Like everything from Los Angeles, Hollywood and Southern California, the characteristics of salsa dance in Los Angeles style are moving, fast and powerful, which makes everything impossible seem so easy. The salsa dance style in Los Angeles combines traditional salsa dance with jazz dance, street dance, ballroom dance, swing dance and ballet. On the stage, people can see at a glance that these people are dancing salsa in the style of Los Angeles, because their dance is so eye-catching and sensational. They attach great importance to the first beat and always jump from the first beat of music.

It is this Los Angeles style that makes numerous salsa dances popular, and also makes "Hollywood" salsa performances popular. These performances require costumes, theme songs and dance skills. At present, this is the most popular dance form in America and abroad. In Memphis, we also dance salsa in the style of Los Angeles.

The founders of Los Angeles salsa dance include Luis, Joby Vazquez, Francisco Vazquez, Johnny Vasquez, Edgar Tun Tun Mendes, Teresa zamorano, Alex da Silva, Josie Negria, Solomon Rivera and Edie, a "salsa madman".

New york style

New york-style salsa dance was developed by the great mambo dancer in new york, and was also influenced by the national dance "The Big Apple" in new york. Because this dance is gentle, people can easily recognize it as a salsa dance in new york style. New york people pay attention to controlling the beat, dancing style and skills.

Whenever you watch salsa dances in new york style, you will find that they are always calm. Surprisingly, their twisting movements are perfect. When they dance, they pay attention to the second beat and start dancing from the second beat of the music.

New york-style salsa dancing has become as popular as a prairie fire in many American cities and abroad. This salsa dance is very popular in new york and most parts of the East Coast. You will hear some dancers call new york-style salsa by other names, such as "Puerto Rican style" or "second beat".

The founders of new york-style salsa dance include Angel, Eddie Rodriguez, Eddie Torres, Thain Bristol, Ismail otero, Eddie Diaz, Juan matos, Luis Zegarra and Nelson Flores.

Miami style

Miami-style salsa dancing is often called "dancing casino". This salsa style is very unique because it is directly influenced by Cuba, the birthplace of salsa. You can often easily recognize those who dance Miami salsa, because they are dancing in a group, and several people turn around and change partners simultaneously. Miami dancers are famous for their complicated turn combinations. Ladies in Miami should let their arms relax, so that men can hold their arms well in the process of rapid twisting, which can't be done in new york or LA style. Another feature of Miami-style salsa dance is that it has a "preparation" step, that is, the dancer takes an eight-beat before the first beat of music begins.

Miami-style salsa dance is dominant in South Florida.

Cambia style

Cambia-style salsa dance originated in the northern coastal areas of Colombia. "Cumbia" is actually another style of passionate music relative to salsa. Compared with the music of salsa, Kambia music has the rhythm of eight beats, so it can be used to dance salsa. You can dance salsa with Cumbia music, but you can't dance Cumbia with salsa music.

Because this style of dance is a circular dance, everyone has a "circle" action before turning around, so the characteristic of Cumbia salsa is to return to the basic dance steps in the future. This style dominates all salsa dances in Latin America. In Costa Rica, they call Cumbia "swing dance".

I have never found a real Cumbia school or a professional teacher to teach Cumbia. Anyone who dances Cumbia will tell you that they either learned it from their parents or friends at the dance or from the Latin club. Because of this, many Kambia dancers call themselves "street dancers", and they have never participated in formal training courses.

Cuban style

This Cuban style comes directly from Cuba, the birthplace of salsa dance. It is characterized by male leading dance, and the basic step is called "melon and fruit", which is a direct push-pull action, and dancers push each other in the gap. These steps are somewhat similar to the merengue dance, focusing on the position of the hips. They are often called "Cuban steps". The founders of the Cuban style are Eric Freeman and Rudy Zales.