Salsa是目前全世界最流行的拉丁社交舞之一,也就因為它在全世界流行而且又是自然隨性,所以在世界上有很多城市都會辦所謂的salsa嘉年華會。而為了凸顯自己國家的特色,很多的團體便會加入了當地國家的舞蹈元素在 Salsa的表演裡面,所以不必訝異如果您看到了彿朗明哥的手勢,或是爵士街舞的動作甚至阿根廷探戈的舞步出現在Salsa舞 裡,因為Salsa就是這樣的舞蹈,你只要能將自己的身體.自己的靈魂交付到音樂中,讓每個音符穿越您的身體,您的每一根頭髮,身體的每一個細胞甚至每一個眼神都在跳舞都在表達出您對音樂的感受。

現今世界上流行的Salsa有所謂的LA風格、紐約風格、古巴風格、哥倫比亞風格……不勝枚舉,美式風格Salsa非常適合表演包含了許多轉圈的技巧有時更會出現一些高難度的動作令人驚嘆不已,在一些夜店裡常可見到,而中南美洲的SALSA則較隨性自然,身體的動作較多,往往不管在何處,聽到音樂你就可以隨著音樂起舞跟街舞一樣。

很多人會去探討何種風格起步是第幾拍,何種動作是何種風格….其實大部分的我們都並非想要當專業舞者,更非學舞是為了比賽或其他目的,只要跟著音樂你可以跟著歌詞的情境,跟著某種樂器,跟著自己的情感跳舞,管它第一拍、第二拍、第三拍,只要相信自己是舞池上最美的一個,您就是!!不管是美式風格、歐式風格、古巴風格…只要跳的開心、跳的出自己的味道,您就有屬於自己的風格。

 

 


In today's world, the exotic dance called “salsa” is quite famous than most people think. There is even a salsa association or congress in most places, where dancers gather to discuss the fundamental issues of the dance. When we hear the word “salsa,” we normally think that it is a traditional dance originated somewhere in South or Latin America. It indeed has a base or a place of origin, but nonetheless, it is amazingly modern. Salsa is modern because it is structured around free style movements. For instance, every culture has its own traditional or cultural dance based on some specific physical movements expressing the themes of the culture. Thus salsa welcomes these unique movements to integrate and form its own individual styles. In other words, dancers bring in their own cultural dance styles and merge them into salsa. In this way, each dancer invents his or her own style of salsa, rather than clinging onto a rigid or robotic movements replicated from the teachers. Therefore, salsa is integrative, more integrative than what people consider it to be.
Salsa is about wholly placing one’s heart and soul into the music. Someone may dance salsa with a Cuban style and some may dance with a New York style. The point is that, whatever the style is, one must immerse one’s soul into the music. In the way, he/she will build confidence on the dance floor. Dance is about letting go and embracing the space around you, salsa is just about that, letting go and embracing the music. Dancing with this attitude and emotional concept, the body will spontaneously follow the beat, the rhythm, and the music. Ultimately, the goal is to have fun. We one comes to the dance floor, he/she is not entering a competition or an exam but to dance salsa freely and unconsciously. The most fundamental goal is to be free, to follow the music, and to be yourself. If you let go of your body, which means not taking control, your body will follow the music. Let your soul dance and not just your body.?