Salsa dancing has an extremely distinct dance style. It has a behavior step style encompassing 6 steps that are danced over 8 counts in a musical beat.

Salsa is the unification of lots of cultural genres this includes Afro-Caribbean and Latin sounds.

Although the accurate origin of salsa can't be interpreted, lots of believe that Cubans created this explosive dance style that has won the world through. It is in this place where Contra-Danze or €country dance€ of England and France later known as Danzon that was brought through by the French who had fled from Haiti. Their experience with the French music traditions and the distinctive drum beat influences of Rhumbas of Africa and partner dance style aided influence the development of the extremely distinctive salsa style of music and dance that we are all accustomed to today.

However, although of who originally founded salsa, its collaborative cultural flavor of Afro-Caribbean and Latin influences have been flourishing in making it one of the most extended dance and music styles recognized all around the globe.

Salsa dance moves are extremely distinct. Salsa moves more from side to side, placing much attention on turns, which are carefully synchronized with the strategic side stepping of the dancer.

Although the countries I just said have aided influence salsa dance and music, many other countries have also influenced it like Columbia, Puerto Rico the Dominican, Mexico and many other Latin American countries.

Many bands from these countries took their music to Mexico City all through the famous film era and then later brought their musical style to New York where it started a movement by ways of cultures that had never heard this unique style of music, or seen this magical and explosive dance style. New York picked up salsa music and dance almost automatically which aided to advertise the salsa movement but New York was also the city that coined it as €salsa€.

If you listen to salsa music carefully, you will hear influences of Merengue, Cha Cha, Mambo and many other Latin American and African musical styles. You'll hear lots of the classic old-styles built into the salsa rhythms.

Salsa's evolution has been explosive and only goes on to evolve!