Author Archives: Jeff Berkman

6. Learn by Teach­ing Learn­ing to teach Salsa starts off by ana­lyz­ing every lead, fol­low, move­ment and style that make up a com­bi­na­tion. This detailed analy­sis will improve your own under­stand­ing and aware­ness of the com­bi­na­tion, and will also show … Con­tinue read­ing →

5. Buy Some Dance Shoes Too many CPSalsa dancers wear flip flops or sneak­ers, week after week, month after month, with­out real­iz­ing what a huge hin­drance it is to their danc­ing. Buy­ing a pair of dance shoes is per­haps the eas­i­est … Con­tinue read­ing →

4. Bet­ter Danc­ing Through Aware­ness The best advice I can give to an aspir­ing dancer, besides tak­ing classes and danc­ing, is to become mind­ful. I see too many “expe­ri­enced” dancers lead­ing or fol­low­ing poorly because they are danc­ing blindly, unaware … Con­tinue read­ing →

3. Visit Other Dance Com­mu­ni­ties Yes, igno­rance is bliss, but if you want to be a bet­ter dancer, you need to ven­ture out and expe­ri­ence Salsa in the big world. SLO has a par­tic­u­lar homey, homo­ge­neous style called “late nineties … Con­tinue read­ing →