Salsa dancing is a popular form of partner dancing that has its origins in Cuba and New York during the 1970s.
The term salsa means "mixture", and salsa dancing is a mixture of the many dance forms that preceded it, namely Cuban Son, Afro-Cuban dance, mambo, cha cha cha, guaguanco, and pachanga. More recently, salsa dancers have incorporated movements and styling from other dance forms such as ballet, hip hop, gymnastics, and contemporary dance.
Salsa dancing is one of the most popular forms of partnered dancing in the world, with salsa clubs and festivals over 150 countries. As salsa has traveled around the world, many distinct styles have developed, including New York style, LA style, Colombian salsa, and Cuban rueda.
This category is for all forms of salsa dancing.
As there are many salsa sites and many different styles of salsa, please choose the appropriate subcategory to submit your site to. The main salsa category should only be for sites of broad scope that are relevant to all types of salsa dancing.
This category is for professional dancers and the personal sites of well known salsa dancers. The primary focus of sites in this category should be on an individual dancer, their bio, their lessons, their videos, etc.
Salsa dance teams are dance groups whose expressed purpose is to put on salsa performances. Although salsa started as a social dance, it has also grown to be a popular popular dance as well as the dance form has evolved. The Dance Teams category is for all salsa dance troupes from around the world.
Salsa clubs and events are always coming and going, and it can be difficult for newcomers to find current salsa events in their area. Fortunately, there are many sites out there that serve as event calendars for a region, providing information about all the salsa events that are going on in that area.
Dance schools are where students go to learn how to dance salsa. These can be formal schools and dance studios or lessons that take place in night clubs and bars.
All sites about schools that offer dance instruction belong under this category, unless it's a performance dance team, in which case it belongs under Dance Teams.
If your country is not listed, add it to the main category and a country subcategory will be added.
Blogs are online journals or informational sites which use discrete posts displayed in reverse chronological order. The sites in this category are all blogs written by salsa dancers who want to share their experiences with salsa dancing with the world.