Keep it simple to learn fast.
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Footwork Sequence https://youtu.be/LRqj99CvtoI
The salsa Footwork Sequence is essential as it helps to define salsa dance. It also is the master concept that holds everything else together, hence the Salsa Rapido Rule no.1 Footwork Sequence.
Salsa Rapido method uses this concept to reduce errors.
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Vocalising Tool in Salsa https://youtu.be/KCSlaaf0KQ8
The most effective way to keep the Footwork Sequence going while doing everything else.
Why vocalising the Footwork Sequence is better than counting.
Using this tool to debug errors. 
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Adding Direction to the Footwork Sequence https://youtu.be/eTueM7mAX8Q

There are two ways of adding direction to the Footwork Sequence: Moves and patterns. How using the mindset of Patterns slows down the learning of Moves. Seeing Patterns as a separate category of Moves
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The Basic Step of Salsa https://youtu.be/NEMTI4iD2TQ
What is meant by the term 'The Basic Step' in salsa?
Why different regions have different default footwork patterns.
Consideration and the skill of adapting to others salsa style.
The mindset of adaptability and playfulness to learn salsa faster.
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Consideration in Salsa https://youtu.be/6ovILZGrcuQ 
Consideration is the biggest influence on style in salsa, both evolutionary and at the heart of the communication system. It is empathy in action.Awareness and practice of consideration is a core skill of salsa and hence it’s part of Salsa Rapido Rule no.3: "Confidence and Consideration."

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Confidence in Salsa https://youtu.be/S_4nMZmMpV0
Confidence feels good which looks good. Its influence on style and why it makes you look advanced.
Salsa Rapido Rule no.3 - “Confidence & Consideration.”
What is confidence? The trap of nervous style. Using posture to affect your confidence. Nervous traits to avoid. Confident traits to adopt.

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Regional Styles in Salsa https://youtu.be/xTsNh9Y6zrI 

There is much confusion regarding regional styles.
This clip identifies Rotational styles such as Cuban and Miami,
Linea such as LA, and New York and Static styles such as Colombian and Venezuelan. It exposes the myth that regional styles are incompatible.
How to describe a regional style. Why it's OK not to have one. 
 

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Personal Style https://youtu.be/sgfOxBYAjcc

Your personal salsa style is the habitual way you do something.
Becoming aware of your style is the key to change.
Using your style to improve mechanics, rapport and expression.
Your Personal style comes from your: history, body language and others. 

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General Style Influences in Salsa https://youtu.be/kxYZwpN2S_o
Using general influences on salsa style to guide our personal style.
The five big influences on salsa style.
Allowing salsa to live and grow
Using general style influences to process a move.
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Anticipation and Back Leading https://youtu.be/Xs79vEmLbkk
For many in salsa, Anticipation or Back Leading (US term) is the troublesome pest that won't go away.This clip discussed several forms of anticipation in salsa, their causes and begins to discuss the solution.   
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Presence in Salsa https://youtu.be/Vb8Wo4QM-3s
Many salsa errors and issues come from a lack of presence including Anticipation. Presence (Here and Now) means giving your full attention to this moment, to the current task and to your immediate surroundings. What prevents presence are the distractions which divert your attention away.
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Improving Presence in Salsa https://youtu.be/IYY7WUlFSK4

Using the concept of Presence to solve many problems in salsa.
Presence as a useful concept in salsa
What prevents presence?
Types of distraction from the 'Here and Now'
Problems relate to presence including anticipation.

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Synchronisation https://youtu.be/GrjW2C6SdRk

In salsa, synchronising or mirroring is a fundamental rule, but why?

Salsa Rapido's rule no. two ‘Synchronisation’.

We synchronize to: To our partners, the music and to the group.

Why copying feels good, and not copying makes us feels anxious.

How to synchronise our body movements with opposite steps.

The misconception of ‘Mirrored Footwork’.

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